The Skink and His Tail

These panels were for an animation assignment where we had to visualize the contemporary fables we were given in 15 storyboard panels. The Skink and His Tail fable was written by a student named Trinity Heirbacher. This story was about a skink that always put himself into danger by fighting bigger animals to show off and get smothered in praise.

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1. TheSkink andHisTail
2. Scene 1 Duration 01:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Notes In a small neighborhood nestled in the low manicured grass, a quick-footed striped skink was becoming the subject of gossip TheSkink andHisTail Page 1/15
3. Scene 2 Duration 01:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Notes showing up in the morning with scars on his hinds TheSkink andHisTail Page 2/15
4. Scene 3 Duration 01:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Notes and a missing tail. TheSkink andHisTail Page 3/15
5. Scene 4 Duration 01:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Dialog Ants: “What happened, Mr. Skink?!” Action Notes They cried in alarm Notes The ants hug each other out of fear TheSkink andHisTail Page 4/15
6. Scene 5 Duration 01:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Dialog Gus: “Oh, these tiny scrapes– only the result of me tussling with a robin… and winning! He got me in his beak, but I dropped my tail just in time and got away scot- free.” Action Notes The lizard gloated, stroking his chin TheSkink andHisTail Page 5/15
7. Scene 6 Duration 02:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Dialog E: “Wow, I wish I could slip loose like you do! My neighbor got slurped up like spaghetti! You’re a real hero standing up to that bird!” Action Notes Remarked the earthworm TheSkink andHisTail Page 6/15
8. Scene 6 Duration 02:00 Panel 2 Duration 01:00 Notes Just as he did in the sun, the skink basked in the cooing over his scars until his tail sprouted back. TheSkink andHisTail Page 7/15
9. Scene 7 Duration 01:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Notes He seemed back to his humble self for a week… TheSkink andHisTail Page 8/15
10. Scene 8 Duration 01:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Notes then he showed up with more cuts, some oozing blood, and no tail springing up behind him. TheSkink andHisTail Page 9/15
11. Scene 9 Duration 01:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Dialog GH: “Oh dear! What roughed you up now, sir?” Action Notes stammered the grasshopper TheSkink andHisTail Page 10/15
12. Scene 10 Duration 01:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Dialog Gus: “Oh, it was no big deal… just a golden hawk! It was a long and arduous battle in his mighty claws. Dropping my tail was a necessary sacrifice to tell the tale!” Action Notes The skink dramatically mimed out the scuffle, exaggerating his struggle to break free. TheSkink andHisTail Page 11/15
13. Scene 11 Duration 02:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Dialog C: “My word! That mean old hawk is always after my baby bunnies." Notes Even the mother rabbit popped out of her burrow to hear this story. TheSkink andHisTail Page 12/15
14. Scene 11 Duration 02:00 Panel 2 Duration 01:00 Dialog C: "You must be a real hero to be so brave!” TheSkink andHisTail Page 13/15
15. Scene 12 Duration 01:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Notes The skink smiled all throughout the week, receiving many thanks from a fanclub of baby bunnies. TheSkink andHisTail Page 14/15
16. Scene 13 Duration 01:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Dialog FM: “Everyone run! The human let her toddler out!” Notes But, the day his tail grew back, the town crier, the field mouse, came bounding through. TheSkink andHisTail Page 15/15