Anson JewProfessional Storyboarding: Rules of Thumb

Great intro to storyboarding. Well worth it.

This book opened my eyes to more possibilities in telling story with my art. So much to learn, an amazing resource I can read over and over. My storyboards are looking stronger and more professional and my comics have a new fresh outlook. Totally recommended.

This book is one of the best resources for learning how to storyboard.

Sergio and Anson's book is a must have book for anyone wanting to enter into the entertainment field as a story artist. Having taken Sergio's course, I found that much of the material is indeed covered again, but for the person who has not taken the course this book is absolutely vital.The material is well organized, wonderfully conceived and very practical. That is not to say that Sergio takes the passion of art out of the discussion. He very often reminds the student of his passion and the zest for telling a story that must accompany being a board artist. For these reasons Sergio's book is an excellent text book to accompany a storyboard course and the minute I was contracted to teach a course I immediately made this book required reading!The unsung part of the book is the interview portion in which Anson interviews several artists working in separate niches within storyboarding. Often times students can be left wondering how to break into the biz or wondering what differentiates live action boards from feature film animation. This section really gives a very comprehensive view on what it is like doing this for a living, whether it is freelance or studio oriented or TV vs Feature animation.If you want to work as a board artist, you need to have this book!

This book is a complete comprehensive guidebook on the basics of designing and drawing a successful story through storyboards.The book includes a brief introduction of the history of storyboarding and then shows the reader how to design frames according to the focus of the story (ie tone, character goals, focal points, etc).Similar to character design basics, storyboard frames use shapes to create a mood and focus of each shot.If you are a story artist student looking for books to guide your work as it develops, I recommend this book as one of your basic references.