Storyboard Pro TIPS

 Somebody at work shared this video with us, this has some great timesaver tips.  Most of it I knew, but I am just too lazy usually to remember where I found it. So that's why I'm posting it here for reference:

Film Study: Carrie 01

Random scene from Carrie. This time I drew the background with pigment liner to avoid the ink rubbing all over the page. I'm still out of markers for shading :/

 

Film Study Dressed to Kill 03

 

Film Study : Dressed to Kill 02

 This is really a stretch of my patience doing these wide shots with backgrounds and multiple characters, but it's good practice so I hope I can keep it up.

So here. The number one downfall of traditional inks! If you are impatient like me and you don't wait until the ink is dry before using the eraser :D Smudgeeeee

Film Study: Dressed to Kill

Film Study: Backgrounds

I couldn't motivate myself to copy more drawings from Akira, I thought there is more to learn from working from a film instead. I picked a shot from De Palma's Dressed to Kill. 

Note to self: If the lens is distorted and curves the lines, just straighten it out so you can use a ruler :P

 

Study: Akira 02

I always question if a copy is worth doing if you only do it half assed. But I think there is.
I definitely have to say that if you are looking to practice perspective or cinematic staging, Katsuhiro Otomo is your man! The problem is that if you want to do it properly you'd be spending A. LOT of time per panel, getting all the details in there. My time is limited, so shoddy copies here we go!

The shot below has 4 perspective points, but in some way it's also another 1 point perspective:

That last page, I included the insert panels, because they create a sense of time. I can hear the clip falling in that top right one, and then the trouser being pulled up to reveal the extra clip in the next.

Study: Akira

So the thing I never really practice much..backgrounds! Just flipping through the comic Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo...just wow. The guy creates an amazing world, he is also so incredibly cinematic, no surprise he made such a fantastic film.  Here's a 1 point perspective shot, low camera. 

 

Another 1 point perspective (It's the bread and butter)

Sketch: Couch Potato

 

Film Study : Wild Strawberries

Back to live action films. This time a classic film by Igmar Bergman called Wild Strawberries. It has an amazing dream sequence in the opening.  But I was just drawing the faces.

 

Film Study : Porco Rosso

Studying from live action was quite interesting because you are translating an movie still into a flat image. I'm not so much enjoying studying from an animated film as all the work has been done, it's still nice to look at how shots are composed though:

The shot below is really nicely composed with all characters encircled in a triangle around the main focus of the shot. It really reminds me of old black and white movies where they stage the actors always impeccably. 

And this is just adorable :P 

 

Film Study

 Sticking with Porco Rosso

Film Study 02

Did this one in ink, because ...why not..happy Easter Porco Rosso !

Film Study 01

Changing it up with some animated film studies! Since inking can be quite time consuming, I might do these in pencil if they include too much linework :D

 starting with the master Hayao Miyazaki. I always loved the opening shots of Porco Rosso, great intruduction to a character!