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The differences between live-action and animation storyboards - Storyboard Pro Tutorial
From the course: Toon Boom Storyboard Pro Essential Training
The differences between live-action and animation storyboards
- There are a number of differences in storyboarding live-action and animated productions. Most story artists specialize in one or the other, as their personal drawing style may not work for all types of production. For instance, live-action directors don't want to see cartoony-looking storyboards. Or, live-action board artists may not be able to draw in a cartoony style. With live-action boards, artist styles vary greatly. The look of the characters in the boards don't really have to look much like the live-action actors. In fact, most of the actors may not even be cast when you're boarding. Just ask the director for general info about the characters and draw them all different enough so you can tell them apart in the boards. For instance, if one character is bald and the other is fat, those are simple ways to make them look different in your boards. In hand-drawn animation, your storyboard art really should be on character, or on model, meaning the characters in your storyboards…
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