Storyboard Artist Michael Ruocco's Own Words on "Sylvester and Tweety: Telephone Pole Gags"

 Reposted and assembled from Michael Ruocco's thread at https://twitter.com/AGuyWhoDraws/status/1415343685269475328 with additional video comparisons of his storyboards with the finished animation for more context when appropriate. Spoiler Warning!

Another Looney Tunes Cartoons board panel thread, these from some "Telephone Pole" interstitial gags with Sylvester 'n Tweety! 

Caroline Director did the first amazing set of gags with these two, so I was just following her amazing example! She set the bar really high!

(Following boards from "Circular Fan")

I love drawing Sylvester, but Tweety was probably the hardest character for me to draw on the show. But he's one of those characters where when you do a good drawing of them, it feels like a real victory.

(Following boards from "Zip Line")

Looking in my first pass board pdfs, I forgot that I did a bunch of additional gags for coverage and Pete n' the others chose which for me to flesh out to finals, as well as alternate versions. I'll have to post those sometime.

Also I loved drawing Tweety with the big knife.

"I was hoping for a better reception."

(Following boards from "Grappling Hook")

These were from the last batch, but I forgot if I posted any panels from those. If anything, I was kinda happy with how I posed out Sylvester pulling on the rope. I think I got the tension just right.

Also, just to show how things look before my OCD kicks in, here's how my initial thumbs look before I go crazy cleaning them up. I feel bad if posting my boards give the wrong impression to younger aspiring boarders on how clean boards SHOULD look. Usually not as clean as mine. Everybody works differently! All that matters in the boards is that the drawings read clearly & you give enough information to everyone in the production pipeline that come after you to work with (designers, layout, voice actors, etc.). I'm just super self-conscious of my own work