Blue Eye Samurai was a tough show to storyboard on
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- I talk about my experiences boarding on a show like Blue Eye Samurai, as well as show my boarding process on the production.
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I’ve heard plenty of good things about this show, but still haven’t watched it🤦🏽♂️ The fact that you worked on it gives me more reasons to watch it.
WATCH ITTT
WATCH IT!! Its goood
It's freakin' amazing. Watch it!
I finished it in one sitting and didn’t know anything abt it so it’s a very easy watchhh
watch it
No way you were storyboarding for this series. That's crazy👏
I was planning to watch it and now I'm definitely watching it🙌
That’s the same question I have literally lol 😂
dude, YOU storyboarded on this?!?! blue eye samurai was so good, thank you for helping make this
Storyboarding in photoshop feels like such a tedious job to me - Storyboard pro makes the process so seemless and easy to produce animatics (but I do miss the custom brushes of photoshop, so I would love to hear about how to board in Photoshop!!)
It can be wonky. I use it out of necessity, but I enjoy the flexibility it has and the brushes allow me look into the style of my project further.
Storyboard in Clip Studio! Way better. Brushes like photoshop, playback like Storyboard PRO
I think SPA studio (Klaus) has gone full blender for pre-vis, boards, and animation. Less round-tripping to other software.
@@NathanRitchie Story boarding in blender is actually really nice once you get the hang of it.
On some projects I'll intentionally Put the frame rate at 30 fps. And then board at 3 or 6 fps. Creating a rough on every 5th frame or 10th frame on a Rough line layer.
Then I render and export the story board when it's done. But instead of starting from scratch for the next phase of the project, I reuse the same file for the next phase of the project. Simply creating a new layer for the next stage of my animation. So if I need to look at the board again as reference I can just switch back to that layer.
Having everything built into the same file has really helped my work flow. As it means I don't have to constantly switch back and forth between looking at my laptop and my monitor. Having the story board ready and accessible on the same file as my main project just makes everything go way smoother.
Seems like it would be unless you know the tools. Him saying it common in feature animated films does rather imply you are wrong if the industry uses it instead
One of the things that stood out to me the most while watching this series was the shot composition. Absolutely incredible angles and lighting. And you did some storyboards for it?! That's incredible!
legit, the camera work and scene staging really stood out to me aswell. Its a very well-made show.
@@82Catfish It has some incredible shots and is deliriously well done in places. Gorgeous.
the lens choices felt so painterly. so awesome.
If you guys haven’t watched this series yet…you need to before spoilers get out there. Everything about this series is brilliant, beautiful, and extraordinary. I plan on watching season one a few more times just because of its elegance.
YES I fully agree one of the best new shows out there. I am still making my way through watching scavengers reign.
It truly is an amazing year for animation.
@@sonicsnake44that’s actually on my list to watch next. I saw the trailer and was thinking how amazing the art was.
It's insane how quickly season two was confirmed... I think you might have some fans on the Netflix renewal board...
That said, a lot of this actually reminds me of Cinderella's ballroom scene. It was revolutionary because the concept of what a formal ball looked like was not concrete in people's minds; they actually hired a bunch of trained ballroom dancers, set cameras up in a real rented ballroom, filmed the whole thing, then freakin' rotoscoped all of it as animation afterward. So they had to worry about a limited number of cameras and actual cinematography, too.
its realy about views on the first 2 weeks since release. my mom watched it. my dad watched it. my peers watched it. it felt like the earth was in synchronous peace for a moment.
I want to know which Snow White scene you're referring to.
@@mariaee1862 I think they're referring to the first dance Belle/ Beast share with each other and the iconic song plays? (Original Disney version)
@@mariaee1862I think they meant Beauty and the Beast lol
It reminded me of that too! (I’m assuming you’re talking about beauty and the beast)
hell. yes. this is content is EXTREMELY helpful as film/animation student. Learning the nuances differences of animation to live action is very helpful. And then hearing about them being used together and the challenge that comes with it is wildly interesting and very useful. I hope you keep making videos like these! (btw ep 4 was my favorite! glad to see you boarded it)
This is a show that no one should sleep on. Incredible work to everyone who worked on this
It didn't feel "mini". It felt absolutely epic.
Amazing work. Kind of insane what storyboarding has become though. Not using storyboard programs, basically drawing breakdowns, and especially having to do multiple "takes" is crazy
I've usually grown up seeing old shows already created. But it is so exciting to see new shows released, and my favorite current animators working on it! It makes me as a viewer feel very included in your journey, keep it up!
literally one of the best shows i‘ve ever seen. season 2 got announced around a week after i finished it, i was SO happy. 😭
You should be really proud of yourself. This show is absolutely amazing and personally I think it's the best animated series to come out within the last 10 years. Being associated with working on this show in any capacity is extremely impressive.
