Origins of storyboards in classical painting Classical artists like Rembrandt drew mockups, called “cartoons” of their paintings before launching into the final work. This allowed them to plan their compositions beforehand, fending off a lot of trouble down the line when the time-consuming, expensive oil paint was in place. Storyboards in modern film-making Film-makers have…

As a storyboard illustrator, I created a backdrop for an event at South African Breweries. I drew many smaller images by hand, and they were then processed into a final composite ready-for-print vector illustration file that could be printed on a 25 meter wide beer tent. Link to 360° panorama The separate illustrations were hand-drawn,…

A storyboard designer can draw accurately enough to stand in for a camera before the film is actually made. This happens not once, but twice, during the making of a film commercial. When a client approaches an advertising agency, or a funder approaches a film-maker, they are commissioning a story which will eventually be told…