"It took me years to figure out the right way to storyboard - both the art of it and the business. It just doesn't have to be that hard. I wanted to help artists get into this profession quickly and successfully. This book is what I wished I had when I got started.

When I wrote the first edition of my book, it was one of the first on the subject. The others on the market didn’t really say anything with substance. With every edition I’ve put everything I can think of into my books. If you want to know anything about any aspect of storyboarding, I’ve covered it by now. At this point, I don’t think there’s anything else I can add.

For the last four years, I’ve kept the 2nd edition of my book at my side and I wrote notes on it and around it. Every time I had a different experience while boarding, or I thought of something else to add, I wrote it down. This latest edition covers over 15 years of my storyboard knowledge.

Storyboarding has been the best time I have ever had in the arts. I’ve been an artist in many fields: advertising, comic strips, animation, directing, producing, architectural rendering, publishing, product design, etc. But with storyboarding, I get to tell stories, draw with a pencil and work with other creative people. I get to see my work in films and on TV. Plus, I make a lot of money. What’s not to love about it?"

Mark Simon
President
Animatics & Storyboards, Inc.
Author
Storyboards: Motion In Art, 3rd Edition

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The best-selling storyboard book, Storyboards: Motion In Art, 3rd Edition, by Mark Simon, is now bigger and better than ever. Everything you want to know about storyboarding is now in one 448 page, full-color volume.

• Earn more money
• Draw better storyboards
• Get started in the industry
• Work with directors
• Find new clients
• Create boards on the computer
• Market your talent

• 20 new chapters on gaming, sketching, perspective, previz and more
• Over 1,000 new art samples
• 7 New interviews with top storyboard artists
• New exercises

The new art includes samples from The Simpsons, West Wing, The Scorpion King, The Matrix and more. You will find examples from features, TV series, commercials, video games, music videos, theme parks and others.

This is the bible of storyboarding.

“This is by far the best book of storyboarding available. A terrific resource. Highly recommended.”
Max McCoy

“Definitely a person who understands all aspects of the business, and he illustrates very well how everybody works as a whole to finish the project. Mark has no weaknesses.”
Stephen Sawran
Cartoon Network animator

Mark Simon also offers free downloadable storyboard and animation forms available at www.YourResumeSucks.biz/freebies.html.

Author Mark Simon
Mark Simon is a storyboard artist, director, producer and animator. His company, Animatics & Storyboards, Inc. has produced boards and conceptuals for more than 2,500 productions including New Line’s Hoot, John Travolta’s Lonely Hearts, Adam Sandler’s hit movie The Waterboy and NBC’s hit series seaQuest DSV. He has worked on projects for Disney, Fox, Universal, Nickelodeon, Coke, M&M, AT&T and many others.

Mark has written 7 industry books, including Facial Expressions, Producing Independent 2D Character Animation and Your Resume Sucks. He also writes articles for AWN and Animation Magazine. The animations he’s produced and directed have won over 60 international awards. His awards include being the first Grand Prize winner in Nickelodeon’s Nicktoons Film Festival with his series Timmy’s Lessons In Nature.

In addition, he is also the co-founder of www.SellYourTvConceptNow.com, a company which helps people to sell their original TV concepts.