Starting the Storyboard for My Third Children's Picture Book
/Stuck in traffic on a rope bridge
Today I officially started creating the storyboard for my third children’s picture book. For the first two books my strategy was essentially to do what what was fun, which is really no strategy at all. As a result of my having so much fun, I wasted enough time to write another book. With a few lessons learned, this time I’m creating the dialog bubbles and text first, then I’ll compose the pictures around the text blocks. I’ve also set up Clip Studio Paint to display pages in pairs, which will help me to keep the flow of the images in mind, and to keep the colors harmonious from page to page. I’ve come to truly appreciate Clip Studio Paint EX — it’s got the tools I need to work quickly and stay organized. I just have to use the tools.
In the past I did the story board with pen and paper, then scanned the pictures, then imported them into my graphics software, which was Procreate for the first book. For this book I’m doing the storyboard entirely in Clip Studio Paint EX. Feeling comfortable enough to do the preliminary sketches with my digital tools will save me many hours.
