Introducing "Brodiaga" by Anastasia Gurova

Introducing "Brodiaga" by Anastasia Gurova.  "Brodiaga" is an original story created by storyboard artist and director Anastasia Gurova, a student on the MA in Storyboarding & Previsualisation at Escape Studios.  This storyboard animatic about Anastasia Gurova's childhood experiences growing up in rural Russia was created as part of a formal submission on the Master's Degree Course. 

Storyboards Evening Class Returns 23 June 2026

Our Evening Class in

Giles & Rupert's Prehistoric Predicament - Storyboards

Storyboarding returns on 23 June 2026.  This evening class in storyboarding is an online class, taught from 7-10pm, and runs for ten weeks.

Storyboarding is a growing area of the animation industry; one which has recorded significant skills shortages in recent years.

Our storyboard students have gone on to successful careers at studios such as Walt Disney, Brown Bag Films and Blue Zoo Animation.

"Prepare To Board" for the Animation Library

We've acquired new copies of the storyboarding classic Prepare to Board! by Nancy Beiman  - the main book we recommend to our students studying the art of storyboarding here at Escape Studios.  

Prepare to Board! is an excellent book from a master animator and Disney Animation veteran.  We now have several copies in the Animation and VFX Library at Escape Studios. 

Nancy Beiman was a supervising animator at Disney (most notably on Hercules) and (like many 2D animators) she does storyboards and character design as well as animation.

Storyboarding is the vital starting point for all our students' short films; without a solid story few films will enjoy a successful festival career.  

Evening Class in Storyboarding: 24 March 2026

Our Evening Class in

Giles & Rupert's Prehistoric Predicament - Storyboards

Storyboarding returns on 24 March 2026.  This evening class in storyboarding is an online class, taught from 7-10pm, and runs for ten weeks.

Storyboarding is a growing area of the animation industry; one which has recorded significant skills shortages in recent years.

Our storyboard students have gone on to successful careers at studios such as Walt Disney, Brown Bag Films and Blue Zoo Animation.

Storyboarding Evening Class Returns 26 Jan 2026

Our Evening Class in

Giles & Rupert's Prehistoric Predicament - Storyboards

Storyboarding returns on 26 January 2026.  This evening class in storyboarding is an online class, taught from 7-10pm, and runs for ten weeks.

Storyboarding is a growing area of the animation industry; one which has recorded significant skills shortages in recent years.

Our storyboard students have gone on to successful careers at studios such as Walt Disney, Brown Bag Films and Blue Zoo Animation.

Clara Cornish Teaches Storyboards 20 May 2025

Our Evening Class in

Giles & Rupert's Prehistoric Predicament - Storyboards

Storyboarding returns on 20 May 2025.  This evening class in storyboarding is an online class, taught from 7-10pm, and runs for ten weeks.

Storyboarding is a growing area of the animation industry; one which has recorded significant skills shortages in recent years.

Our storyboard students have gone on to successful careers at studios such as Walt Disney, Brown Bag Films and Blue Zoo Animation.

Clara Cornish Teaches Storyboards 8 Oct 2024

Our evening class in

Clara Cornish

Storyboarding returns on 8 October 2024.  This evening class in storyboarding is an online class, taught from 7-10pm, and runs for ten weeks.

Storyboarding is a growing area of the animation industry; one which has recorded significant skills shortages in recent years.

Our storyboard students have gone on to successful careers at studios such as Walt Disney, Brown Bag Films and Blue Zoo Animation.

Escapee Sasha Fusini Reps Blue Zoo at Annecy

Sasha Fusini reps Blue Zoo at Annecy Fest

Many congratulations to Escapee Sasha Fusini who has joined Brighton Zoo Animation Studio as a storyboard artist, and represented Blue Zoo Animation at the Annecy Film Festival this year. 

Sasha Fusini took our evening class in storyboarding with industry veteran Francesca "Chess" Adams and built up a storyboard portfolio over the duration of the course. 

Escapee Ben Gardener Storyboard Artist at Wild Child

Ben Gardener

Escapee Ben Gardener has started work as a storyboard artist at Wild Child Animation.

Ben Gardener took our evening class in storyboarding with Blue Zoo Board Artist and Director Francesca "Chess" Adams - and built up a storyboard portfolio over the duration of the course.

Storyboarding is a growing part of the UK animation industry, as studios develop more in-house content for the expanding creative industries.

Many Escapees have gone on to find work storyboarding on animated films and TV series.

Clara Cornish Teaches Storyboards 23 March 2024

"Brodiaga" by Anastasia Gurova

Our evening class in Storyboarding returns on 23 March 2024.  This evening class in storyboarding is an online class, taught from 7-10pm, and runs for ten weeks.

