Students and ppl looking to get "into" storyboarding! This xmas you guys might feel deflated, so here's my summery of how I levelled up my skillset (for cheap!)


Alex Woo's Gesture course on
@SchoolismLIVE - £20 p/m ish

Pixar-In-A-Box on
@khanacademy - free!

2-3 hours Urban sketching (watching people from a cafe window) every weekend - price of a few coffees

4-5 story books recommended from
@Tallychyck's list (£40 ish)

Time management! 8pm every night was committed story practice (drawing personal boards or an Alex Woo class mostly)

Listening to animation podcasts on my lunchbreak

Practice thumb-nailing out a film on telly, rather than just watching it

subscribing to
@thelindsayellis for amazing free film studies essays on your favourite animated movies

travel to meet inspiring directors or heads of story, face-to-face chats are invaluable! (£150 flight to Bristol for a 3hr chat and portfolio review!)

Lastly, find story artists you like, find their work online, and thumbnail out their storyboard in a notebook in pen. Studying others peoples work who are better than me did SO MUCH to help me see my mistakes! (Obviously dont steal it, this is just for learning!)
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