As I do every year, I will be tabling at Artists Alley at San Diego Comic-Con. Stop by and visit me at my table DD24 (Artists Alley is close to Hall Entrance G and my table is usually close to an art school that specializes in anatomy). I will have copies of my book, Professional Storyboarding: Rules of Thumb available, as well as several new prints -- Black Widow (pictured above), Daredevil, Human Torch and Submariner, and a digital painting of some robots. I will also have a mini sketchbook of robot thumbnail sketches (pictured below).
I'll have most of my regular items for sale and will be doing sketch commissions. Come on by and say hello! Look for this banner:
I cant believe it! It's been more than a year since it's release, and though I've made mention of it before, I've never made an "official" blog post about the release of my book Professional Storyboarding: Rules of Thumb, published by Focal Press (a leading publisher of instructional manuals dealing with art and technology).
It is co-authored by Sergio Paez, a storyboard artist who has worked on shows like Clone Wars, and runs the online storyboard community StoryboardArt.org . He brings his own perspective to the book with years of experience working and teaching in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The book was intended to be a realistic guide to working in the storyboard industry, warts and all. Aside from covering what you'd expect in a storyboard book --like composition and film grammar, the intention was also to address the differences in the many kinds of storyboarding there are, since "storyboarding" is kind of a blanket term that is used to describe several different jobs that serve very different purposes (depending on the audience --which can be anything from an animator in a foreign country to an account executive to a film crew). The book features interviews from working storyboard artists (Benton Jew, Josh Sheppard, Sherm Cohen, Jeff Zugale) to get a no-holds barred look at what working in this industry is really like.
As mentioned before, I'll be part of a panel presented by the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles. I'll be bringing along some samples of my work in the form of storyboard-to-film-comparison clips. Here's a taste:
I'll be slowly releasing these videos right here on my blog over the course of several weeks. Keep an eye open!
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It's been a very busy year! Lots of cool projects I've been working on I wish I could tell you about, but one of the things about being a storyboard artist is that you can't always talk about what you're working on until a few years later when the project is done!
If you're going to Comic-Con International 2013, make sure to stop by my Artists' Alley Table DD24 and say hello. I'll be selling all the regular stuff--plus, I have a few copies of my new Focal Press book, Professional Storyboarding: Rules of Thumb.
I know I sound like a broken record on this blog talking about how busy I've been, but it's true! The last year and a half has been non-stop for me, and my brain has been too fried to spend a lot of time worrying about this blog. But I've taken a week off to recharge my batteries, so here's an update:
The History Channel just finished broadcasting it's miniseries "The Men Who Built America". I did some early pitch boards for an episode about Andrew Carnegie. Above and below are some samples of boards I drew for this show.
I also worked on a film called "Order of the Seven". It was to be another take on the Snow White story, with the twist on this film being that it took place in turn of the century China. It was to have starred Saoirse Ronan (The Lovely Bones), and was to be directed by Michael Gracey. The film was shut down for various reasons, but here are a few samples of work I did for this show.
During the time I was working on these projects, I was teaching a storyboarding class at Otis School of Design and was helping write a book on storyboarding with Sergio Paez.
Another project I worked on will be a straight-to-video sequel to a very popular horror franchise. I can't show you any boards for it at this time, but the video will be released around Halloween of 2013. Here's a little hint on what the project is:
Another film I contributed to earlier this year was a concept pitch for another horror film, this one with vampires. It's still in the early stages, but from what I understand, it's got the green light.
Most of this year has been working on boards for yet another film pitch, which is top secret for the time being.
Anyways, that's it for now. I'll try to be a little better about posting updates and artwork in the future.
