Animation Storyboard Artist

About the company

Dashtoon is a seed funded startup backed by marquee investors, and is on a mission to reinvent comics creation and consumption, using generative AI technology. We follow the standard webtoon creation process where we create storyboards from scripts , but we use our in-house generative AI based tool to help in the colouring process. This helps our artists convert storyboards to final comics in ~1 day.

About the Role

As a storyboard artist, you will work on multiple comics projects to create animation storyboards.. You will work closely with the Motion Graphic artists to understand how the storyboards can be made better to improve the efficiency of the overall image generation process.

Your Part

• Understanding the comic, its genre, and the characters in depth
• Creating storyboards to accurately depict the story from the text script using Photoshop/ Clip Studio Paint
• Ensure the consistency and quality of output produced to help accelerate the image generation process of AI artists

Mandatory Skills

• Prior storyboarding experience
• Clear understanding of body anatomy, illustration fundamentals, perspective, storytelling, and composition
• Proficiency & experience with Photoshop or Clip Studio Paint
• Ability to analyse multiple visual media formats and integrate best practices into the storyboarding process
• Fluent communication skills to meaningfully interact with team members.

Nice to Have

• Prior storyboarding experience in animation or film
• Interest in webtoons and manga
• Interest in the comic creation process
• Interest in Anime

Selection Process (Not necessarily in this order)

• Evaluation Assignment and/or Portfolio Review
• Interview with internal stakeholders