Probably the most valuable couple of megabytes on this site, my storyboard templates have continuously been one of the top sources of traffic. For me, storyboarding is simultaneously the most rewarding and frustrating part of the film making process. It is very rare that a scripted scene survives the storyboarding step unscathed. While you really don’t need anything special to produce a great sequence of storyboard panels (choices range from the lowly diner napkin to the highest end Wacom Cintiq), we live in a world where people offer up all shorts of wonderful options and tools free of charge, and you would be silly not to take a look at them. I never found anything I really liked to draw my panels on so I put together some of my own a little while back.
Recently I updated them just a bit and while I tend to do most of by story boarding on one of these beauties. . .
. . . I also put together some .psd versions for people that like to work digitally from start to finish. Working in Photoshop also gives you the ability to mask off panels and shuffle things around easily.
Log:
[feel free to use and distribute these in accordance to the CC license presented at the bottom of this site]
-2010.8.06 – Updated for 2010 and simplified
-2010.8.06 – Added .PSD templates for digital storyboarding
Like I already mentioned, there are many ways to create a storyboard. Being arguably the most important part of the film-making process I recommend doing it with some class. . .
If there are any issues or concerns please contact: andoruLABS.support. Also, these templates are free but feel free to donate if you find them useful.
When I first saw screenshots of this game, I almost cried with joy:
When I saw the trailers I shed a tear of joy:
When I got to play the demo, tears of joy flew from my face. I would have been incredibly happy just to see still images that looked this fantastic, but when they have been made to be interactive, and when it has been done this well, something magical occurs. The artwork is gorgeous and plucking at my heart strings with every new scene, the characters, the environments, aren’t just pretty, they are clever in many senses as well. The puzzles are put together in a way that actually make you do some thinking, and make you smile when you solve them. The animation is top notch as well, there are a lot of nice little touches throughout the demo with little bits of interaction that are fantastic.
I have never played a game that was just so gorgeous that I played through a demo many times just to checkout the artwork some more. Bravo!!!!
One more thing to just further my obsession with little robots, I welcome more! . .
Check out and vote for Maintaining Bohemia written by Harold Sipe and the one and only Buster Moody. It is currently part of a Zuda Comics March competition. Which ever one wins will actually be paid to create a monthly series.
I don’t know about you chumpsters, but I don’t think there is much of a contest here. Not only is this little gem much better written than others, B-moods sense of sequencing and drawing style fits it perfectly with Harold’s writing. It really goes beyond feeling like something one guy wrote and another guy did the drawings for. It just works so well as a complete idea, making it easy for all (even for people obsessed with drawing or writing individually) to enjoy.
QuickTime Version 1280×800 (26MB)
iPhone Version (8MB)
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