Joanna Quinn has always been a great inspiration for me and watching this video is a great insight into how she works.
In the video she considers the affect of camera angles and character positions in her storyboarding, to exaggerate the movements of one of her main characters Beryl. Even though Quinn has done the storyboarding process and is beginning to tween the frames together to create one fluid movement, she is still re-considering other positions and re-drawing till she is 100% happy. She even uses a mirror on herself so she can get the perspective angle correct.
I find it interesting what Joanna states about being an only child, how being on her own meant she spent most her time drawing, fuelling her own imagination, which I can relate to throughout my own childhood of being an only child.
I also love Quinn's drawing philosophy of being loose and not too precious so you can easily rub out and re-draw movements till you are satisfied, because at this stage you are focussing entirely on movements, not how aesthetic your drawing is, which I find is a great point to consider as quicker is better. When you're happy with the movements, it's only then you should work into them.
At the earliest stage of the process she is considering sound effects to exaggerate the humour in Beryl's tangled situation.
Above are some examples of Joanna Quinn's storyboards. You can see her variation of shots and how she tailors the script to it. Her drawings are expressive in movements and are quickly executed.
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