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Heeeey so I'm trying to develop my Jekyll and Hyde so that it's not just a string of cool-sounding happenings.THE SETUP IIIIIS:
Hyde has just killed Sir Danvers Carew--the first murder he's committed. This event drives home to Jekyll that Hyde really is a danger to society and that he himself has the potential for really horrid evils trapped away in his soul.
So as soon as he transforms back to his normal self he starts freaking out real bad. D: And hallucinates. Just a bit. Actually a lot.
This is totally me trying to actually do that prompt Thalia had a while ago about Jekyll going nuts and trashing his study. For real.
Updates here!
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It's me trying to improve storyboarding.
So if anyone knows about storyboarding
IS IT GOOD?
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Someone should let you do a League of Extraordinary Gentlemen-esque series as writer and artist, because you have some fascinating ideas and beautiful art.
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dude...that would freak the F*** out of me if that happened!
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Can I have your permission to make a traditional animation based..I mean using this story board? I will credit you for character design, story, and story board. And Ill send you a link when the animation is ready. If you like the idea and you got any other story board that you think it could be animated, please tell me.
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Its a great story board-- Im not an expert, but fot me looks cool
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Whoaaa... so awesome. I remember that prompt! This is SO COOL.
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hehe i love super disheveled looking Jekyll
i know nothing about storyboards... but i can follow it... so i guess thats the main point??
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Well, I personally know NOTHING about storyboarding, but I CAN give you an audience viewpoint! 
The first three panels are the only thing that make it slightly akward for me. Now, whether this is just because it's storyboarding and not finished, or if I'm picky, it just seems like...it's a slow fall, and I don't think that's what you intended. Someone above mentioned something like a staggering fall, which i think would make more sense. I *think* what they meant by fluff was adding in more panels to demonstrate a more specific way for moving your character.
Also, I absolutely ADORE how you pulled off his hallucination! It got the point across fabulously!
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this is great! i love your portrayal of jekyll; he looks so dazed
and the flow between panels is nice as well
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Wow, this looks so good already! Can't wait to see more!
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Okay, can I tell you how amazing your hands are?
'Cause they are.
Okay, so character design is AMAZING (thinking I'll have to commission you sometime!).
BUT. Storyboarding? Just as awesome. You can follow the flow very nicely. If this were an animatic or a comic, I'd be even more like "
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YAY commission funtime 8D
I'm actually thinking of making this an animatic when the full sequence is done.... except if that were the case I'd like to do a bit of sound and voices, and being a girl I might not be that good to do Jekyll's voice. 8|
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XD You could hire/kidnap some guy off the street.
"GIMME' ALL YOUR VOICE"
"OH GOD HER--
Wait what."
"DO IT."
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I agree with Kris, the first shot might look good pulled out, but the last shot would most definately look good if we had a full view of his body. Use the room (maybe some tones) to really drive that emotion home in the last panel.
This is a total personal (potentially nitpicky) opinion, but in the first three panels his actions seem really quick.. or maybe I'm just reading it wrong. It looks like he's tip-toeing into the shot and then collapsing pretty hard. I think you may be going for a more shaky/staggered walk, then a hard collapse.. but I'm not sure. If so, dragging out the action may help.. like putting a B panel after panel one that would have him catch himself on the next step (like he was falling already) and another panel after that where the camera would pan up towards his head, showing his face.
It may also be cool to use a different angle on the room after panel 3.. like.. pull the camera out to a downshot of the room or something.. then you can have that really hard impact with the next panel's closeup.
Also, there's a whole rule about when to use closeups and when not to.. I really can't type all of that out, but remind me to tell you about them the next time I see you XD I learned alot of boarding tips/tricks from Henry this year and most of them made alot of sense.
But overall, the boards read pretty clearly and look really good. Just add some fluff and play with camera angles 
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I definitely see what you mean with the last shot!! I can totally picture it. Ehh for some reason the boards I'm working on.... I've totally got a billion reaction shots. It's probably because I'm obsessed with figuring out how to draw this guy's face and I crack myself up too much with silly exasperated expression like Ron in the Harry Potter movies.
In the next set of boards I did I pulled out to a downshot of the room as he staggers about. I....admit I am nervous about downshots (and upshots) because for the life of me I can't figure out how to draw people convincingly in vertical perspective.
ARE THERE REALLY RULES. 8O I keep trying to figure if there are or not! Ah, the things you don't learn in Fain's class.... If you could give me some tips sometime that'd be great. :3 As it is I'm vaguely following the formula of establishing-shot-then-mid-and-close-ups. Vaguely.... In a lame kinda way.
What do you mean by fluff? :3
I've actually got another idea in mind that I plan to board out this summer.
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well you havent broken any rules which is good. but i think the first shot and the last one can work better more pulled out.
like the one where he walks in and falls down. it feels like a shot where i already know where he is and whats going on. i think itll affect the mood better if it were pulled out a bit so you can see his whole body. the shot feels too intimate.
and for the last shot, sort of the same thing. i think itll work better and register more of the creepy and menacing vibe if you werent so close to him. maybe also have it in silhouette and you read his emotion through his body language. something like his sinks his head out of shame or something.
but good quality of boards and it reads well.
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Pulling out more, huh.... Interesting...! My reasoning for always staying so close was to focus on his emotion and his feeling of being overwhelmed by all the stuff going on in his head. I'm never sure when to pull back....
Thanks!!
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no, i understand your reasoning. my thought is that you can give off the same sort of emotion in his body language. you can most of the time get the audience to want to see more, or to attach more strongly to the character when you dont see everything, or so detailed.
do you remember that pitch that one guest artist made of the original scene of where simba walks to his dead father. and how much more intimate and touching the scene is from a distance. you dont want to be there to ruin the dynamic.
this doesnt have anything to do necessarily with yours, im just giving examples on how pulled out shoots can work.
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I was JUST thinking of that scene from the Lion King! That was definitely very clever.
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IT IS SO SO GOOD. I love the expression and the hallucination. HE SEES DEAD PEOPLE. THEY'RE DEAD.
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OMG NO WAIZ. D8<
GOOD GOD HOLMES I NEVAH WOULDA GUESSED.
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Rough night, buddy.
I love this! It really does flow just like an animated scene.
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I think it's GREAT!
I really hope you animate this someday, but even in this form there's a really good sense of movement and it's easy to follow Jekyll's thoughts.
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I love love love love LOVE the bit where Jekyll imagines his candle as the streetlamp. It's so creepy, and his face is just great.
The messy hair, the googly eyes and the fall at the beginning make me crack up, but it totally adds to the terror and makes him more... um, pathetic. *pats him*
Storyboards ftw.
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He's really supposed to fall in less of a fetal position. :\ But some body positions are so tough for me that I just go "ahhhh screw it, close ENOUGH"
Glad you like it >D
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I've done storyboarding before and this is amazing storyboarding. I could really see this playing out in my head, with music and everything. That is how it's supposed to be.
Baw, I love this. I love this so hardcore. D: I can not express to you how fantastic this is.
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IT'S REALLY GOOD
I could easily imagine this if it were actually animated.
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