Professional Storyboarding Services

Here is how this works in practice. Ireland has the strongest indie 2D animation pipeline in Europe, anchored by Cartoon Saloon in Kilkenny. The four-time Best Animated Feature Oscar nominee studio behind The Secret of Kells (2009), Song of the Sea (2014). The Breadwinner (2017), and Wolfwalkers (2020). This includes with sister operations at Boulder Media Dublin (Disney and Nickelodeon partner), Brown Bag Films Dublin (Doc McStuffins, Octonauts), JAM Media Dublin, and Studio Brown Bag. Our storyboard team draws on illustrators trained inside this ecosystem and at Limerick School of Art and Design (LSAD). IADT Dún Laoghaire (the National Film School).

Here is the short of it. The Ballyfermot College of Further Education animation programme, and the University of Ulster Belfast. We deliver in Storyboard Pro, Toon Boom Harmony, Procreate, Photoshop, and TVPaint. With output ranging from rough thumbnails through detailed illustrated boards to full pre-visualization sequences in Unreal Engine and Maya. Style ranges include the hand-drawn lyricism that defines Cartoon Saloon's Tomm Moore aesthetic. The photoreal pre-viz favored by VFX-heavy productions. The cinematic shot-design vocabulary the Game of Thrones team developed at Titanic Studios Belfast.

Here is the breakdown. Our boards bridge live-action and animation pipelines because Irish productions routinely straddle both. We have storyboarded for VFX-heavy series at Troy Studios Limerick (Foundation Apple TV+). Action-heavy fantasy at Ashford Studios Wicklow (Vikings. Vikings: Valhalla). Historical drama at Ardmore Studios Bray (The Tudors, Penny Dreadful), and feature work for The Wonder, Banshees of Inisherin, and Belfast. We set up with DPs in the Robbie Ryan (The Favourite Oscar nom, Poor Things Oscar nom) and Seamus McGarvey (Atonement Oscar nom. Anna Karenina Oscar nom. We Need to Talk About Kevin) custom.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. Deliver shot lists that integrate IAA drone authorizations for aerial sequences over the Cliffs of Moher and Wild Atlantic Way, and produce bilingual board annotations for Irish-language productions following the Quiet Girl/An Cailín Ciúin model. Standard turnaround is 48-72 hours for basic boards; 5-7 days for detailed illustrated panels; 7-10 days for tricky action and VFX sequences; 24-48 hour rush ready. Remote joint work via Frame.io, ftrack, and Shotgrid keeps US, UK, and Irish teams aligned across time zones.