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and scenes. It is also simple to swap variations on a particular storyboard to see how it changes the fl ow of the
shot.
If you will be creating your storyboards using traditional tools, you will need the following:
Paper : Unlined 3
index cards will work well.
Pencil : Any drawing implement will work, but if you have a favorite artist's pencil, feel free to use it.
A board : You'll need a cork-backed bulletin board and pins or a blank wall or artist's table and masking tape.
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Your fi nished drawings will be arranged in sequence on the board (or wall or desk), like this:
Figure 4.26
A wall used for storyboarding. © Blender Foundation | peach.blender.org
Other artists, myself included, prefer to create their storyboards digitally. To accomplish this, you will need a
pen tablet, some kind of painting program, and a program that can help you to organize the storyboards.
Pen Tablets
Although you could just paint using your mouse, you'd be silly to try. Using a pen tablet is signifi cantly more
responsive and is the generally accepted way of digital painting. If you've never used one before, a pen tab-
let consists of a hard drawing surface and a pen, which is connected through a USB port. As you move the
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