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Training storyboard artists since 2008.

Learn from industry professionals

With experience at leading film, animation, and entertainment studios.

Studio names identify professional experience and do not imply endorsement.
Sound familiar?

Your drawings have potential. Now you need a professional path.

Most artists don't stall because they can't draw. They stall because no one ever shows them how storytelling for the screen actually works — or how the industry hires.

That's the gap StoryboardArt was built to close: structured training, honest feedback, and a portfolio that speaks the studios' language.

01FEEDBACK GAP

You practice constantly, but without pro feedback you can't tell what's actually improving.

02PORTFOLIO UNCERTAINTY

You're not sure what a studio-ready storyboard portfolio even looks like.

03CINEMATIC SEQUENCING

Your drawings are solid, but your sequences don't read like film.

04INDUSTRY ACCESS

The industry feels like a closed door — no map, no contacts, no way in.

Choose your path

Where are you in your story?

Three ways in — pick the one that matches where you are today.

01

New to storyboarding

Start with our Intro to Storyboarding overview — an article covering what storyboard artists actually do, how boards are read, and how the job works.

  • A plain-English introduction to the craft
  • Understand the role before you commit
02

Build your skills

You already draw — now sharpen your film language, staging, and drawing for boards with focused, self-contained courses.

  • Intro to Storyboarding · Drawing for Storyboards
  • Get a pro portfolio review anytime
03

Become career-ready

You're serious. The 12-month Story Artist Mentorship gives you structure, weekly mentor feedback, community, and a portfolio built for hiring.

  • Mentors from Pixar, Disney & Lucasfilm
  • Production-style assignments with deadlines
Why StoryboardArt

Training built the way studios actually work

No academic theory for its own sake. Everything points at one outcome: boards strong enough to get you hired — taught by the people doing the hiring-level work.

A StoryboardArt instructor working through storyboard panels at the drawing desk
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Pioneers of online story training — since 2008

We were teaching storyboarding online when no one else was, and we've been refining it ever since.

02

Working professionals, not just teachers

Instructors have credits at Pixar, Disney, Lucasfilm, Marvel, Netflix, Sony, and Warner Bros — and bring current production knowledge into every critique.

03

Production-style assignments

Story sequences based on real studio briefs, with deadlines — so you train the way a show actually runs.

04

Portfolio-first education

Every module builds toward a portfolio that speaks the studios' language — the single asset that gets artists hired.

05

Live critique and a working community

Weekly live reviews and an active Discord where students and working pros share boards, notes, and job leads.

Courses & reviews

Focused training, one skill at a time

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Beginner course
Intro to Storyboarding

For people who love to draw and want to make a living with their art. Learn what boards are, how they're read, and build your first sequences.

Online course · Self-contained · No industry experience needed
Skills course
Drawing for Storyboards

For filmmakers, animators, and visual artists who need fast, confident drawing for boards — figures, staging, and perspective that read on screen.

Online course · Drawing-focused · All story genres
Feedback session
Get a Portfolio Review

For artists at any level who want honest, specific direction: what's working in your portfolio, what isn't, and what to fix first.

1:1 review · From our storytelling team
The Story Artist Mentorship · The advanced path

Turn your potential into a professional storyboard portfolio

A structured 12-month program for serious artists — trained the way a studio story department works, with professional mentors reviewing your boards every week.

12 monthly modules with guided story assignments
Weekly live critique from professional mentors
Production-style briefs with real deadlines
A portfolio built to studio standard by the end
Private Discord community and accountability
Career support — pitching, rates, first clients
Mentor Tim Burgard Mentor John Dusenberry Mentor Sergio Paez Mentor Crystal Kan Mentor Steve Lee
Mentors with credits at Pixar, Disney, Lucasfilm & Warner Brosmeet the instructors
See How the Mentorship Works Application + portfolio review call — no long forms here.
Storyboard sequence by mentorship student Kylie Gay

“I got 2 different portfolio calls! I had a recruiter from Disney TV ask for my portfolio for an upcoming show… Thanks to the Mentorship, I've made a lot of strides in my work, and I'm so glad I took the chance to learn from you all!”

Kylie Gay
Kylie Gay
Mentorship graduate · Now working at Disney TV
Student results

Real artists. Real studios. Real results.

CAREER BREAKTHROUGH

“It all started with your class… I've logged shows in four different countries, have shows currently streaming on several platforms and am currently working for Warner Bros Animation. It changed the trajectory of my career!”

Lincoln Adams
Lincoln Adams
Storyboard artist · Warner Bros Animation
FIRST PAID PROJECT

“Last week I posted some of my work on LinkedIn and… today I have received a storyboard contract from a French company for a 90 sec advertising project. I'm stoked as this is my first advert project ever.”

Mario Galardo
Mario Galardo
Got hired at Cinesite
PIXAR INTERNSHIP

“Just thought I'd let you know I got into the Pixar internship this year! I definitely couldn't have gotten that far without your class!”

Caroline Pauly Stauffer
Caroline Pauly Stauffer
Accepted into the Pixar internship
CLIENT REFERRAL

“I just had an opportunity to storyboard a commercial! I got referred from someone who saw my work in this Mentorship discord… Everything I learned from the classes were absolutely crucial.”

Benlin Alexander
Benlin Alexander
Freelance storyboard artist
How it works

Your next twelve months, boarded out

START

Choose your path

Start with the Intro to Storyboarding course, sharpen a specific skill, or apply for the Mentorship — whichever matches where you are.

TRAIN

Train with working pros

Industry-focused lessons, real assignments, and honest critique — so every hour of practice counts.

BREAK THROUGH

Build work that gets noticed

Leave with stronger boards, a portfolio that reads like film, and the confidence to put it in front of studios.

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