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Category: Storyboards

  • Joshua Middleton (update)

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    Joshua Middleton is an illustrator, comics artist, concept artist and art director who I first wrote about in 2006. At the time, he was primarily working in comics; since then, he has worked in film and television for clinents liks Universal, Lionsgate, Sony, Sony Pictures Animation and Warner Brothers; and as a cover artist for…

  • Stop PIPA and SOPA

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    If you stopped by Lines and Colors yesterday, January 18, you may have noticed that Lines and Colors had gone dark, along with a significant number of other sites, in protest, and to raise awareness of the “anti-piracy” internet censorship bills looming in the U.S. Congress. If you didn’t happen to stop by yesterday, but…

  • Thought of You (Ryan Woodward)

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    Thought of You (also on Vimeo) is a short animation by professional animator, storyboard and concept artist Ryan Woodward. It is a simple but beautifully done dance sequence, with suggestions of a story, but open ended enough for viewers to make their own interpretations. Elegantly animated, the sequence is set to World Spins Madly On…

  • Adam Brockbank

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    I can tell you little about Adam Brockbank, except that he is a film industry concept and storyboard artist, and quite a good one. His site doesn’t include any biographical information, but does, fortunately, showcase a number of his terrific concept paintings and drawings for movies like Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,…

  • Bill Perkins

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    Bill Perkins has worked as a concept artist, production designer, layout artist, art director and storyboard artist for companies like Walt Disney Feature Animation, Warner Brothers, Dreamworks, ILM, and 9th Ray Studios. His film credits include The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Fantasia 2000, Space Jam, Shrek, and the upcoming John Carter and…

  • Carson Van Osten’s Comic Strip Artist’s Kit

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    Most people think of comics as simply a series of illustrations, and of the skill involved as essentially one of drawing. What they don’t see is the art underneath, the art of visual storytelling, which in many ways is more important in comics than outright drawing skill. A person with good visual storytelling skills and…