8 Websites to Find a Storyboard Artist for Hire

You have forty pages of script, twelve locations, and five days until principal photography starts. The producer keeps talking about momentum. The director of photography wants to know where the 35mm lens is living for scene four. Nobody has drawn a single frame yet. You need someone who can take a mess of dialogue and translate it into practical camera angles before the budget evaporates on a rented grip truck.

Finding that person on the global market is easy. Finding someone who understands Indian micro-budget logistics—where a 2K Fresnel and a bedsheet have to do the work of a professional softbox—is another story entirely. Global platforms list thousands of designers, but most of them draw pretty pictures that ignore basic camera blocking and practical shooting constraints.

A standard storyboard artist translates producer, writer, director, and DP visions into practical camera angles. They are not just illustrating; they are solving your spatial problems before your crew steps onto a cramped Mumbai apartment floor or a dusty highway patch outside Pune. When you look at commercial work like Jacob Glaser's boards for the Nissan Juke, or complex action sequences like the ones mapped out for Pacific Rim, you are seeing the result of an artist who understands focal lengths, eye lines, and physical set walls.

The biggest mistake you can make is posting your job on a general design board without filtering for film logistics experience. You end up with fantastic illustrators who draw impossible crane shots for a location with an eight-foot ceiling. Worse still is waiting until pre-production is half over to start looking, which leaves zero time for iterative visual changes. Nail down your ownership rights and revision limits in the initial freelance contract before a single sketch leaves their digital tablet. Here is where you should actually be looking.

1. ProductionHUB#

ProductionHUB is an entertainment-specific site that includes about 1,000 artists worldwide. Artist bios include online portfolios with the storyboard artist work directly on display. It is entirely free to post a job on ProductionHUB, which makes it one of the better starting points for an indie budget that cannot afford platform fees just to put up a classified.

When you search here, you are skipping the graphic designers who only know web layouts. You are looking at people who understand what a Director of Photography needs to see on a shot list. They know the difference between a master shot and a insert. They understand that a 50mm lens behaves differently on a Super 35 sensor than it does on full frame.

The catch is volume. With only about a thousand artists listed globally, you might not find someone sitting in your specific city. You will likely be hiring remotely. That means your brief needs to be airtight. Send them your script pages, your concept board for the look and feel, and your exact aspect ratio. If you want to dive deeper into visual prep, check out 10 Production Design Tips For Filmmakers on a Budget before you brief your artist.

2. Behance#

Behance is a massive social network portfolio site for artists and designers of all specializations. There is a robust storyboard search that allows you to filter specifically for storyboard artists. There are thousands of portfolios here, making it easy to find high-end visual styles.

Posting a job on Behance starts at $400, which is steep for an indie production operating on tight margins. Fortunately, you do not actually have to pay the job board fee. You can simply browse the public portfolios, find an artist whose cinematic style matches your tone, and message them directly through their profile contact form.

The risk with Behance is that many of these creators come from advertising or pure illustration backgrounds. They might give you gorgeous, moody frames that look like oil paintings, but when you hand those boards to your 1st AD on a chaotic morning, nobody knows how to execute the blocking. Be explicit about your shooting schedule and equipment limitations right in your initial outreach message.

3. Upwork#

Upwork is a user-friendly and affordable storyboard website solution to post a job. Each storyboard artist for hire is ranked based on previous projects, completion rates, and client feedback. All payments are handled through Upwork's secure platform escrow accounts, which holds your funds safely until milestones are approved.

You can set a fixed price for the entire sequence or pay an hourly rate. For indie films, fixed-price contracts tied to specific script scenes work best. You define the deliverable—say, twenty panels covering an intense dialogue scene—and release the funds only when those panels match your shot list.

The platform is flooded with applicants, which means you will spend the first two hours weeding through automated proposals from people who clearly did not read your job description. Look for profiles featuring past film credits, animatics, or sequential art rather than static logo design.

