storyboarding?

Someone asked me recently why I wanted to become a storyboard artist. I opened my mouth to say something, but nothing came out. Hmm...why do I? I came up with, I like drawing...and making stories...and uh...I like drawing... I think I can trace it back to it's roots, way back when I first realized what it was. Before that I wanted to be an animator, you know, the traditional hand-drawn feature stuff all the way...But when I realized that that was a LOT of drawing...and EXPERT drawing at that, I got cold feet. Later I will have found out that storyboarding probably takes as much drawing as a completed animated scene, I think...never done it before...But anyways, after learning a little bit about storyboarding, and hearing that you technically don't have to be Leonardo Da Vinci at drawing, I thought, well gee. That's cool. I can still work in the animation biz, but I don't have to be extraordanarily good at drawing! After realizing this, I noticed that, as a plus, I'd get to delve into the story, help create the world and the characters and everything. As well as do some acting and writing, which I do enjoy most of the time. If it had been a job interview when I was asked why I wanted to do story, they would have taken my wanting to storyboard for an excuse to work in the business for lack of drawing skill, and that would have been an automatic No.

But these days, searching through the blogga-mo-sphere, I'm seeing more and more Leonardo Da Vinci's my age! It's both inspiring and intimidating. But more of the latter. Going to CSSSA Innerspark this summer was a big eye-opener too, especially to the talent that goes into that place (not to mention the talent that comes out!). I mean, portfolios there are like GAH amazing. If uh, that makes sense..heh...anyway. Kind of a rambling post. If anyone can tell me why I want to be a story artist so I can tell a future employer, you will probably win something.