Avoid These Common Mistakes When Creating Your Storyboard Portfolio
Creating a storyboard portfolio is crucial for showcasing your skills and landing jobs in the competitive storyboard industry. However, building a portfolio that truly stands out requires more than just compiling your...
7 Common Mistakes To Avoid When Looking For An Artist’s Agent
Do you want to draw for a living?
I am the first person to advocate anyone taking on a creative career. However, if you want to make money at it, expanding your professional creative side...
How to Negotiate a Project Rate as a Storyboard Artist
Certain aspects of being a professional illustrator or storyboard artist are more challenging than others. One of the biggest challenges artists-for-hire face is their pricing structure. The age-old dilemma of not wanting to price...
7 In-Demand Job Opportunities in Animation
With the popularity rise of animation, graphics effects and animation have permeated far more than movies. We're witnessing an incredible demand for skilled animators in gaming, online learning,...
The Pros & Cons Of Joining An Artist Union
The Pros
Whether you're just getting started or being a seasoned storyboard artist, you've probably come across one of the artist unions. If you haven't joined a union as yet or you're skeptical, please read...
Complete Guide To Animatics
5 Steps to Creating Animatics for Your Next Project
Animatics: What Are They?
The next step after you’ve created a storyboard is to turn it into an animatic. But what exactly are animatics? Animatics are videos that play...
How Color Works in the Storyboard and Cartoon Industry?
Did you know that the human eye can distinguish 10 million colors? That's quite impressive, isn't it? Many centuries ago, color helped ancient people to distinguish and identify information, but now humanity...
The Big Picture: Portfolio Submissions & Omissions
There was once a time when you had to explain what a storyboard artist was. This was back in the pre-digital days of paper and markers when most assignments were performed in-house. Fax machines...
Back to the Drawing Table with Renee Reeser Zelnick
Freelance Finance and Solving the Self-Employed Mortgage Mystery - Part One
Several of our freelance storyboard and artist colleagues have asked me how I solved the freelancer’s mortgage mystery. In an ever-evolving economy, is the...
6 Tips for Pitching Portfolios To Talent Agencies
Pitching Your Portfolio? Here are 6 Tips To Help You Pitch Your Portfolios To Talent Agencies
So, congratulations are certainly in order if you have made it this far. You have completed your book, and it is...