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