Tutorial: A Professional Storyboard for 3D and 2D


TUTORIAL: A Professional Storyboard for 3D and 2D

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The Storyboard is the first definition of the project which working. The Storyboard is very
important in all 2D and 3D programs and so in Lightwave ©, Photoshop ©, Fractal Painter ©,
and so on. The Storyboard is used as integral part of the project. A Storyboard is a Preview
of the graphic job to realize. It consists of hand-made Sketches of the various parts of the
graphic project to build and of comments and measuraments, that it is necessary hold in due
consideration in the carring out of the Final Project. In a few words it's a synthetic map of
Your Project. It is very important, to write a good Storyboard, have some sheets of paper
already adequately preset, on what, nearby to the space for the sketches, must be present
also a space for the comments concerning the elements to which the sketch refers. Obviously
in the Storyboard it is not compulsory drawing all the particulars, but only the ones really
important. On the basis of my substantial experience as Digital Artist, as Designer, as 3D
Modeller and as Teacher of these branches, I have created a Basic Form of Storyboard, that I
think particularly suitable to draw up a Professional Storyboard and to allow to have always
well clear in the mind the aims of the Graphic Project on which you are working and to be
able to state it also to other people without any misunderstanding. I have decided to make
available, free, but only for your personal and not commercial use, this my Basic Form of
Storyboard. You can Download the File storyben.zip that contains the file .PDF of my Basic
Form of Professional Storyboard. Let we see now as it is formed this Form, that can be used
and printed withouth any distinction either with Pc or with MacIntosh © computers.
Click with mouse on small picture near the words and you can see them more large.

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On right you can see  the basic model of Storyboard I've 
created,  in a simple  but efficient way.  Nearby to the 
space for the Sketches,  there is  too  a space  for the 
comments  or  the suggestions  of the element  which the 
splash refers.  Let we see  in detail  this  my model of 
Storyboard. It is of 3 Main Sections.

 On Top  of the Sheet  of Storyboard,  there is its First 
 Section,  the one  to Identify  the whole Storyboard. So 
 there  are  the  Spaces  for  the Title  of the Work  to 
 realize,  for the Name of the Author,  for the  3D or 2D 
 kind of Graphic  to apply,  for the Date of carrying out 
 and finally  for the Page Number  of the Storyboard.  In 
 fact it is necessary remember that really a Professional 
 Storyboard is composed from several pages.

Above on left,  and from up  to down,  there are 3 Blank 
Squares where you must draw the Sketches of the incoming 
work.  In the First  Top  Left  Square you must draw the 
Sketch of the Whole Project,  that is  the Final Sketch. 
In the other squares,  under the first,  always on left, 
you  must  draw  all the single parts  or  the important 
details  of the project.  When you will have filled with 
your sketches all the squares on left of the first sheet 
of the Storyboard,  you can continue on another sheet of 
Storyboard, and so on, until you will have drawn all the 
needed Sketches of your Whole Project.

 Above on right,  and always from up to down, there are 3 
 others  Blank Squares,  this time  with some black lines 
 inside,  where you must write the Notes and the Comments 
 regarding  the related Sketches on left side.  Therefore 
 in the First  Top  Right Square you must write the Notes 
 and  the  Comments  on the Sketch  of the Whole Project, 
 that is  the Final Sketch.  In the other squares,  under 
 the first, always on the right, you must write the notes 
 and comments about the sketches  of the single parts and 
 of the important details of the project.  So quickly the 
 whole Project will be fixed in a clear way, both in your 
 mind  and  on  the  sheets  of your Storyboard.  This is 
 really  the best way  to execute  your  3D  or  2D Work.

As I think that a practical example is more useful than a thousand of written words, here are 
first 5 images  of Storyboards about 2D Graphic Projects,  made from my students at Course of 
2D Virtual Design with Fractal Painter ©,  at the Fine Arts Academy of L'Aquila.  After these 
first 5 images,  you will find other 5 images of Storyboards about 3D Graphic Projects,  this 
time made  from my students  at Course of 3D Graphic Modeling with Lightwave 3D ©,  always at 
the Fine Arts Academy of L'Aquila. Click with mouse on small pictures to see them more large. 
Don't forget that you can Download the File storyben.zip that  contains  the file .PDF  of my 
Basic Form of a Professional Storyboard.

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I have written this page in Italian language and after I have translated it in English language.
If you find some my translation's error, excuse me and send me an e-mail with the correct version. Thanx !!
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