Storyboard Illustration with Procreate

A course by Davis Lisboa , Storyboard Artist

Storyboard Artist. Barcelona, Spain.
Joined September 2009
98% positive reviews (63)
1,387 students
Audio: Portuguese
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Learn techniques to create a professional storyboard for audiovisual productions

Every great audiovisual project begins with a good idea, whether it’s for an ad, a film, an animation, or a video for social media. Davis Lisboa’s work as a professional storyboard expertise consists in transforming invisible threads of imagination into reality, creating scenes filled with shapes and colors.

In this course, Davis teaches you how to create a professional storyboard step by step, stemming from the creative interpretation of a script to the creation of contour and color in your drawings. Once you’ve completed the course, you’ll have all the knowledge you need to tell a story visually and amaze your clients.

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What will you learn in this online course?

21 lessons & 45 downloads

  • 98% positive reviews (63)
  • 1,387 students
  • 21 lessons (4h 38m)
  • 45 additional resources (24 files)
  • Online and at your own pace
  • Available on the app
  • Audio: Portuguese
  • Portuguese · Spanish · English · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch · Turkish · Romanian · Indonesian
  • Level: Beginner
  • Unlimited access forever

What is this course's project?

Learn how to create a professional storyboard from start to finish, using a script to go from sketching, to creating a moodboard, to preparing the final scenes for a client.

Projects by course students

Who is this online course for?

For students in drawing, comic design, or illustration. Storyboard artists, 2D or 3D animators, as well as professionals in the audiovisual, advertising, video art, or digital marketing industries.

Requirements and materials

To take this course, basic drawing skills and some knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Procreate are recommended.

As for materials, you need a computer with Photoshop and an iPad with the Procreate app and a graphics tablet.


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1,387 Students
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Davis Lisboa

Davis Lisboa
A course by Davis Lisboa

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Storyboard Artist

São Paulo native Davis Lisboa has over forty years of professional experience as a storyboard artist. His passion for visual narratives led him to Spain in 1987, where he studied at the Centre d'Art i Disseny Escola Massana before studying Fine Arts at the Universidad de Barcelona.

In 1989 he decided to launch his own studio and solidified his career by working with top-tier advertising agencies in Brazil, Spain, Germany, the United States, the UK, and Russia. Some of his major clients include: Aftershare, Contrapunto BBDO, DDB, Dommo, DoubleYou, Grey, Havas, HMG, Indira, K Factor, Lewis, MKTG, Morillas, Mr. Goldwind, Newlink, Ogilvy, & Rosàs, Saatchi & Saatchi, SantaMarta & Astorga, Shackleton, Smile, TBWA, Tiempo BBDO, Vainilla, We Are Social (Spain), Bagusat (Germany), Barbarian, The Conquistadors (USA), Cream Directors, and Meredith Collective (UK), Park Productions (Russia).


Content

  • U1

    Introduction

    • Presentation
    • Influences
    • What will we do in the course?
  • U2

    Cinematic narration

    • Story and storyboard differences for cinema and advertising
    • Landmark proportions, the pentagram and the Fibonacci spiral
    • Planes, positions and camera views
    • Camera angles, movements and lenses
  • U3

    Initial Planning

    • Script and roughs
    • Research and mood boards
    • Basic digital compositions
  • U4

    Realization of the storyboard

    • Layers and brushes
    • Contour lines 1
    • Contour lines 2
    • Contour lines 3
    • Colorful 1
    • Colorful 2
    • Colorful 3
    • Colorful 4
    • Colorful 5
  • U5

    The delivery

    • Export and delivery
    • Errors and rectifications
  • FP

    Final project

    • Storyboard Illustration with Procreate

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FAQs

You’ll learn how to create digital storyboards from sketching to coloring, using principles of visual composition, cinematic storytelling, and tools like Procreate and Photoshop, plus how to adapt storyboards for film, advertising, and other visual projects.

This is an intermediate-level course, perfect for those with basic drawing or illustration skills who want to deepen their expertise in storyboarding and digital tools like Procreate and Photoshop.

You’ll need basic drawing knowledge, a tablet with Procreate (or a similar app), access to Photoshop, and some initial familiarity with digital illustration software.

You don’t need advanced drawing skills, but having basic drawing ability is important to make clear sketches and understand the fundamentals of sequential illustration.

Yes, the course teaches you how to adapt storyboard techniques and formats for different fields like advertising, film, and comics, preparing you to work professionally in these areas.

You’ll learn to use Procreate for illustration, outlining, and digital painting, as well as Photoshop for composition, image editing, and finalizing storyboards.

A mood board is a collection of visual references that sets the style, color palette, and mood of the project, guiding storyboard creation and ensuring visual consistency.

Information about the course and certificate

Storyboard Illustration with Procreate. Illustration course by Davis Lisboa

Storyboard Illustration with Procreate

A course by Davis Lisboa
Storyboard Artist. Barcelona, Spain.
Joined September 2009
  • 98% positive reviews (63)
  • 1,387 students