hey!!! I love your phm fanarts!! They’re always so fun! Especially the Atlantis au ones!!!
I noticed that you mentioned you work as a story board artist for animation with marvel. I’m applying to go to college for animation soon to hopefully do something similar and was wondering if you had any tips on what places are good to apply to or what colleges would have good programs. Also if you have any tips on what I should do for my art portfolio.
thank you!!!
Thank you so much! :D I'm glad you like my art, and my Atlantis AU!
In terms of schools to apply to, I would recommend Cal State Long Beach, San Jose State, and Cal State Fullerton! They all have good animation programs, and even though they're state schools vs. art schools, many of their alumni work in the industry, including some of my friends! :D I personally went to community college for animation, but I ended up dropping out after I was offered a job on The Angry Birds Movie following a story internship I did at Disney. Most of my education came through working on the job, and learning from my coworkers and directors on how they approached drawing, composition, acting, cinematography etc. in their storyboards. My main focus was pursuing storyboarding, but in terms of animating LCAD and Ringling are both good for learning animation!
For more concentrated schools that are individual class based, Concept Design Academy and Warrior Art Camp are great options since they have classes taught by artists in the industry.
Since I went to community college vs art school, I'm not too familiar with what would be required of a portfolio to apply, but I would go with whatever requirements the school requests in their application :) For industry jobs, I can speak to what to include for a story portfolio! Typically including two to three strong storyboard sequences that tell a complete story, meaning it has a beginning, middle and end but isn't excessively long. With a story portfolio you want to demonstrate your understanding of storytelling, cinematography, and film making through your sequences, as if you were showing a single sequence from a show or film. As a story artist you are a storyteller first, and through your drawings and storyboards you interpret the script visually and cinematically. Also including gesture drawings, life drawings, and personal sketches (such as OCs, personal projects etc.) are good to round out the portfolio and show your voice as a storyteller.
Doing film studies (pausing films and drawing the shot composition for a full scene), gesture drawings, and expression studies are all important for storyboarding, since it will not only strengthen your film language library but also allow you to draw quickly and clearly. Expression studies will help you to build your library of emotions for drawing character acting in your sequences.
I hope this helps, and best of luck with your artistic endeavors! :D
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