Ola Carter

Storyboard Artist & Visual Storytelling Specialist

Freelancer • Freiberufler

Oct 2023 - Present • 2 yrs 11 mos

I work with authors, animators, content creators, filmmakers, and businesses to transform written ideas, scripts, manuscripts, and concepts into professional visual storyboards ready for production. My expertise covers children’s picture book storyboards, 2D animation storyboards, YouTube animation, commercial and product advertising storyboards, explainer videos, short films, music videos, comics, and visual development. My workflow combines storytelling, composition, character acting, camera direction, scene continuity, pacing, and visual clarity. I focus on making every frame communicate the intended action and emotion while maintaining consistency across characters, environments, and sequences. For children’s books, I create page-by-page visual planning that considers spreads, character placement, text positioning, visual pacing, scene transitions, and illustration direction. For animation and video projects, I translate scripts into structured shots with camera angles, character actions, expressions, staging, transitions, and production-focused visual notes. I also have experience in character design, children’s book illustration, digital illustration, comic and visual development, allowing me to create storyboards that are not only technically clear but visually engaging. I prioritize communication, attention to detail, consistency, and understanding the client's vision before developing the final storyboard. My goal is to give clients a strong visual blueprint that reduces uncertainty and makes the next stage of production easier.