From Graffiti Art to Storyboards: The Creative Journey of a Hollywood Artist

Film & VideoArt

Oct 20

Anthony Sturmas, Storyboard Artist

With over 26 years of experience and 95 titles to my name, I’ve built a career at the intersection of cinematic storytelling and brand strategy—shaping narratives that resonate across commercial advertising, network television, and feature films. I approach every film with the same care, conviction, and creative intensity as if my name were on the marquee.

As a seasoned professional with a storyteller’s soul, I specialize in crafting emotionally intelligent, visually arresting storyboards that do far more than plot scenes—they pulse with meaning. My boards are built to captivate audiences, elevate brands, and serve as the heartbeat of a story’s visual rhythm.

My work doesn’t just entertain—it transforms. I come from the graffiti-soaked streets of ’80s LA, where storytelling lived on walls and in sketchbooks. That visual rhythm shaped me as a storyboard artist.

Currently, I’m working on Ninja Girl. It isn’t AI-generated or studio-polished—it’s raw, real, and built from the ground up. Stephen Meier, my creative partner, brings a lifelong passion for storytelling—nurtured by his father’s bedtime tales and a deep love of classic literature. Together, with two Gen X visionaries on our team, we fused stealth, rebellion, and heart into a style that’s all our own.

Ninja Girl will be an animated film turned into a Robolx game-with toys. She is not a typical hero; she lacks the traits of a chosen one, royal lineage, or extraordinary talent.

When Chinatown is threatened by surveillance drones, corrupt landlords, and a shadowy tower disguised as a cultural museum, she steps up. Quietly. Fiercely. With style. Her weapons? Whatever’s in her delivery bag—pizza boxes, fortune cookies, chopsticks, soy sauce packets. She’s not trying to be a hero. She’s just doing what she loves.

It’s not Marvel. It’s not DC. It’s Ninja Girl—a Roblox universe pulsing with grit, glitch, and soul.

Artist Bio: Anthony Sturmas embarked on his artistic journey as a graffiti artist in Los Angeles and Long Beach during the early 1980s. His passion for storytelling and comics soon emerged, leading him to receive a Marvel Comics Scholarship to The Kubert School in Dover, New Jersey, in the late '90s. However, instead of utilizing this opportunity, he opted to remain on the West Coast, where he began creating murals across Los Angeles. In 2006, Sturmas initiated a pilot program at USC and earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Multimedia Animation from The Art Institute of Los Angeles. That same year, he was awarded a scholarship to the esteemed Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, where he received formal training from Marc Stricland. His storyboard mentors include industry veterans Bill Recinos from 'Ghostbusters' and Douglas Kirk from 'DreamWorks.' Sturmas has also made his mark in the industry by writing, producing, and directing a music video, as well as an animated film titled “The Redstorm” through Asturmas Studios.