Sunday, March 4, 2012

story/design notes

EDIT EDIT: SERIOUSLY PEOPLE, PLEASE GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE, THESE NOTES WERE MADE BY DREAMWORKS'S ROB KOO!!!

EDIT: i am sharing these notes, but they were originally created by ROB KOO at dreamworks' redwood studios...

a few years ago i tested for DW and they sent me these EXTREMELY helpful notes. some probably apply more specifically to animation storyboarding than comic panels, but a lot of it is good, commonsense advice for graphic storytelling in general.






although i am certainly not an expert on the subject, i strongly advise anyone interested in storytelling through comics or animation or live film to check out these blogs, and check them out hard:


there are of course many others, but i love these and think of them first. also, they have links to tons of other great blogs.

20 comments:

Sherm said...

Thanks, Ben...these are fantastic!

Bob Ostrom Studio said...

Excellent info. Thanks for sharing.
Lots of good stuff in here for picture book artists too!

Jeff Couturier said...

These are excellent. Thank you!

Adam Beer said...

Great stuff Ben, thanks! Have added this post to my list of tips here: http://adambeer.co.uk/storyboarding-links-and-tips

Unknown said...

Awesome! Thanks for sharing

Kristian Duffy said...

Thanks Ben, absolutely fascinating stuff

Lisa Naffziger said...

Thanks for posting! Great stuff.

chromasketch said...

great stuff thanks for sharing

Yan said...

that's awesome Ben,Great Basics ! thanks for sharing this !

Mike P said...

Wonderful notes, Ben! Wonderful advice on the basics, and applicable to almost any storytelling situation. Best of continued success!

Unknown said...

Thanks for sharing these Ben.

Angela Entzminger said...

These are great tips Ben. Thanks!

SUVO CHAKRABORTY said...

Thanx for sharing it Ben...!

Unknown said...

Thanks for this. And for your books too!

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Michie Olive said...

Thanks for sharing, Ben! These are really helpful :D

dinofinger said...

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Ezhil Fernandas said...

Thank you lots of sir

Unknown said...

Thanks for sharing

ROCHAK said...

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