4. People Per Hour#

People Per Hour has hundreds of storyboard artists listed, many operating out of Europe and South Asia, which can align well with regional time zones and more modest rate expectations. To start hiring on this platform, you must provide a deposit upfront. The balance is held in escrow, and fees are collected per transaction.

One advantage of using People Per Hour for indie production is their dispute resolution system. If an artist delivers storyboards that completely miss the brief or use impossible camera placements, People Per Hour helps mediate issues if you are unsatisfied with the work.

When reviewing portfolios here, look for artists who include their rough thumbnails alongside finished boards. Seeing their process tells you whether they actually understand how a scene builds visually from wide to tight, or if they are just rendering pretty final frames without any structural cinematic grammar underneath.

5. Mandy#

Mandy is essentially Craigslist for the entertainment industry. It may not feature a sleek, modern UI, but if you are looking for storyboard artists who specifically specialize in film, TV, video, or animation, this is a reliable place to cast your line. It is free to post your first job of the month on Mandy.

Because the user base consists almost entirely of working film professionals, you get far fewer generic graphic designers applying here than you would on Upwork or Behance. The applicants usually understand what a production design layout entails and why a camera blocking diagram matters just as much as the aesthetic style of the drawing.

The downside is the interface friction. Managing applications, replies, and portfolios through Mandy requires more manual effort. You will be trading emails, downloading PDF portfolios individually, and tracking invoices outside the platform. Keep your production files organized from day one so you do not lose track of who quoted what.

6. Dribbble#

Like Behance, Dribbble is a diverse community of designers and artists of all shapes and sizes. It boasts a clean, highly visual interface for perusing portfolios and hunting down specific artistic styles.

The major downside for indie producers is the paywall: you must have a pro account just to contact freelancers directly. Posting an active job listing costs $299. For that price, you want to make sure your brief is exceptionally clear about your genre, tone, and visual references.

If you do invest in a Dribbble pro account, use the tag search rigorously. Filter for "storyboard," "animation," or "sequential art." Many of these artists work in animation pipelines where shot composition is treated with extreme technical precision, which translates wonderfully to live-action indie filmmaking where every camera setup has to count.

7. Facebook Groups#

There are countless Facebook groups dedicated to the craft of storyboarding and concept art. While some of these communities allow direct job postings, your listing can easily get lost amidst a sea of daily image sharing and portfolio self-promotion.

While it never hurts to drop a post in targeted groups like Frame Dump, you should also post directly to dedicated crew-connecting spaces like Concept Artist or Animation, Comic and Storyboarding Job Ads. For broader regional crewing, look into local filmmaking groups.

The risk with Facebook is vetting. There are no built-in escrow accounts, no formal ratings systems, and no platform protections. You are entirely on your own for contracts, payment terms, and copyright ownership. Always secure a signed agreement before sending a deposit over bank transfer or digital wallets.

8. Fiverr#

Fiverr makes the hiring process fast, transparent, and easy to compare across hundreds of independent creators. The platform features thousands of freelance artists with specialized experience spanning film, animation, commercials, music videos, and social media content.

Unlike portfolio-only sites, Fiverr allows you to browse upfront pricing, guaranteed turnaround times, verified client reviews, and sample work all in a single dashboard. It is particularly useful for indie filmmakers and small production teams who need quick concept boards or short-term visual collaboration without navigating lengthy email negotiations.

Whether you need polished cinematic frames or rough visual sequences for pitching to investors, Fiverr offers a wide range of talent across nearly every budget tier. Pay close attention to the gig tiers—basic packages often include only rough sketches, while commercial rights and source files usually require an upgraded tier.

Finding the right artist is only half the battle. Once your storyboard artist delivers those crucial frames, your job shifts immediately to integration. You need those images sitting side-by-side with your scene breakdowns, your schedule, and your shot lists so your entire department can pull up the visual reference right on their phones when the morning call sheet drops. Keep your pre-production tight, lock your boards early, and make sure everyone is looking at the same frame before you ever call rolling. When directors skip this final integration phase, equipment trucks sit idle while crew members argue over lens choices, wasting hundreds of dollars an hour in location fees and overtime pay.