Animation storyboards and keyframes by Seb Antoniou for animation studios, agencies and brand campaigns. You get 20–25 black and white frames per day with character, location and prop continuity locked at pre-pro, plus fully rendered keyframes for the moments that matter. Quote turnaround within 24 hours on weekdays. Based in London, working with agencies and production companies in the UK and globally.
Why animation boards live or die on pre-pro
In live action a continuity error gets caught on set. In animation it gets caught two weeks into production, after the rig has been built around a character height that no longer matches. The boards are the pre-pro spine: they’re where character proportions, costume detail, prop scale, and location geometry get locked before anyone opens After Effects, Maya, or Blender.
I’ve drawn animation boards in-house for Redknuckles Animation Studio and Nexus Studios, and for brand campaigns including Persil (“Test the Best”). The boards travel from director to animator to compositor — so they have to read at every stage, not just in the agency room.
What you supply (and when)
The faster I get the pre-pro pack, the cleaner the boards run.
- Day 0 — quote. Send script, animatic brief, or treatment.
- Pre-pro reference (before Day 1). Character turnarounds or design sheets if they exist; if not, we sketch them on Day 1. Location plates. Costume and prop references. The animation style we’re matching.
- First pass (Day 1 onwards). 20–25 B&W frames per day. Scene-and-shot numbered. Camera moves and transitions specified for the animation team.
- Keyframes (mid-block). Fully rendered colour frames for the hero moments — costed as an add-on.
- Final delivery. Flat JPEGs for review, layered PSDs for the studio.
How a block runs
Animation jobs almost always run on a block booking — multiple consecutive days or a week — because of the frame volume.
A 60s animated TVC typically runs 40–60 frames over two to three days. A 90s hero animation can sit at 60–90 frames over three to five days. Animated series episodes scale from there.
The look on volume work is slightly looser — sketchier line, tighter on key frames — agreed up front against the script and the animation style. The animation team doesn’t need every frame fully rendered; they need every frame readable, with the right blocking, the right camera, and the right continuity flags.
Keyframes
Keyframes are the rendered frames the director and animation lead want to see locked before the rig work starts. Hero moments. The cover frame of the spot. The shot the agency will put on the case-study page.
These get rendered in colour on top of the B&W spine, costed as an add-on at roughly one day per 10–12 colour frames. Some campaigns commission keyframes only (no full board), as a pre-pro deliverable for the animation team and the client to sign off on.
What’s on every frame
- Scene + shot number against the animatic timeline.
- Character proportions held to the design sheet.
- Camera moves (pans, dollies, racks, animation-specific moves like parallax or scale shifts) with arrows.
- Transitions, where the cut or dissolve is part of the design.
- Action and timing notes for the animator.
Pricing summary
£480/day for 20–25 B&W frames. £2,400/week for a 100–125-frame block. Colour and keyframes are an add-on, roughly one day per 10–12 colour frames. Fixed project fees on request — quote in 24 hours. Full breakdown on rates.
Got an animation to board?
Send a script, animatic brief, or treatment — quote within 24 hours on weekdays. Start a project.