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Anonymous asked: I really admire your distinctive voice as an illustrator and visual communicator. I am a student and would love to work as a storyboard artist, or generally in preproduction art and I was wondering what is expected from an artist at Pixar? Do you have to adapt your style, in order to fit the established appearance of a specific project? Thank you, I would be grateful for any input you could give. Mary Anne Del Buono
To work in story, you do need to be versatile — every director has a different sensibility and your job is to give them what’s best for their story. However… I’ve never heard of anybody getting picked for a project because of their versatility. You get gigs based on your strengths, and versatility is what keeps you useful.
Draw all you possibly can and your strengths will emerge. Don’t draw like other people, draw like you. Develop your tastes, what you like in a drawing and what you don’t like in a drawing, apply that to your work. That’s the best advice I can give you!
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“I know the feeling of “if I could just get a chance, I could prove myself” - but this is how it works: you prove yourself to get the chance.” — This seems to have connected with people on Twitter, so I’m sticking it here for posterity. It often feels unjust that people discount you before you even have a chance to prove yourself… so don’t wait for them to give you a chance. Prove it. That’ll get their attention, guaranteed.
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I want to shoot this. Rent out a theatre, cut the lights, LEDs & papier-mache planets…