In my how to storyboard for beginners tutorial, I walk through my process for sketching thumbnails in Procreate. Thumbnailing is a quick, rough sketching stage in storyboarding where you just want to try and get your ideas down on paper.

Throughout this tutorial, I walk through:

Initial sketching practices and how you can import and use a thumbnail template in Procreate to help with the thumbnailing process. I also walk through the importance of beginning the storyboarding process with rough sketches to help you establish the timeline or sequence of the story you want to bring to life. I also walk through pacing or the speed of action, which is determined by the number of storyboards reflecting points in the overall story. Lastly, I walk through how you can play with the composition of your storyboards to set up more interesting scenes.

This storyboard for beginners tutorial, is an excerpt from my Storyboarding in Procreate: Beginners Guide to Drawing Storyboards class on Skillshare. Check out the class to learn more about storyboarding and get downloadable storyboard templates.

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