I absolutely loved blue eye samurai. I was really glad when they confirmed S2. Great work on the show, it really captured some elements of animation i haven't seen in any other animated shows. The storyline was really entertaining, especially the fight scenes.
dude, i finished the show last week and i gotta say it's one of (if not THE) most visually stunning shows i've ever watched. i've been wanting to become an animator for years, but the release of this show just turbo-boosted my motivation to further study and improve my skills. phenomenal work! i hope to someday reach your level of skill.
I bet the storyboards are pieces of art. I hope they get shown to the public the whole show is so beautiful
Terrific show. I'm going to recommend this video to my animation students. Thanks for this.
I just started and finished this show today: i started with it playing on the side, then I couldn’t tear my eyes away 😅
I am very impressed by the choice to do a long cut top down in the brothel secret passage: that was a brilliant choice
Also just framing and shot composition was excellent each episode!!
When you were talking about following live action rules, and picturing a camera in 3D space, as someone who has always storyboarded with this mindset since my first attempt, its actually really interesting to realize that most people dont?
I find it difficult to do a lot of childrens shows because the camera is difficult to imagine in real life. I guess they just werent picturing a camera at all...?
It’s not necessarily better or feasible.
I defiantly do enjoy the ‘camera’ composition more but some things just work not being based in reality. Beauty of animation. Only limit is your imagination… and budget and time.
There’s a reason many kids shows or more average tv show budget animations don’t or are always able to do realistic camera work. Not only does it require more time to consider besides just composition of the art, but also is usually more difficult to achieve with good quality. Not every animation gets this luxury.
And if they don’t have time, but still achieve such quality, we’ll, bless the animators souls with their poor working conditions (e.g. chainsaw man. Looks incredible in motion with how it tries to be like a live action but animated, but was achieved with extremely poor conditions for animators, as is with other modern Mappa animes).
Everything you mentioned is such a valuable insight on the storyboarding process! Thank you so much for sharing your experience, so cool that you had the chance to work on it and it impacted your approach in such a unique way! The show has already become one of my favourites alongside with Arcane and Scavengers reign that i love dearly
this is one of my favourite series at the moment - the art and animation, the story, the themes, all of it is so amazing. i’m so happy to hear it’s getting a second season!! your work on this series has been absolutely incredible
I just discovered, through this video, that it got renewed for 2nd season, can't explain how happy I am with it. Great work on the show!
One of the best shows I've seen in decades.
You know, sometimes I am shocked that we can even movies, games, music, tv series, whatever. There is so many moving parts in play, and it is mindblowing to think this is just *a part* of a gigantic process, everyone who worked at Blue eye samurai could no doubt have made a video essay being just as detailed as this one.
this is so cool! i always loved looking at storyboard thumbnail sketches even if im not a storyboard artist and i feel like the strong sense for storytelling via composition and light speaks to me directly as an artist and a person?? like it calms me to know someone sits with story and light this way. so thank you so much for sharing this! i really love this show and I hope you get compensated well and have a lot of support for fulfilling and fun projects in the present and the future
OMG OMG I am totally hooked to this series! Amazing to know you storyboarded this! Great great great work absolutely 👏❤❤
This is one of the best adult animated shows I've seen in a really really long time
I watched the blue-eyed samurai and ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT!! You did an awesome job as part of this, it was absolutely perfect down to the minimal details!
Its amazing that you worked on this show. Your work along with everyone's eles truly made a masterpiece of animation and story telling.
Can't wait for season 2.
You're probably going to wait about 3 yrs, sadly
YOU WERE ON THIS?? I LOVED this show and I can’t wait for s2!
This makes me even more excited for the ripples this show will make in animation.I have to imagine due to how unique BES was, the whole team that worked on this show has a similar story of having gained a LOT of new skills and a new perspective from having to work outside of their usual zone. Blue Eye Samurai is hands down the best series in its class right now, animated or not, because the amount of talent and dedication you & others put into it absolutely shines through in every minute.
I'll be honest I read too fast and thought you said ripples and my response was gonna be "me to"
this series was absolutely amazing. I can't believe you solo produced this entire project, well done!
I never knew Photoshop was used for boards so commonly. Would love to see more about these layer comps.
This is amazing you storyboard this!I was impressed of how good the cinematography , flow and animation was! Thank you for showing this!
no wonder the show turned out so good, nice work man!
This series was INCREADIBLE... fantastic work!
i'm amazed you were/are a part of this, it's a really good animation.
You worked really hard on this and earned that next season. I just hope you don’t get rushed to put out a second season.
Thank you for being a part of this show. You and others worked so well to make it come to life, and gathered a large audience that praise and recognize its hard work. So excited when s2 releases 😊❤
I finished blue eye samourai a month ago ... man it's so good. Thank you Tonika for your work on it
I would LOVE to hear more about how you storyboard in photoshop! The Laye Comp thing looks very useful!
Blue Eye Samurai is one of the best animated stories I've ever seen.
I binged this series last week and BOY is it good.
This show was such a good story and the style was amazing, it's awesome to see the stuff behind the making of the scenes.
