We just started drawing… In the beginning I rushed in and overdrew everything. I would walk into a pitch and have ten panels of boards. The directors of the movie, Donavan Cook and Norton Virgien, showed me the ropes and tossed out everything but the key drawings. Donavan would fold over and pin so many of my boars that the panels would look white. It was trial by fire and I quickly began to get the hang of storyboarding as we raced to put up the feature. I learned more in two months than three years of grad school at USC Animation. The original story team consisted of Kirk Hanson, Mike Bell, Francis Glebas, Andrei Svislotski, Vitaly Shafirov and myself. I am indebted to them all for showing me the ropes. Here are some pix I took as we moved into a partially built Vanguard studio in Burnaby B.C.
the Editor He’s a hugger Boarding on Space Chimps Kirk how exciting… the parking lot storyboarding on Space Chimps ehh moving into the new office working on Space Chimps lots to do waiting for our desks around the office Directing Space Chimps Vitaly Shafirov makes cameras hypnotic storyboarding away Setting up the office. Vanguard animation studios in Burnaby BC, Canada Flying into work drama looking out over Burnaby board board artists boards to pin Eric pinning boards taking a break from setting up the new Vanguard office