Hand Drawn Storyboard?

[Lev]

It is really close to the deadline now, and we were thinking about the animation submission rules - They say we are supposed to have a storyboard,noting: "use #3 pencil or softer" - does that mean we cannot use printed out computer-drawn pictures (not the real rendered animation frames, but the sketches made in Photoshop, etc) for the storyboard? We were using a script with some computer sketches instead of a full storyboard for the animation, so we dont really have a hand-drawn version.

[Specialagentjim]

Personally, I'm not going to try them and their rules. If I were you, jot down some quickly drawn storyboard, dont worry about it (it isnt judged) and submit it. That way you're covered.

[Soukup]

i read something about this somewhere...but I can't remember where

ANyway..it say that they want the pencil so that it is visible and that pen or computer printed storyboards are okay...but why jinx it. Hand-draw it and you'll be safe.

[Lev]

Alright, we'll do that then.

[Mike@ncths]

I replied to another thread to answer this question, but I'm not sure how to cite another thread, so I'll repost it here...

On the subject of the #3 pencil, we were planning on non-pencil (computer-generated) storyboard. So I wrote to Autodesk to ask them if they really meant ONLY #3 pencil, or if that meant "if you use pencil, make sure it's #3 or darker" (for reproduction). Autodesk promptly replied:

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Hello Mike,

You are totally correct: *if* you do your storyboard in pencil it should be #3 or darker. The idea is that it be reproducible. Dark marker sketches or printouts from a computer/web storyboard are both acceptable.

Looking forward to seeing your entry. Best of luck.
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It may have been obvious to others, but we had a discussion on the team as to whether it was really required to be in pencil or not. The answer is "not".

[Specialagentjim]

Oh cool, thanks for the offical ruling! (Btw..was the "Autodesk promptly replied" sarcastic or did it actually come back quickly?)

[Lev]

Thanks alot for the clarification! It will make everything much easier.