Introduction to Storyboarding for Animated Films
Creating More Thumbnails
A course by Petra Popescu , Storyboard Artist
About the video: Creating More Thumbnails
Overview
“This lesson continues with the creation of thumbnails. As you can see, every movement and every look in the storyboard has to be implemented visually.”
In this video lesson Petra Popescu addresses the topic: Creating More Thumbnails, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Storyboarding for Animated Films. Learn to visually interpret a script and capture the emotions of the plot and characters with your drawings.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson. we continue with the thumbnails until we have explored the entire script. So. where did we leave off? Right here. Lise stands up and opens the window. ready to move forward with the Our Lise has already gotten up here. and is on her way to the window. Right? Uh. i think... Next. we should see her open the window and climb out. Karl had no lines. so he can jump up. This allows him to move freely on stage. And follow up by calling out to her. Notice that I am merely loosely adhering to the actions outlined in the At this stage. we shouldn't view the city and harbor yet. Lizzie...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Storyboarding for Animated Films
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Category
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Areas
Animated Illustration, Animation, Character Animation, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Motion Graphics, Storyboard, Traditional illustration

Petra Popescu
A course by Petra Popescu
Petra Popescu lives in Germany and works as a freelance storyboard artist in the animation industry. After graduating with a degree in graphic design, she found her calling during the first few projects she worked on as a prop and character designer and director's assistant. She started exploring the world of black-and-white Japanese comics at a young age thanks to anime series Dragon Ball, sparking her life-long fascination with the expressive power of a few simple lines and shading.
The current aim of her art is to elicit intense emotions from her audience using minimal resources. Her work ranges from film projects and video game cinematics to US and German children's shows, as well as movies and series for Netflix.
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