Chinese-American painter, visual development artist, and illustrator, Tyrus Wong created a novel visual style for Disney’s stunning animated feature film, Bambi. The contribution of his unique artistic vision led directly to the success of the film, and helped expand the perception of animation as an art form. His watercolors and pastels combine an impressionistic vision […]
Japanese director and animator Hayao Miyazaki’s films are inspiring illustrators and animators around the world. The importance of Miyazaki’s animation lies in his unparalleled ability to capture all the ephemeral qualities of life–whether illustrating the subtle atmospheric shift of fog rolling into a bay, or a heroine’s transformation in a moment of discovery and delight.
Japanese director and animator Hayao Miyazaki’s films are inspiring illustrators and animators around the world. The importance of Miyazaki’s animation lies in his unparalleled ability to capture all the ephemeral qualities of life–whether illustrating the subtle atmospheric shift of fog rolling into a bay, or a heroine’s transformation in a moment of discovery and delight.
So, this is not exactly a storyboard…just ideas of story scenes.
Here is a model sheet of my character ‘Risu’, the Japanese squirrel. Japanese squirrels are very cute…they have tufted ears in the winter time. This is the character I created for my animated short, ‘nut case’.
Don’t disturb the sleeping lion…I wish I could relax like that. I have a not-so-good scanner, so forgive the poor image quality.