Job Interview Results and Thumbnail Critique

Welcome back everyone. I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I had my interview for a freelance storyboard job, I got my review for my thumbnails back from my mentor and I worked on an animated logo for myself.

The job interview went well. My interviewer was really nice and liked my work. The job was for a self-driving Ford car. Unfortunately, I did not get the job, but I did make a good connection. They are looking for local people in the future and Robert Half the company doing the hiring for another company does not have a lot of people that do Storyboarding. The lady I interviewed with liked my work and is going to put my name out in their weekly newsletter to their clients letting them know they do have people that can storyboard. It’s a nice way to get my name out there.

My mentor did a critique of my thumbnails this past week and I got a lot of good feedback. He wants to see more perspective and better composition for thumbnails. Adding quick perspective lines will help show if we are looking up or down at the character and even though I know how where the camera is, if I was showing this to a client, I need to be able to convey this to them. Some of my shots had a lot of dead space in them too so I need to focus on better compositions as I work on them. Starting today I am working on my perspective drawing and reading up on what makes a good composition. If I find any books that are helpful, I will list them here as well.

You can check out my new animated logo on my Instagram. Thanks for stopping by again. I hope to see you next week. BOARD ON!

Thumbnail Process and Possible Job Opportunity

Welcome back everyone. Hope you had a wonderful week. I found a storyboard job online that I applied for and during my mentor-ship we had a project to do thumbnails for a story. I turned them earlier this week to get reviewed by my mentor. You can check them out on my Instagram.

I had a lot of fun working on these boards because I got to play around and find what works and what doesn’t for the story. The story in a nutshell is about a boy seeing a magician perform. This magician says that he is going to choose “the chosen one” from the crowd. He ends up picking the little boy and some people pick on him because he is little and couldn’t possibly be the chosen one. The magician does some magic and proves that the boy is the chosen one by moving a bottle with his mind.

My thought process for this was since everyone looks down on the little boy, including the little boy who doubts that he is the chosen one, I would have the camera looking down on him. As the story continues the camera lowers and we meet the little boy at eye level as he starts to believe. Finally when he moves the bottle we end up looking up at him because he is the chosen one and there is no room left for disbelief.

There are still a lot I need to fix on this first pass, but I think it is coming along. There are some parts it’s hard to see where people are in relation to each other and I do cut the 180 rule at one point but I think I can fix that with a camera move. This is a great learning opportunity for me especially since it will get reviewed by my mentor and I can see where I should improve.

As far as the job I applied for, it looks like it is a freelance job that could lead to more down the road. I have a phone interview/meeting on Monday and I will let you all know how it goes. Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you next week to see how the meeting goes and more progress on my thumbnails. BOARD ON!

My Journey Begins

Welcome all. I have created this blog to document my journey as a Storyboard artist and getting a full-time job at a Studio. I will keep you updated with any new freelance jobs I get, jobs I apply for and the outcome. I will also post some of my artwork and any videos I make.

A little about me, I have been working as a freelance storyboard artist and have worked on Music Videos, Short Films, Commercials and even helped a photographer with his concepts. I went to Academy of Art University and found my passion with storyboards. To help accomplish my dream working as a full-time storyboard artist, I have signed up for a Mentorship with Sergio Paez. I will be working with him to improve my abilities as a storyboard artist and build a better portfolio.

I am looking forward to this coming year to see how much I improve. I hope all of you enjoy my journey as well.