Storyboarding is a growing area of the animation industry; one which has recorded significant skills shortages in recent years.

Our storyboard students have gone on to successful careers at studios such as Walt Disney, Brown Bag Films and Blue Zoo Animation.

Clara Cornish Storyboard Artist on Chicken Run 2

We're delighted to congratulate Escape Studios' tutor Clara Cornish whose work on Chicken Run 2 - Dawn of The Nugget is coming to Netflix this Friday 15th December. 

Clara Cornish was a storyboard artist on Chicken Run 2, before she joined us at Escape Studios to teach the mini-module Movement & Narrative to our first year undergraduate students. 

Chicken Run 2 is the latest feature film from the studio that created Wallace & Gromit and Sean The Sheep.

Escapee Sasha Fusini Storyboards "Supertato"

Sasha Fusini

Congratulations to Escapee Sasha Fusini who has recently completed work on three hit shows at Blue Zoo Animation - Supertato, Tee and Mo and Pip and Posy. 

You can see Sasha's portfolio here:  www.sashafusini.com. Sasha now has experience storyboarding in both 2D and 3D and works in both Storyboard Pro and Blue Zoo's in-house software Panelforge.

Sasha Fusini took our evening class in storyboarding with industry veteran Francesca "Chess" Adams and built up a storyboard portfolio over the duration of the course.  She soon found work at Blue Zoo Animation.

Clara Cornish to Teach "Movement & Narrative"

Clara Cornish

We're delighted to welcome Aardman storyboard artist Clara Cornish to teach Movement & Narrative to our first year undergraduate students at Escape Studios in September 2023.

Movement & Narrative is a mini-module in which students develop their skills in creativity, design, storyboarding and visual narrative; teaching starts on Monday 18th September 2023

Storyboarding is Back on 23 March 2024

"Brodiaga" by Anastasia Gurova

Our evening class in Storyboarding returns on 23 March 2024. This evening class in storyboarding is an online class, taught from 7-10pm, and runs for ten weeks.

Storyboarding is a growing area of the animation industry; one which has recorded significant skills shortages in recent years.

Our storyboard students have gone on to successful careers at studios such as Walt Disney, Brown Bag Films and Blue Zoo Animation.

Iliana Franklin Teaches Storyboarding Thurs Jan 19

Iliana Franklin Teaching at Escape Studios

Escape Studios' Head of Story Iliana Franklin is back on Thursday Jan 19th 2023 to teach "Storyboarding for Animators" to our Second Year animation students.

Iliana teaches our master's degree in Storyboarding and Previsualisation, and also runs her own production company Mediaframe.

Iliana's class will help our animation students learn the art and craft of storyboarding, a necessary part of the film-making process and a vital skill as our students get ready for their 2nd year studio projects.

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. 

Story & Previs Taster on Monday 4th July 2022

Join us on Monday 4th July at 5pm at Escape Studios for a free taster in Storyboarding and Previsualisation.  Come and see what it is like learning the art and craft of visual storytelling at Escape Studios.

This free online taster offers a hands-on introduction to professional storyboarding techniques, techniques which are currently in demand as the animation industry continues to expand.

In this online taster, taught by Escape Studios' tutor Iliana Franklin, you will learn to create a simple storyboard, and edit the images into a digital animatic with music and sound design.

Storyboarding Evening Class Returns 10 Nov 2022

Storyboard by Anastasia Gurova

Our evening class in Storyboarding returns on Wednesday 10th November 2022.

This evening class in storyboarding is an online class, taught from 7-10pm, and runs for ten weeks.

Storyboarding is a growing area of the animation industry; one which has recorded significant skills shortages in recent years.

Our storyboard students have gone on to successful careers at studios such as Walt Disney, Brown Bag Films and Blue Zoo Animation.

Storyboarding for People Who Can't Draw

For all our students storyboarding their short films we're recommending the video above by Russell Hasenauer titled "Storyboarding for People Who Can't Draw". It's a useful video because it helps to explain how the storyboarding process can be achieved even by students who don't draw well, or lack confidence in their drawing. Storyboarding is not chiefly about drawing - it's about how you juxtapose shots to tell a story, ideally clearly and simply.  Storyboarding is a vital part of the film-making process, and one which all our students need to learn. 

Storyboarding Taster Thursday 3rd March 5pm

Join us on Thursday 3rd March at 5pm at Escape Studios for a free online storyboarding taster, to see what it is like learning the art and craft of storyboarding at Escape Studios.

This free online taster offers a hands-on introduction to professional storyboarding techniques, techniques which are currently in demand as the animation industry continues to expand.

In this taster, taught by Escape Studios' tutor Iliana Franklin, you will learn to create a simple storyboard, and edit the images into a digital animatic with music and sound design.