I absolutely loved this first season and I can see your influence on the animation very clearly. You did an amazing job
Holy shit! You work for that anime!? Goddamn, you make me wanna subscribe! The animation, story and characters are just*chef kiss*
I LOVE THISSSSS ANIMATION I've already rewatched it, CAN'T W8 FOR S2
I have enjoyed the series and I love seeing the behind scenes and the fact you storyboarded in it!
Well done. Incredible work by you and the entire team.
I've only seen the first episode, but massive respect to everyone who worked on this show. It is truly special and I love that it will get a season 2! More awesome show and more work for you guys
This was a cool watch, thanks for sharing. Blue Eye Samurai is the best thing I've watched in years, so good luck on the second season!
Dude it is WICKED AWESOME worked on this show!!! Epic stuff man
This show was visually stunning thank you for your contributions that meant I was able to watch it. I’m so happy about the new season x
i follow you for years, and i'm shocked to finally feel like i know someone in this industrie that seems so far to my rural place of living
I saw the scene today and it was so cool. It feels more vivid!
What a huge flex to be able to say you literally drew Blue Eye Samurai
Holy shit this was the best show i have ever seen no wonder you worked on it
Awesome show! The effort in the shots really shined! The single camera angles have always made a movie or show scene way more captivating for me. i always just remember how brutal a fight scene was in jason bourne. Was done in a single take with very few angle changes, really brought you into the room and dramatized it so well.
This show was amazing, started following you maybe a year ago crazy that you worked on it. Great work 🎉
its so cool you worked on this, I really loves this series
you and your team my friend are amazing. love the show and I can't wait to see the next season!
Jumping in to say I just finished B.E.S. a few days ago and absolutely LOVED IT.
The trailer tempted me a bit, I tried out a few other shows and left a bit dissapointed before finally trying Blue Eyed Samurai and watching most of the series in one night and being extremely tired for work the next day lol.
One of my favourites for this year, will be looking out for that next season for sure!
Episode 4 was the goat good job dude
Really insightful! I love this show, the animation and 'camera work' is done extremely well! must be really satisfying to see your shots come to fruition!
I love this series. I've been following this channel for a while. It's crazy to see your work on this.
Love to see the work and know the series in more ways!
This show was amazing!! Thank you so much for sharing your process and for your hard work brining this story to life! Incredibly impressive work, wow!!
The storyboard is very close to an animatic, i dont know i pictured storyboarding like less animated than this.
Omg you was a part of it!!!! Awesome man great work. Great show🎉🎉❤
The show is just bonkers good. More people need to watch it!
You storyboarded on this!?! Holy cow! This series is amazing! Good job! No…excellent job dude!!!
so cool that you got to work on this! would love to learn more about storyboarding in photoshop
Congrats on your work,, man! you guys created an amazing show
This series is so good 🔥🔥 was ecstatic to hear there’s another szn coming out 😅
You worked on this show?! Niiiiiiice. It’s quickly become my favorite show
My scream when you said "Just got renewed for a second season" atsbbsjsgsv😭😍🎉 Totally deserved. It's perfect. Good job ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
i was susprised you worke don this series, your a real pro
I've watched it awesome if you did the storyboards💫🎨
Yo it’s incredible hearing you worked on it! Great work
I LOVE THIS SHOW ive already rewatched it like 3 times I can't wait for season 2.
the show is amazing! a must see
I LOVED this show! Looking forward to the next season!
My anticipated anime,very nice 2d presentation, for me the adult content makes it more interesting ❤❤❤
Oh my gosh you did such a good job 👏 💖 💗
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Thank you so much for sharing this amazing experience, Toniko! I love Blue Eye Samurai!
I would love to hear more about your process of storyboarding in Photoshop! Right now I’m in school for animation, and photoshop is a program that my tuition covers, so knowing how to use that resource as it pertains to my major would be a big help.
interesting to see how live action directors would impact how something animated is made, but i do think that some of those qualities of the show are my favorite. the long takes were definitely cool
I just finished this show. The scenes are framed gorgeously!
Casually mentions working on such a masterclass of animation.
Loved this series so much!
I just watched it and man y'all did a great job!
It was a fantastic series, good job.
Wow I love this series! So glad to know that you have worked on it! Tks for sharing your experience and things you've learned back then.
And pls talk more about this photoshop tool. I'm making a storyboard portfolio and so far I've only used photoshop, but it's being really tough and chaotic haha, I din't know about those layers settings.
Thanks for always making good videos and explanations! Congrats for your amazing work!
Congrats, Sir! 🥇👌🏼
this series is absolutely incredible
The board is very good. The serie is killer. I’d have loved to work on it too. Good job guys.
one of the best shows on netflix. period. including all the other movies and shows.
wow, working on a show this good is probably really cool. honestly, im kinda jealous
I just finished watching and it is so beautiful, I love the series wholeheartedly and hope it will continue. Amazing work!
I would love to learn more about storyboarding in photshop... great work!