Does this count as storyboarding?

[9outofPen]

I've wanted to branch into storyboarding for a while now, and I've noticed that other than the uniform square boxes, it's very similar to what I do with my rough comic drafts. Is this close enough that with some tweaking to the format, it can technically be a storyboard? I make these sheets A LOT and it seems like they can be good for something.

[Harmony-S-S]

I've seen a storyboard and it likes you're doing a good job..But to me it looks liek you're doing a comic rough draft, with a storyboard it's just the panels and no wording (At least that's what I've seen from my experience). Hope this helps!

[Hexigate]

If i recall correctly storyboards are usually preliminary sketches that serve as stepping stones towards motion picture/animation. They don't include dialogue and are only meant to visualize staging, composition, and cinematography. They're pretty similar to comics, but comics are meant to be the final product, have dialogue, and can be more expressive and "avant-garde" in their execution.
I think that your images lean towards "comic sketch" more than storyboard, but the resemblance is certainly there. The second image is certainly more storyboard...

[phen]

Granted, I've never done official storyboarding, the second set of images definitely reminds me of storyboard work. There are a few redundant shots however it seems it could also be progression of very minute camera techniques.

The first bunch are like rough thumbnails for a comic which are strong in their own right. You have some really rad work here, most definitely something worth keeping around for reference.

[9outofPen]

Thank you! To be clear, these "look" like rough comic sketches, because they are. lol At least the first part. The second is a series of shots for an animatic idea.

I know it's not exactly the same as a storyboard, like I said, it'll need some tweaking. But maybe if I did the same thing in the proper square format, it could count as some experience?

[Snowdrop]

Hello !
Yay ! Storyboards !
I guess everyone can do how they want, and with what they are more comfortable to work with !
But I will try to give an answer :

Personally I would have made a quite similar format as yours, I feel more free about it than a classic storyboard (I do not even draw boxes ), but just for a first sketch in order to have the idea right. Nothing of your hard work is lost, don't worry !

Then, storyboarding is about camera (that's why storyboards are in regular rectangles, because the format of the camera still the same), composition, camera movements, what is going on in your scene, and sometimes the sound/dialogues/lights that are usefull to action and narration. So if your want to make an animation, I think you need these boxes.

And I have absolutely nothing bad to say about the way you are drawing it ! Storyboards can be really sketchy, and I think that your drawings are clean (not sketchy to me) and detailled waaaay enought for a storyboard, plus we can understand what are the actions and expressions, so don't worry about a stroyboard being sketchy.

In resume :
- I think that to begin with you can try the way you want in order to make your own experiments and learn from them, try to face the problems when they will come (well, if they come )
- it's true that your format is pretty similar to a 'real' storyboard, but in my opinion it's not entirely one
-you can always use this as a strong base for a stroyboard format (adapt your vertical boxes with a camera movement for example)
-your camera point of views are varied, that's good
-and I am eager to see the animation if you are doing one !

Keep on the good work ! I hope this have been useful and that I do not sounded mean to you

Have a nice day/night,
Snowdrop