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This is a follow up of the first board processPART 1 HERE: [link]
This level has Aang's moves, with where his position should be over the background. The more poses, the better.
Sharing a few storyboard images from the episode "Fire Bending Masters", to celebrate the end of Avatar.
Remember to watch the finale this weekend (July 19th at 8pm)
Or get\rent the last DVD (region 1) out July 29th.
All images belong to Nickelodeon\Viacom.
I apologize in advance if I don't have the time to answer everyone.
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This is amazing! I just tried to do those motions, and it really worked! I have the balance of a weeble, so it was hard, but it was so cool to be able to do it! Thank you so much for putting these up, you've done a great job on all of your storyboards and this one is no exception ^^ You're truly lucky to have worked on the show - too bad it's over now. I was wondering, what will you do now that the show is over? Do you have a new job at Nick?
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Actually, I've been off the show for over a year now. Went back to Nick to work on a tv serie version of the Penguins of Madagascar.
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...really? Were the episodes made that far in advance? O_O Wow.....Oh, I remember seeing something about that show ^^ Glad you're still at Nick, though. Your talents are too wonderful to go to waste ^^
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Animation is a long process, with many steps happening even before it is even sent to be animated: script writing, then characters, props and BG designs, storyboards. All this needs to be done before animation and takes many weeks. So work was over for some of us, lots still needed to be done afterwards.
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.....I have a lot to learn, don't I? I knew that the process was long, and I had once heard that Avatar episodes were made somewhere around 9 months to a year before they aired, but wow....To me, BGs would take years. My depth perception is horrible
Thanks for answering my questions! ^^
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Wow, I love seeing the story boards behind the animea- it really adds depth to the show.
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story board always feel so much more natural than the actual animation, why is that? its wonderful seeing the thinking process behind it all- lovely stuff!
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Many thanks. You have to admit though that rough animation has also a charm of its own. If you haven't seen it, one of the Avatar animator posted some rough animation from season one. A thing of beauty
[link]
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AGREED!
everything part of the process has something thats interesting i bet C:
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It's always amazing to see how much thoughts and work goes in the individual scenes. Thank you so much for sharing your work with us, and thank you for your contributions to this wonderful show.
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Awesome! I wish I could draw that well.
Drawing story boards is one of the artistic careers I'm interested in. Well, a long time from now after I'm done with all my schooling Did you have to take any special classes to learn how to do this? And how much does it tie into comic illustrating?
Sorry for the random questions. I really admire your work! ^_^
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Some people simply went to go a good art school: one that taught many techniques. The best to survive in the industry is to be versatile. So whatever you learn could be used for illustrations, designs, comics or animation.
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I think drawing storyboards sounds like a fun job, but I've been leaning more towards comics. Mostly due to my difficulties with drawing consistently. But I still have many years to go and will just have to see where the road of life takes me. Thanks for the advice!
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wow i remember your kidnapped by avatar crew piece, so you as been really kidnapped!
thanks for sharing this boards are great!
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Yup, kidnapped, and I didn't want anyone to pay the ransom
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Isn't Aang supposed to be facing front in the second pose?
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Nope. Based on the natural movement of the sequence, that's how it went.
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Ah well, Congratulations on a successful project. What is your next stop?
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Where can I learn how the whole animating process goes? D:
It looks so easy with all the little side notes that say "Character does this!" Like maybe you write that down and then the TV makes it happen. ... Maybe. *shifty*
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It would be too long to explain here in a reply, but you can find more about the animation process by simple web searches or reading a book on animation.
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Okay, thanks ^^ *whips out google*
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Haha i remember when i was watching this episode, i was like. It musta been hard to animate this o_o (the room with the statues was very epic)
But seeing it displayed out like this is really cool. You guys did awesome work.
Do you ever get frustrated or stuck on a pose, like with all the bending and stuff that happens in the show?
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Nope. We always manage to work it out. Plus, we get very good reference when it comes to bending moves.
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It's so much fun seeing how the scenes are put together. Thank you for posting these!
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I love seeing stuff like this... it's so interesting to see the steps before the finished product. Thank you so much for sharing with us!
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so this is your work... D:
*shakes you* maybe if I rub your foot on my face.. some of your skill will get into me? D:
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My foot is really bad at transfering anything
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These are all pretty awesome. Especially useful for animation students, I'd say
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I've got the DVD of this episode, but I'm in Canada (no NickTV) so I'm waiting for the DVD of the big final!
Can't wait for the 29th!
^_^
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XD This is so awesome! When I get older, and look into a career in animation, I want to start out as a storyboard artist, then work my up to creator! ^^
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Starting as a storyboard artist straightaway may be a bit hard. You could start as Storyboard cleanup before moving up.
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Storyboarding, to me, was always the coolest looking part of the animation process. You can really see how everything is supposed to go!
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Way cool. X3
I really hope they put the whole thing in a DVD box set. I'd be all into it.
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Storyboards are always so fun! Do you have to figure out the transitions between bending poses like this? If so, do you ever stand there and do them yourself? I know I would, plus it's fun! if not a little silly, to act like you're bending
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For this, we had good references. But for some other moves, we'll sometime take the pose to understand it better.
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Oh man, these are so cool!
*goes secretly to try and mimic the moves*
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I actually loved that part of the episode. When Zuko and Aang were dancing in unison. I loved the movement. So very cool. ^^
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DUDE! I love these things, he looks cool.
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Love the storyboards! It's so interesting to see this part of the process. I've been watching Avatar all week and I honestly think it's one of THE BEST cartoons out there. Such a shame it's over...
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Omg! I loved the animation in that scene! Very cool to see the storyboard for it.
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That's really cool. The animation for this episode and the last few have been really amazing.
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that one is my favoirt episode. While watching it I was just floored at the detail in the dance it was amazing
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I wonder if afterward he will restart the air tribe to repair the balance.
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This is my favorite episode (so far) because it was so gorgeous. I wanna say which scene I liked, but I just remembered that I could be considered a spoiler.... ><;
It's awesome to think that you worked on my fav episode though. XD
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