I’m Ted Kinyak, a storyboard artist and illustrator based in The Hague, Netherlands, and working globally. I specialize in visual storytelling for film, TV, and educational media, crafting storyboard sequences and illustrated assets that help directors plan scenes, solve staging challenges, and keep productions on track. Over my career I’ve contributed to major projects such as Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Hell or High Water, and Terminator Salvation. My comics work includes six years drawing the daily and Sunday (Little Orphan) Annie strip for newspapers across America. My work spans branding, editorial illustration, book illustration, and character design, always aiming to bring ideas to life with clear visuals and fresh storytelling.…

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I’m Ted Kinyak, a storyboard artist and illustrator based in The Hague, Netherlands, and working globally. I specialize in visual storytelling for film, TV, and educational media, crafting storyboard sequences and illustrated assets that help directors plan scenes, solve staging challenges, and keep productions on track. Over my career I’ve contributed to major projects such as Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Hell or High Water, and Terminator Salvation. My comics work includes six years drawing the daily and Sunday (Little Orphan) Annie strip for newspapers across America. My work spans branding, editorial illustration, book illustration, and character design, always aiming to bring ideas to life with clear visuals and fresh storytelling.…

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I’m Ted Kinyak, a storyboard artist and illustrator based in The Hague, Netherlands, and working globally. I specialize in visual storytelling for film, TV, and educational media, crafting storyboard sequences and illustrated assets that help directors plan scenes, solve staging challenges, and keep productions on track.

Over my career I’ve contributed to major projects such as Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Hell or High Water, and Terminator Salvation. My comics work includes six years drawing the daily and Sunday (Little Orphan) Annie strip for newspapers across America. My work spans branding, editorial illustration, book illustration, and character design, always aiming to bring ideas to life with clear visuals and fresh storytelling.

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Language

English
Fluent
Dutch
Beginner

Work Experience

Storyboard Artist at Various productions
December 1, 2004 - Present
Provided storyboard sequences to assist production of dozens of major studio film and TV series such as Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul; solved staging problems and contributed plot points; brainstorming fresh ideas helps directors, and visualizations save production setup time and money.
Animator at National Theater for Children
February 1, 2023 - September 13, 2025
Designed original characters and assets including backgrounds and props to client's script and voice-overs; animated characters, created charts and other visuals to support voice-overs; added stock music and SFX.
Illustrator at Art of Manliness
August 1, 2011 - Present
Built visual guides featuring illustrations on step-by-step tutorials on a wide range of topics; collaborative partnership resulted in The Illustrated Art of Manliness, published by Little, Brown in 2017, with 26,000 copies sold so far.
Illustrator at Simon & Schuster
October 1, 2015 - September 13, 2025
Illustrations for 100 Deadly Skills; created and illustrated 100 step-by-step tutorials with author Clinton Emerson; book made it to #2 New York Times Bestseller in Espionage category, December 13, 2015.
Designer/Illustrator at NOBL
January 1, 2019 - Present
Survival Guide Design and Illustrations; produced booklet design and illustrations in style of old pulp story magazines to convey the 'survival guide' feel of the material; created final PDF with interactive links.

Education

BFA, Graphic Design/Illustration at Tyler School of Art/Temple University
September 1, 1983 - May 13, 1987

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Professional Services, Other
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