Activity 2: Drawing Scenes

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The next step in your storyboard project is to start thumbnailing the scenes in each panel. The idea is to quickly lay down a quick, rough sketch to go with the captions in each panel.

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• Rocket_Rodeo Project

How to draw scenes
  1. Start Storyboard Pro and open your Rocket_Rodeo.sboard project.

The project opens in the Horizontal workspace with the caption fields filled and ready for you to start sketching.

  1. In the Tools toolbar, click the Pencil button. Read the captions in the first few panels and start sketching.
  2. Add the Tool Properties view to the workspace and adjust the properties of the Pencil tool and the colour. You can change the pencil colour to the standard light-blue for sketching.

  1. Use the Contour Editor tool to shape and refine your drawings.
  2. You can use the Paint tool to fill in areas with colour.
  1. To get a visual overview of your thumbnails, switch to the Overview workspace. In the View toolbar, click the Overview Workspacebutton. Now you can see how your story is progressing.

  1. Switch back to the Horizontal view and continue sketching. Don't forget to turn on the light table and onion skinning to see the sketches before and after the current panel.
  2. Save your project.

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