Prepare to Board! Creating Story and Characters for Animated Features and Shorts

Name: Prepare to Board! Creating Story and Characters for Animated Features and Shorts
ISBN: 9781498797009

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Successful storyboards and poignant characters have the power to make elusive thoughts and emotions tangible for audiences.

Packed with illustrations that illuminate and a text that entertains and informs, Prepare to Board, 3rd edition presents the methods and techniques of animation master, Nancy Beiman, with a focus on pre-production, story development and character design.

As one of the only storyboard titles on the market that explores the intersection of creative character design and storyboard development, the third edition is an invaluable resource for both beginner and intermediate artists.

Key Features Adapt key techniques, tips and tricks of experienced character designers and storyboard artists with 30 years of experience to your film, television and animation projects.

Save time and money with workflow solutions and avoid common mistakes and problems with troubleshooting tips.

Implement creative solutions for your own projects with this invaluable resource for beginner and intermediate artists with examples of what a good storyboard and character design should look like and example of poorly designed storyboards.

and tricks.

Further your artistic skill development with an interactive, companion website which will includes video tutorials, examples of animatics and good and bad pitching techniques.

First published: 2017
Publishers: Taylor & Francis Group
Subjects: Animated films·Animation

About Nancy Beiman

Supervising animator, author, professor...

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Intersectionality

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Revealing Cultural Anthropology

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Companion to Feminist Studies

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Notes from the Rehearsal Room

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Notes from the Rehearsal Room

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December Love

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Concise Dictionary of Comics

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God Says, You Can Trust Me

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Chinese Lady

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Success in Social Marketing

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Pursuit of Love; Love in a Cold Climate

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My Pet Cat

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Journey Home Series Volume Three

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Your Passport to Sri Lanka

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Love Gnomes Coloring Book

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Child-Centered Play Therapy

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Craving Healthy

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Emotionally Exhausted Woman

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Wheel of Fate, Because It's You

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Insider

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Buildings That Breathe

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Night and Darkness in Ancient Mesoamerica

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Let's Talk about Race

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Big Questions, Big World

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Summer Love

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Letzte Kelch - Band 1

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GIBBOR

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Renegade

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When the World Runs Dry

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Healer and Witch

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Renegade Mage

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Neighbors

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Understanding Weather Patterns

Nancy Dickmann

Butterfly Inn

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Botany and History of Comfrey; Garden Uses of Comfrey

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Power of the Jury

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Ginger Joy

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Pocket Universe

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Spirit of Christmas

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Evolution

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My Pet Dog

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Summer Love

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Build Me A City

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Lessons Out of School

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Lord of Opium

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Family Law and Practice

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Family law and practice explores the issues that arise when advising in a divorce case.

Beltway Baby

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How Do People Prepare for Severe Weather?

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Concise Dictionary of Comics

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Life-Size Birds

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Dusty Sandals

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Worms That Poop in My Mouth...

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Back to Business

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Coolest Puppies

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Introducing the New Sexuality Studies

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Canine Shenanigans

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