Here’s the second post in the little series I’m doing with Aidan Casserly. He’s creating a storyboard from scratch for his portfolio and documenting it on his blog.
I’m reposting it here along with my ‘two cents’ that will turn out to be a full blown Mini Critique of his work by the end of it.
Basically ripping him to shreds for all to see. (I kid! I kid!)
You can read the introduction post here. I now give you his second installment. Take it away, Aidan.
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Part 1: Brainstorming and Thumbnails

This is, without doubt, the best part of the entire process. I love it. I reeeeally love this part.
Now that we have our ‘story seed’, we go about brainstorming. I grab a stack of paper (just junk paper, since this is a rough and messy stage). This is the part where, no matter what, you NEVER limit yourself. Ever.
Be as stupid as possible.
Any idea, no matter how irrelevant or pointless, gets jotted down. Anything. Even if it has remotely no tangible connection to the story at hand, everything matters. There’s a reason.