Framed Ink: Drawing and Composition for Visual Storytellers

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The ultimate guide to visual storytelling! How to make the audience ""feel"" the story while they are ""reading"" the story. Using experiences from his work in the comic book industry, movie studios and teaching, Marcos introduces the reader to a step-by-step system that will create the most successful storyboards and graphics for the best visual communication

Author: Marcos Mateu-Mestre
Publication Date: Aug, 31 2010
Print length: 128 pages

• Features

  • Unlock the secrets of visual storytelling with the ultimate guide

  • Learn to make your audience "feel" the story through compelling visuals

  • Benefit from Marcos's experience in the comic book industry, movie studios, and teaching

  • Follow a step-by-step system for creating successful storyboards and graphics

  • Explore narrative art principles, from drawing a single image to composing steady shots

  • Ensure continuity between scenes in your visual storytelling

  • Apply lessons to three diverse storylines: a train accident, a cowboy tale, and bikers approaching a mysterious house

  • Delve into setting up shots, visual character development, emotive stances, and expressions

  • Illustrate and develop the environmental setting to fully realize your visual narrative

  • Elevate your storytelling skills for the best visual communication

• Why we reccomend this

  • Written by Marcos, this book draws on his extensive experience in the comic book industry, movie studios, and teaching. His insights bring real-world knowledge and practical advice to the reader

  • Serves as the ultimate guide to visual storytelling, covering a step-by-step system for creating successful storyboards and graphics. It provides a comprehensive understanding of narrative art principles

  • Marcos goes beyond theory by applying the lessons to three diverse storylines—a train accident, a cowboy tale, and bikers approaching a mysterious house. This practical application enhances the reader's ability to implement the concepts learned

  • Emphasizing the importance of making the audience "feel" the story through visuals, the book aligns with The Animation Tutor's commitment to effective visual communication

  • Covers drawing and composing images, steady shots, and continuity between scenes. It also explores character development, emotive stances, and environmental setting, contributing to a holistic skill development approach

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