Project Announcement

and a bit about story boarding

For the past few months I have been busy working on a children’s book that I am both writing and illustrating. It has been quite the adventure. I am excited to share with you some of the work in progress.

Here are a few storyboard frames from the book. The working title is “Light Always Shines”. Still thinking about other options for the title but for now this is it.

The premise of the story is, while on a camping trip, a family head out for an adventure. Then the daughter ends up falling into a dark cave.

It may seem a bit scary and dark but I can assure you that it is a very light and warming read. I am already done with the whole storyboard. There will still be a few changes with the script but I am already in the stage of starting the illustrations.

I hope you guys enjoy this little teaser of what has been keeping me busy. I actually enjoyed creating the storyboard. I decided on doing it all traditionally with watercolor. I feel like I really work better traditionally then digitally. I guess I just get more of a thrill with it.

Even the artists that influence my work the most work a lot with traditional mediums. Not that I am against digital artworks. I actually love them. There is just something about the traditional mediums that really feel inspiring.

Nowadays, when it comes to storyboarding, you will rarely see someone working traditionally. I guess because of the “speed” factor. Storyboard artists need to produce so many frames in so little time. Working digitally is ideal for that. My inspiration for creating this storyboard traditionally comes from Bill Peet.

Bill Peet was a story artist and animator for Disney in the 1940s-1960s. To this day, Bill Peet is still the only story artist to have storyboarded a full Disney animated film on his own. AND, he did it twice. He did it for “One Hundred and One Dalmatians” and “The Sword in the Stone”. If you have any experience whatsoever in storyboarding, you would know that to storyboard an entire animated film on your own is pretty incredible.

Here are a few frames of Bill Peet’s work.

Another inspiration of mine would be the folks at Studio Ghibli. Those guys are pretty incredible as well. Here are a few frames from their own storyboards.

There truly is something about working with traditional mediums.

Anyway, that’s enough about storyboarding.

The target for launching my book would be some time in November. I do hope I am able to reach the deadline. Stay tuned for more updates.

Peace be with you