But these days you don’t always have a choice of medium. A lot of places want digital boards now. So you have to adapt if you want the work.

It’s good to be comfortable in both mediums. Can’t hurt.
K

What is better for storyboarding?
Language, image, everything goes through a computer today.
The artist will use one.
What is better for the (storyboard) artist?
I am for the pencils,
Paper is green. At least as green as computers.
Computers are made of all this plastic bits and metal bits that are extracted from soil, treated, transported, shipped,thrown away.
(What is actually a computer made of? That’s all I could think of )
With a tablet, whatever tool the artist uses, it feels the same – plastic sliding on plastic whatever the brand.
Paper has different qualities, different feels pencils need to and can be adapted to a unique way of drawing, the artist’s, yours!
Pencils and paper are not often stolen unless they are in a bag that looks like a laptop case. They don’t need power supply.

Paper is a pain to carry and store
but it will never alienate you with an uncontrolable crtl+S, ctrl+Z debilitating back thought to anything you do, even crossing the road.
I am a heavy category computer user and I know what I am talking about.
I see those little floating stuff all the time.
In fact drawing is my way out, my break from the screen and keyboard-shortcut hand cramps.

I wish my computer breaks down right now but then I couldn’t have the pleasure to read more, this message would end now and it can’t before I say:

Long Live Pencils!

LudO.

Thanks so much for all the great tips and for sharing your experience with TB Storyboard. Much appreciated!

Never thought of removing the rubber grip off the pen and using a rubber band…good one.

I personally don’t have a problem with the pen, I find it pretty comfortable. But for those that do, your tips could really help them out.

Thanks again and feel free to add your 2 cents anytime.
K

I just wanted to chime in about Toonboom Storyboard Pro. I’ve used it for about a year now on a variety of shows and I couldn’t live without it. I can draw larger than standard panel sizes so I don’t feel the same amount of neck strain. The ability to lay down a nat. pause track and edit it while I draw the visuals (plus see camera moves and panning elements) makes me feel more like a film maker and less like a tiny slice of a production chain. I find the labour is more fluid and absorbing.

Ergonomically, the Cintiq 20WSX has 14 shortcut keys plus touch strips for zooming and scrolling.. it’s the biggest time saver I have. I found that taking the rubber grip off the cintiq pen reduces it’s circumference to about the same as a standard pencil and it’s less awkward for me to hold (especially if it has a thin rubber band wrapped around it a bunch of times to act as a rubberized grip. Likewise, I’ve found that you can carve the “hump” off an Intuos2 pen without cutting it open (go slow and be careful of course).

All the best,
Paul Bouchard

I do the [apple][z] thing too while working back to paper!.. That’s so weird!

excelent topic

No, I haven’t seen that ink pen for the Wacom (not that I’ve been looking either). Thanks for pointing that out! Some might find that easier with being able to see the lines they draw. Neat.
K

From what I know, a Wacom Intuos 3 Inking pen is for use with an Intuos 3 tablet only. It does not support any other Wacom tablet. It is pressure sensitive and similar to the classic stylus pen but is able to write/draw with ink. A sheet of paper is put on top of the digitising tablet which makes it easier because you can actually see your drawing on the paper, as well as on the screen. I have not tried the inking pen nor worked with the tablet myself , but I stumbled upon a user demo on the net.

Checked out Dan’s work and as you’ve said his stuff is awesome! Truly inspirational! Sigh!

‘Til next time,

Koni

I want to do artist interviews in the near future so I’ll just ‘borrow’ this one for a start.
K

thanks for the overly generous compliment.
I’m looking forward to going through your entire site.

regarding advertising and film work… well here’s an interview I did with CG Channel.
maybe some useful info, maybe not

http://www.cgchannel.com/news/viewfeature.jsp?newsid=5733

cheers

dan

I’m not familiar with this ‘ink pen’ you’re talking about. Is that a different kind of Wacom thing? I’ll have to google that one.

Don’t worry about your boarding…all will happen in due time. Sounds like you’re still drawing, so that’s what’s important.

And an 11 minute animation storyboard will run you about 600 panels. Sometimes more, sometimes less (right now I’m averaging more). It’s a lot of drawing! Take care.

@ Dan
Dude, you’re getting an ‘Artist’ link! Your stuff is awesome and should be seen by the folks on this site (go! go look at his stuff people).

Corel Painter eh? I don’t hear about that one too much. (I remember Corel Draw a while back). Another one to look into…thanks!

If you had all your equipment with you, that way of working would be more portable than paper. Also you probably wouldn’t be traveling with traditional supplies (I know I don’t ) And yes, uploading to an FTP sure beats going to the studio yourself and making photocopies. I loved that part.

Thanks so much for dropping by and for your input. Hope you come back with more.
Cheers!

K
(BTW if you have any advice on advertising and film board rates, feel free to share)