Storyboarding in Procreate: Beginner's Guide to Drawing Storyboards

Looking to elevate your motion design and bring your video or animation ideas to life? Storyboarding is the key! Discover an effective and surprisingly simple way to visually brainstorm video ideas and plan your projects for success. This course provides a step-by-step guide to the entire storyboarding process, empowering you to confidently present your video or animation concepts to clients. It's designed for all skill levels, from beginners to experienced artists.

What you'll learn:

• Fundamentals of Visual Storytelling: Master the core principles of creating compelling visual narratives.
• Defining Story Elements: Learn how to identify and develop the essential components of your story.
• Procreate Storyboarding Techniques: Explore sketching and ideating storyboards in Procreate, utilizing the app's powerful features.
• Refining Storyboard Clarity: Develop techniques to ensure your storyboards are easy to understand and communicate.
• Animation Notes for Storyboards: Learn how to effectively describe action within your storyboards using concise animation notes.
• Exporting Your Storyboards: Master the process of exporting your finished storyboards for various uses.

What you'll create:

By the end of this course, you'll have created storyboards for a personalized video story, significantly enhancing your visual storytelling skills applicable to any future motion design project.

What you'll need:

• iPad: An iPad is required for this course.
• Apple Pencil: An Apple Pencil is recommended for drawing and sketching.
• Procreate App: We'll guide you through using Procreate's features for storyboarding. If you don't have Procreate, you can adapt the techniques to other drawing programs or even use traditional paper and pens.

Ready to take your animation skills to the next level?

Once you've mastered storyboarding, explore these related animation classes:

• [Easy Procreate Animation: Make Fun Gifs & Videos](link to class)
• [Mixed Media Animation: Unleash Your Creativity in Procreate](link to class)
• [Dreams: Fun With Procreate: Adding Animation To Social Media Photos](link to class)
• [Hand Drawn Animation: Create an Animated Gif in Adobe Photoshop](link to class)

Further Storyboarding Resources:

• [Storyboarding for Animation: How to Illustrate and Design for Successful Motion](link to class)
• [Intro to Motion Graphics: Explainer Videos From Storyboard to Animation](link to class)
• [Storyboarding for Film or Animation](link to class)

Looking for more animation inspiration? [Discover more classes on Animation here!](link to animation classes)