Press Kit — Storyboard Artist UK
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Quick facts
- Name: Mitchell Hughes (works as “Mitch”)
- Profession: Freelance storyboard artist
- Years active: 20+
- Location: Whitstable, Kent · South East England, United Kingdom
- Service area: United Kingdom (remote) + international
- Notable work: Storyboards delivered to Netflix, Google, Nike, Dyson and dozens of UK production companies and advertising agencies
- Contact: mitch.storyboard@gmail.com · 07710 160655
- Website: storyboard-artist.co.uk
- Specialisms: Cinematic storyboards, animatic development, advertising pre-vis, branded content, animation pre-production
Bio variants (copy-paste ready)
Short bio (35 words)
Mitch is a UK freelance storyboard artist with 20+ years of experience producing cinematic storyboards for film, television and advertising. He's the licensed default artist style for StoryboardCanvas AI.
Medium bio (90 words)
Mitch is a freelance storyboard artist based in Whitstable, Kent, working remotely with clients across the UK. Over 20 years he's drawn for Netflix, Google, Nike, Dyson and a long list of UK production companies and ad agencies, covering film, television, advertising, branded content and animation pre-production. He licensed 2,000 frames of his work to StoryboardCanvas AI as their default visual style — the first commercially deployed AI storyboard generator trained on a single working professional. storyboard-artist.co.uk
Long bio (180 words)
Mitchell Hughes — known professionally as Mitch — is a freelance storyboard artist based in Whitstable, Kent. Working remotely with clients across the United Kingdom, his 20-year body of work spans film pre-production, television drama, advertising commercials, branded content and animation. Past clients include Netflix, Google, Nike, Dyson and a long roster of UK indie producers, post-houses and ad agencies. His practice covers black-and-white sketches, tonal artwork, full-colour renders and animatic development, with a live-document collaboration workflow that lets directors, agency leads and clients watch frames develop in real time. In 2026 his back catalogue was licensed by StoryboardCanvas AI to become the default visual style of their AI storyboard generator — believed to be the first commercial AI storyboarding product trained on a single working professional artist's catalogue, intended to make AI-generated frames read as hand-drawn rather than generic AI imagery. He continues to take on hand-drawn commissions for productions that need bespoke art-direction, character likeness or signed-off client deliverables. storyboard-artist.co.uk
Quotable lines
"The first time someone in a Soho post-house thought one of the AI-generated frames was a hand-drawn rough — that's when I knew the licensing was working."
"A polished colour storyboard looks great in a deck. But on shoot day, a loose pencil sketch with bold composition is often easier for a DOP to read."
"Most UK commercials don't actually need full-colour boards. Most need tonal — and tonal costs half."
Key statistics about UK storyboarding (citable)
- UK black-and-white storyboard frames typically priced £25-£60 per frame in 2026
- Tonal storyboard frames typically £55-£120 per frame
- Full-colour frames typically £100-£250 per frame
- UK storyboard artist day rates typically £450-£900
- A standard 30-second TV commercial uses 15-30 boarded frames
- Same-day rush turnarounds typically add 30-50% to the base rate
- Two rounds of revisions is the UK industry standard
For the full citable dataset see UK Storyboarding 2026 Statistics.
Brand assets
Logo (square, 512×512): download JPG
Open Graph image (1200×630): download JPG
Headshot / portrait photo: contact mitch.storyboard@gmail.com for high-res.
Sample portfolio frames (free to embed with credit)
Embed credit format: “Storyboard frame by Mitch / storyboard-artist.co.uk” with link to storyboard-artist.co.uk.
Working topics & angles I'm happy to talk about
- Pricing transparency in the UK creative industry
- How AI is changing pre-production storyboarding (and what it can't replace)
- The licensing model: how a freelancer's portfolio became an AI training set
- Practical pre-production for indie filmmakers
- The difference between concept art, illustration and storyboarding
- What directors actually need from storyboards on shoot day
Press contact
Email mitch.storyboard@gmail.com · Phone +44 7710 160655 · Replies same day during UK working hours.