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Framed Ink: Drawing And Composition For Visual Storytellers (2010)

by Marcos Mateu-Mestre(Favorite Author)

4.4 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1933492953 (ISBN13: 9781933492957)

languge

English

genre

Graphic Novels & Comics

publisher

Design Studio Press

review 1: A really sharp and clear setting out of compositional principles for storyboard, animation and comics. The author, in beautiful art, lucidly explains the visual language of the frame and reveals the structure beneath the surface that allows visual storytellers to guide and support the unfolding of drama on the screen and page. If you are an animator, filmmaker, storyboard artist, comic artist or graphic novelist, then there is a wealth of insight and information for you here.
review 2: Framed Ink is an instructional book teaching techniques in storytelling in film-animation or live action, and includes a small section on techniques for comic book pages. It's ideal for those wanting to get into storyboarding in any media. I found the writing to be very clunky ... moreand maybe a little too wordy. It's obvious that English is not Marcos Mateu-Mestre first language. The ideas are clear and understandable but maybe could have been stated more simply. Most of the information is fundamental to visual storytelling and I've already gotten them from other resources like Bruce Block's The Visual Story or from classes in Storyboarding. I think the book's best feature is the illustrations. He's definitely got draughtsmanship skills and the ability to compose an image with a lot of detail, visual clarity, and appeal. It might as well be an "Art of" Marcos Mateu-Mestre showcasing his illustrations. Most of the principles I think could be discussed more at a deeper level but maybe that's up to the reader to glean from the images. less

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