STORYBOARD ARTIST FIRST STEPS

I dedicated my MA in Animation at the Bristol School of Animation to truly understand what it means to be a Storyboard Artist and how to develop my artistic career and be able to understand how to follow my practice after I graduated.

This is a reflective analysis I decided to  publish in 8 parts about my personal and professional practice from the point I decided to become a storyboard artist and being part of the animation industry. 

1. The truth about me: Why Storyboard?
An introduction about my personal interest and how it led me to storyboard.

2  Storyboard in the Industry
The career prospects of storyboard artists and how to keep a professional practice as one.

3. About the PORTFOLIO of a BEGINNER STORYBOARD ARTIST
The portfolio is a key part of starting in animation and to keep a career on it.
​That is why it was imperative to know what a good portfolio means

4.  How to start
My personal experience against the white canvas that is starting a portfolio and what kind of projects helped me to understand the actual work as a storyboard artist.

5.  As a Student and as a Storyboard Artist
The best way to learn is to reach for the professionals in the industry.
 It was important to use my time in the MA to formulate my questions about storyboard in the industry and how I my approach to answer them  was key to the development my career path. 

6. What storyboard artists in the Industry have to say
The center of my research were the interviews with artist currently working on the industry, on all levels and the analysis of their answers to being able to focus on the key points to enter the industry.

7. Being smart about being out there
The age old question about online prescense and social media for artists and why, in my personal opinion, it is important since he only way to get into a dialogue with people in the industry is having some work done and be able to show it, even a little. 

8. Drawing and Storytelling
The final conclusion of my path on how to focus my passions of visual storytelling to be part of animation industry.