Wow, thanks for naming me in such elite company! I appreciate the compliment!

As far as your questions: For my first story, since it was originally not intended to be a story, I just made the whole thing up as I went along. I'd come up with an idea for a scene and shoot it, then script it as I put the images together in Photoshop. Eventually I did have a small outline near the end, but that was it.

For the second, I've actually typed out a bare-bones outline, but I'm still adding and changing things as they come up.

For neither story did I ever storyboard anything. I've always been a very visual thinker, so I usually have an idea in my head for how things should look when I pick up the camera-- Though if a certain angle strikes my fancy after it's all set up, I'm always open to change.

Then after the pics are taken, I just script them as I create the word balloons in Photoshop-- For the most part. However, there are certain bits of dialogue I think up beforehand and make note of if they sound particularly cool.

I've noticed people like to compliment me on my dialogue, which I really appreciate. I do try hard to make it seem natural, and one technique I use to that end is to run all the speech through in my head using the original voices of the cartoon characters. It might not work for everyone, but it really helps me. If I can't imagine Michael Bell as Duke saying it, then my Duke ain't gonna say it either.

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