The Storyboard Artist - DON’T CALL THIS A STORYBOARD COMEBACK!!!

Suffice it to say, the last seven months could not have sucked worse. It was the type of time that gives you a supreme “gut check” as it were. As a freelancer, it is one thing when you are single, and yet another when you have responsibilities of a wife and son.

So here I was in Golden Apple Comics, limiting myself to buying ONE comic (a treat, as I did just two days boarding an OLD NAVY COMMERCIAL – thanks Darryl H.) and I got a phone call asking if I was available for a feature.

I did not quite say “HELLLLLL YEA!!!!”, but I did not play it cute. If the job were drawing Benji the dog, I was on it like Salma Hayek on a horny billionaire. I said yes. This new film couldn’t even pay the rate I had gotten on the in-development-hell “THE A TEAM” film (now in re-boot at Fox with Joe Carnahan) but so long as they gave me something decent – hence, the negotiations – I was on it.

So, here I am using the TOON BOOM STORYBOARD PRO program in the proper aspect anamorphic ratio, drawing a very extensive action scene that has not quite gotten an actual location, yet.

I met with the stunt coordinator days earlier, an old friend, and we went over the sequence. I was given a fairly free reign, as it was all sketchy and they just needed to lay down a framework.  The coordinator, Doug Coleman is a total pro and one of the top guys in the business.

Whatever I give him, Doug will use it as a starting point to work things out with the director and his stunt team. I kept everything very, very loose.

With the STORYBOARD PRO, I was able to make a quick animatic of the scene and get it to the clients. It’s also very smart to get a website (like SEND THIS FILE.COM) where you can upload large files that are too big to email. Then, the client gets a link, from where they can download the work. Ta ta for now…

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