Board Style

I've been doing some very basic preliminary boards (which will be up shortly), but I thought I'd share different styles of boards. For inspiration, reference, setting a standard, what have you.

What reads the best for you?

Tom Price



Josh Sheppard



Kris Pearn (wonderful blogspot full of storyboard art and tips) - this is actually storyboards turned into an animatic.



Here's a few comic artists (which I've also been looking at for reference)

Ryan Stegman






Francis Manapul



Michael Oeming



It's not so much about the cool factor as it is about clarity. What do you think?

Fabulous Forty's

Just some reference for costume design, based on 1940s women's fashion. Trying to get a feel for silhouettes and how the character will look. Contemplating how the fashion will translate into a more stylized version of itself.

















And Bec











And Because Paloma Faith is secretly from the 1940s:

Erté

(Sorry this is kind of a big post.. When I start looking at pretty things it's hard to stop and I'm kind of a reference machine.)

The other day I remembered the sculpture artist that I drew a lot of reference from for Treebeard during character design: Romain de Tirtoff, who went by Erté (french pronunciation of his initials, RT). His work isn't really reminiscent of any of the fashion or timeline decisions we've made, but I was really inspired by his use of form. I think he has a really thoughtful and beautiful way of handling shapes that would be interesting to consider for how elements in the environment or her clothes/hair move.. Not to mention it would be a really strong contrast between the ethereal world and the flat, dull reality.

So here are some pictures, that if nothing else are fun to look at :)

Some of his paintings are fun too:

Someone made a stained glass version, with teal!