Storyboarding Tutorials at Our Vimeo Channel

Storyboarding & Character Design at Our Vimeo Channel

We're proud to present our Escape Studios Vimeo Tutorial Channel to support our students with online resources for storyboarding and character design.

Our Vimeo Tutorial Channel is a hub for our animation and VFX video tutorials, making it easy for our students to find tutorials to support their classroom studies. Our storyboarding tutorials begin with the theory behind storyboarding and progress through to advanced storyboarding workshops. 

Storyboarding & Character Design

Introduction to Storyboarding with Alex Williams

A brief 20 minute general introduction to the art of storyboarding with Alex Williams.  

Alex discusses the difference between storyboards for Film, TV, and Advertising.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VXi3JcAHvs

Introduction to Storyboarding with Chess Adams
A practical introduction to storyboarding with Blue Zoo director Francesca "Chess" Adams.

Chess Adams introduces the basics of 
storyboarding, with a practical workshop.
You can also read more about Chess's class here.

And watch the Introduction to Storyboarding video below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iojS1_VU_tM&feature=youtu.be

Stefan Franck - Practical Introduction to Storyboarding

Stefan Frank introduces the art of storyboarding in this short practical workshop.

Stephan Franck is a Hollywood storyboard artist whose story credits include Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Despicable Me, Kung Fu Panda: and Osmosis Jones.  

Duration: 9 minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMjNs8RNr_0

Introduction to Character Turnarounds
with Anastasia Gurova
Award-winning MA Story & previs student Anastasia Gurova explains the process of designing character turnarounds, and shows her approach to creating a blueprint for a character model. Duration: Two minutes
https://vimeo.com/456533232

Storyboarding techniques with Iliana Franklin

This general introduction to storyboarding with Iliana Franklin discusses the basic story elements in the context of directing storyboards and covers shorthand techniques for drawing professionally for storyboarding.
https://vimeo.com/456522883


Digital Painting for Character Design with Anastasia Gurova

Award-winning MA Story & previs student Anastasia Gurova demonstrates a digital painting approach to character design.  Anastasia discusses the technique that she uses for visualizing her idea for her short film "Brodjaga".
Duration: Two minutes
https://vimeo.com/456536682

Storyboarding Links
To see more about storyboarding at Escape Studios, follow these links:

• Free Storyboarding MasterClass with Chess Adams
• Why Animators Need a Storyboard Animatic
• Chess Adams: "Five Reasons to Study Storyboarding"
• Chess Adams: "What are Storyboards for?"
• Pixar's Storyboards - Joe Ranft Pitches a Sequence for "Toy Story"
• Stefan Franck Storyboarding Masterclass

The Escape Studios Animation Blog offers a personal view on the art of animation and visual effects. To find out more about our new BA/MArt, now recruiting for September 2023 follow this link.   To apply, visit the official page here.