My initial idea of story boards was one of wild and rough sketches to fall back on if the project they were being used for ran into trouble, and have since had my eyes opened.
Story boards seem to me to be the foundation of any animation or motion picture project as well as comic books and many other artistic genres.
I began looking for story boards on a subject I like, comic strips and graphic novels.
the first thing that struck me was the depth and detail within the story boards thus blowing 'wild and rough sketch' notion, clean out of the water.
After spending some time looking at the comic book boards I could find, i decided that, In all they are pretty much the same as the final comic minus the text and colour and so decided to look elsewhere.
It was then I came across the name Federico D'Alessandro, A Uruguayan born story board artist that has worked on some of the most imaginative projects to come out of Hollywood in recent years, Where The Wild Things Are and The Chronicles of Narnia to name but two
Below is a link to an interview I found with him along with some examples of his 'Wild Things' story boards
http://www.smashboxstudios.com/yello/2009/10/where-the-wild-things-are-an-interview-with-federico-dalessandro/
and also here is a link to D'Alessandro's personal website, its well worth a look some of his portfolio is amazing.
http://thefilmartist.com/portfolio/film-storyboards/
Also during my search of story boards I found another page that made me realise that sometimes the story board itself can be deemed more exciting than the actual result of the project they had been intended for, in this case commercial advertising..
http://cartoonsnap.blogspot.co.uk/2009/02/storyboard-central-is-fabulous-showcase.html
clicking on the images within the above page, can take you to other story board related blogs that are well worth a look.
So with these examples and many many others I have plenty of inspiration and ideas to work with and utilise within my own work on the upcoming images for my brief.
In between the time I spent looking for inspiration for my story boards, I have continued to paint my portraits.
One in particular, of Ian Brown, lead singer of the Stone Roses, that I painted to tap into the hype of the recent concert in Manchester, led me down a entirely new path.
Charity.
Instead of selling the painting, a friend and I decided, to put it to better use, between us we have contacted the Ian Brown's P.R, to enquire about having the painting signed so we can auction it off and donate the proceeds to charity in honour and memory of Chris Braheny, the young man who sadly went missing and was later found dead in Salford.
Chris was due to do a charity event himself but lost his life before he had chance, so doing this feels like helping fulfil something even though he is no longer here.
Below is a picture of the painting we hope to get signed,
