Show producer John Legend strived to make this historic drama special.

“We didn’t want it to feel like it was hanging on a wall in a museum. We wanted it to feel alive.”

That was exactly the Imaginary Forces team’s creative approach for executing this main title sequence.

Here are just a few samples of the hundreds of illustrations and storyboards I created to establish the look and tone; a few of these early sequences can be seen in the final product.