The Portfolio Piece that got me a job at Lucasfilm Animation

Yo, I had a few requests for this video a while back after releasing the K9 animatic so I'm a little late but here it is!
Original Animatic:
• K9 - Storyboard Animat...
My Socials:
www.mauritsvalk.com/
/ mauritsvalk
www.linkedin.com/in/mauritsva...
linktr.ee/mauritsvalk
Andy Cung's Classes:
andybcung.gumroad.com/
/ andybcung
Software Used:
Photoshop
Blender
Storyboard Pro
Premiere
SFX:
KZbin various SFX
Recorded some of my own with this recorder:
www.amazon.com/dp/B078PTM82R/...
Blender Add-ons Used:
Storyliner (prev Ubisoft Shot Manager)
werwackfx.com/storyliner/doc/
StoryLiner is in a pre-release state but will be available soon!
Images as Planes
docs.blender.org/manual/en/la...
• Import Image as Plane ...
Blenderesse - Van animation
blenderesse.gumroad.com/l/mom...
Bagapie Modifier
abaga.gumroad.com/l/BbGVh?lay...
The Particle FX Library
blendermarket.com/products/th...
Physical Starlight Atmosphere
blendermarket.com/products/ph...
Default Cube: Faked Confetti
• I FAKED Confetti in Bl...
References:
Shiyoon kim
www.shiyoonkim.com/zootopia
shiyoonk.gumroad.com/?recomme...
Ridley Scott Chrysler Building - Someone to Watch Over Me
• Someone To Watch Over ...
Hans Zimmer - Mombasa
• Inception Official Sou...
Chromatics - Tick of The Clock
• Chromatics - Tick Of T...
00:00 - Intro
0:46 - Part 1: The Script
5:15 - Part 2: Thumbnails
8:26 - Part 3: Creating the Environments in Blender
19:29 - Part 4: Shooting & Drawing
24:56 - Part 5: The Edit
28:48 - Part 6: Conclusion
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[@werwack8084]

Really nice presentation! Thank you for sharing your experience! I'm glad StoryLiner helped you to create such great work 😊

[@maurits_valk]

absolutely! It's definitely a game changer for boarding in Blender 🙌🙌

[@JasonmattART]

I love how you explain your entire process. And specifically mention the places you learnt how to do something differently on the process.

[@maurits_valk]

Thank you, Jason! I'm glad it's helpful :D

[@SpitfireStoryboards]

Superb, Brother Maurits. Brilliantly put together deep dive, of the process, with some gems of wisdom in. Blendthren approved ;)

[@maurits_valk]

haha thank you so much! 🙏🍻

[@carlcornish]

This was a really useful way to present how you created this board. I dont think it was too long, I think you could have made it even more expansive and I would watch it. I really like how much effort you put into the board, can really see why it paid off and you got hired by Lucasfilm. Looking forward to more videos, great job!

[@maurits_valk]

thank you so much, Carl! Im stoked you found it helpful and I really appreciate the feedback. I definitely want to make more videos that cover various topics and techniques in detail. Stay tuned :D

[@fabiporchet]

What an amazing video, great work! And very motivating thank you ✨

[@maurits_valk]

Thank you so much! I’m glad you found value in it!

[@DimiArt]

i know who you are bro, i've been subbed to you for awhile now. jokes aside, awesome art man!

[@maurits_valk]

haha right on! I appreciate the sub and glad I finally got this video out. Thank you for watching :D

[@inkcap9817]

Great video, just what I need right now!

[@maurits_valk]

Thank you! Hope it helps :)

[@guzzuanim]

Thank you for sharing Maurits! This is very valuable.

[@maurits_valk]

Thank you for watching!

[@jordanserra539]

Love your stuff man! Thanks for sharing so openly and freely with other artists. This is a killer resource.

[@maurits_valk]

Thank you, Jordan! I appreciate you checking out the video :D

[@senior_sakuga]

Hopefully I can also get a gig there too someday, thx for the vid!

[@maurits_valk]

It was a long journey for me but you just got to stick with it. I'm glad you liked the video!

[@senior_sakuga]

@@maurits_valk I feel I’m on a similar long and winding road. But I’ll try to keep going with it. Thanks for the advice! 🙂👍

[@maurits_valk]

@@senior_sakuga I'll make another video on my entire 'art' journey. it's a bit of lengthy one

[@senior_sakuga]

@@maurits_valk looking forward to it! ❤️

[@FrancescoPizzo_Production]

Hey great video! I have questions! :D First off, I’d love to know what was your process for ideating the story, I usually go into it without a method and I think it shows lol, secondly how many pieces/animatics did you have in your portfolio already before you got hired? Was it you first job as a story artist? Thank you in advance :)

[@maurits_valk]

Thank you, Francesco! Regarding your questions, for coming up with stories that's just a matter of day dreaming. To come up with how to actually tell the story with shot designs and tone, that would require a lengthy explanation but for starters it's worth studying scenes from movies that reflect your scene's story and tone. I think everything that is on my website on the personal page was included in the portfolio: www.mauritsvalk.com/personal I want to make a separate video that explains the entire journey of getting this job because there's a lot to it but I applied a year earlier and they saw how much I progressed over a year which helped a lot. This was not my first job. I was working in advertising as a Storyboard Artist for a few years and did a little animation work too.

[@MathiasZamecki]

dope

[@maurits_valk]

thank you, Mathias!