Karen J Lloyd’s Storyboard Blog

Here’s Adrien’s take on whole ‘working for free’ thing. I’m in Hell Week, (so thanks for the post Adrien) and I’ll be back next week after I come up for air. - KJL

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After reading through Karen’s posts on the “Should you work for free?” topic, I feel compelled to give my two [...]

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Well the real question is, “Should you work for free (or very little money) at any time during your career?”
And the short answer is, “NO, OF COURSE NOT! ARE YOU INSANE?”
But I digress.
Would I storyboard for free?
Nope.
Have I done storyboards for free in the past?
Nope.
Have I done storyboards for a lowered rate?
Yes.
And I never really [...]

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This is what I hate.
When being offered a job, the person tries to ’sweeten the deal’ by telling me the show has easy, cartoony characters to draw.
This translates to, “So this show won’t take you too long and you can just whip it off faster than usual, right?” or “Yeah, I know you’re burnt out, [...]

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I’m a ‘Big Sister’ to a nine year old girl. We’ll call her Dee. If you ever want to do something cool for a kid, become a Big Sister or Big Brother (shameless plug for those guys). Dee has a little stuffed Webkinz dog. We’ll call her Biscuit. (No, that’s not her in the photo…I [...]

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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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Hell Week is over. I’m in recovery and I’ve promised this post, so here it is. Finally.
So far I’ve talked about Training for getting a job storyboarding professionally. Now it’s on to the portfolio.
What do you need for a storyboard portfolio?
Storyboards.
Sorry to sound so obvious, but you’d be surprised how some people expect to get [...]

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