Storyboards play a very important role in animation. Storyboard artists can not only provide very important information in animation but also provide modellers and animators with the animation effects they want. The systems of animation companies in different countries are also different. American animation companies have a very obvious assembly line form, so people can see that this is American-style animation at a glance. Animation companies in China and Japan also have their independent forms. The most important thing is not what the storyboard looks like. The most important thing is the storytelling ability of the split mirror creator, and whether the creator can communicate all the ideas in the storyboard to the front-line producers who want to complete other processes later. Now I will analyze the photographers of animation companies in different countries.
Most of the American animation companies are based on the Disney creation mode and take the design of bisection lens as the advantage and disadvantage of animation. The topic selection of the story focuses on entertainment, which reflects the rich imagination and creativity. The division will highlight their personality in the plot arrangement, role and scene setting. Pay attention to the details of the animation, making the story more vivid. In the design of animated characters, American animation gives people a sense of immediacy and reflects a strong visual impact. Based on the design of character modelling, there is great tension from picture composition to rhythm control. In the development of American animation, the montage technique is used in the expression of lens language. Compared with Chinese animation, the picture style is more restrained and implicit, and the rhythm is quite slow.
In the storyboard from a China animation company, the character’s quality has rich imagery characteristics, which extends freehand brushwork to the development of animation, and is good at replacing reality with emptiness, which to some extent reflects the slightly exaggerated expression of the characters. To a certain extent, which reflects the nation’s way of life and thinking, and excavates the nation’s artistic resources and humanistic connotation. The combination of China’s national cultural tradition and the modern artistic characteristics of animation has gradually formed a ‘Chinese Style’. In terms of character design, the quality of Chinese animation characters has rich imagery characteristics. It extends freehand brushwork to the development of animation and is good at replacing reality with emptiness. To some extent, this reflects the slightly exaggerated expression of the characters.
Japanese animation companies usually have different kinds of storyboard painting styles. The style of storyboard painting is generally realistic. Generally, its facial features, body shape, clothes and other places can refer to the scale model of world figures. Their characters’ world and their surroundings feel like the real world. There is even a line drawing style, which mainly focuses on lines. Although the picture is not perfect, this painting method can not only save labour but also produce good results.
In contrast, the design of characters in American animation is more realistic, expanding the features to a certain extent, and reflecting exaggeration. The advantage of American animation is not only to cater to the market but also to gain strong recognition from the audience with its unique creative style and distinct storyboard advantages. Chinese animation has infiltrated Chinese traditional art forms such as paper cutting and ink painting, and its storyboard usually has a national style.
As far as I am concerned, I have drawn many types of illustrations, and I find that the painting styles of these companies are very suitable for me, because I want to try various animations when I enter the company. I can learn a lot from them, accumulate more experience, and play my unique role in the company.