Storyboarding
From action choreography to comedy. Beginner or experienced, this session gears you up toward a strong professional portfolio.
Staging, camera angles, pacing, comedy timing and action scenes.
Book storyboarding
Ben Li Animation director and storyboard artist
Ben Li has spent fourteen years drawing storyboards and directing for TV series, commercials and game cut scenes. These days he also teaches, one student at a time.
- 14+
- Years in animation
- 10,000+
- Figure studies
- 7
- Series credits
Storyboards
A few boards from TV, commercials and game work. Hover over one to see the framing guides.
Showing 6 of 18.
Hover over a sheet to zoom in.
In Ben's words
A line from his storyboarding class.
One on one classes
Personal sessions built around what you want to achieve. For animators, storyboard artists, designers and illustrators.
Figure drawing
Figure drawing for animation artists, by an animation artist. Draw any pose from any angle, accurately and efficiently.
Gesture, weight, simplifying, exaggeration, and only the anatomy you need.
Book figure drawingTo book, send a message saying which class you want and what you'd like to work on. Ben will get back to you to set a time.
From clean-up artist to director
Ben has worked in animation for over fourteen years, in clean-up, animation, storyboards and directing. In his words:
To draw efficiently and flexibly in any style is one of the most important skills you need to work as a professional.
He has filled more than ten thousand studies along the way, and now teaches what he learned on the job.
- Teaches at
- CG Spectrum
- Studies drawn
- 10,000+
- Off the desk
- Marathons, Muay Thai
- Castlevania
- Devilman Crybaby
- Space Dandy
- Kipo
- Black Dynamite
- Motorcity
- TMNT
- CG Spectrum
Work with Ben
Booking a class, or need boards for a show, a pitch or a game? Send a note with what you are working on.
betterlineworks@gmail.com