Karen J Lloyd’s Storyboard Blog

This was first brought to my attention by Will over at Calico Monkey and ToonBoom Tutorials (check him out if you’re interested in making your own cartoons online).
Then Aniboom contacted me direct to place an ad for the contest on my site. It’s pretty cool they found my little storyboard blog…and I get a link [...]

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Here is Adrien’s follow-up-to-his-follow-up article about contacts in the film industry. Which followed up my article for the animation industry. This is part 4 of a 5 part series of articles about “Getting the J-O-B”. You can find the rest of the articles at the end of this post. - KJL
UNIONS AND FILM COMMISSIONS
Don’t take [...]

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Here’s Adrien’s post to compliment mine on contacts in the industry. He gives the point of view for the live-action film industry. You can find the rest of the articles in this series of “Getting the J-O-B” at the end of the post. - KJL

Contacts in the film industry are indispensable.
Networking is the key. That [...]

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This is my forth post in the series “Getting the J-O-B”. I have addressed Training here and Adrien has given his perspective for the live-action industry here. Our Building a Storyboard Portfolio posts are here and here. And Professionalism here and here.
Now it’s on to making and keeping Contacts in the Industry.

Training is the first [...]

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Here is Adrien’s final catch-up post for the “Getting the J-O-B” series, adding to my article on Professionalism. You can find our posts on Training here and here. And the posts on Portfolios here and here. (And the pictures have nothing to do with professionalism really…it’s just Adrien’s cool stuff.) - KJL

Storyboarding for film is [...]

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Here’s Adrien’s second post in the series of ‘Getting the J-O-B’. This time he’s adding to my post on Building a Storyboard Portfolio.
It’s a short one, so enjoy his drawings! - KJL

Karen is correct…never have animation boards in your portfolio when showing to a live action client. I’ve tried and it just gets embarrassing.
So, [...]

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This is Adrien Van Viersen’s premiere guest post! He’s going to expand on my first article in the series of “Getting the J-O-B” about Training. (In case you don’t know, P.O.V. means point of view.) -KJL

I completely agree with Karen on the training aspect. You simply can’t go into animation storyboarding without some training in [...]

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