Framed Ink: Drawing and Composition for Visual Storytellers
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From the animator and illustrator behind your favorite DreamWorks and Netflix films, this installment of the Framed series will instruct visual artists to set a scene’s emotion.
Learn how to make the audience feel the story while they’re reading the story. Using his experiences from working in the comic book industry, movie studios and teaching, Mateu-Mestre introduces the reader to a step-by-step system that will create the most successful storyboards and graphics for the best visual communication.
After a brief discussion on narrative art, Mateu-Mestre introduces us to drawing and composing a single image, to composing steady shots to drawing to compose for continuity between all the shots. These lessons are then applied to three diverse story lines – a train accident, a cowboy tale and bikers approaching a mysterious house. In addition to setting up the shots, he also explains and illustrates visual character development, emotive stances and expressions along with development of the environmental setting to fully develop the visual narrative.
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Tristan Hardy –
I looked through some of the reviews on this book and I was a bit disappointed. First off I have my BFA in 3D animation and work to improve my skills constantly. For me, this book was a case of “Finding an unknown unknown”.
The book is descriptive enough for me to fill in some gaps and set me on a journey to learn more. It’s not a one-stop shop for be the perfect artist like I assume some people want it to be.
Some reviewers have declared this book to be the “basics”. That is both true and untrue. Out of my years of education some concepts I knew and some I did not. Some things I remember only being taught in the advanced illustrator courses I got to sit in on. This book holds a wealth of information for all skill levels I would say.
The illustrations are in my opinion amazing, in that they accurately convey a story, mood, and theory as described by the artist in a simplistic style with a limited palette. He defines methods of storytelling from more of a illustration point of view that can be applied to film as well.
Orlando Hinojosa –
Great book. Love the style and finish of it. Feels really good in my hands. Definitely well worth a read and to own it for any reference.
Manuel –
Excelente livro. Bem didático e ilustrado. Recomendo!
APitcairn –
Marcos Mateu-Mestre and Walter Simonson used to ink the early works that I glorified from the late seventies through nineties.
This book gives us just a glimpse of Marcos’ technique and style. It’s alike reading a graphic novel on drawing and inking. There are
different things to learn from the varying chapters. I just keep bouncing back and forth from one to another.
If you’ve ever even thought of entering the world of comic production and inking, it’s a must-have.
-AP
Andrios Silva Moreira –
Excellent ouvrage. Que l’on soit réalisateur, photographe, storyboarder, illustrateur ou auteur de Bandes dessinées, amateur ou professionnel, ce livre est un rappel ou un cours privé, à la la maison. Contenant des bases et de l’avancé, de l’incontournable sur les cadrages et leurs sens, ainsi que la gestion de la lumière et ses intentions, ou encore le besoin de montrer ou pas et dans quel but, les nécessités essentielles de ces métiers qui consistent à cadrer une scène, une action, comment et pourquoi. On peut même se “contenter” d’être amateur de bons dessins pour regarder ce livre, car l’auteur est EXCELLENT en dessin. Merci à lui pour cet ouvrage utile et beau. Un seul “regret”, pas d’édition en Français, mais les sens sont simples, et au pire, traduire est devenu facile, et encore au pire, les images parlent presque d’elles même.
Encore merci.
Sonora –
Consegnato in ottime condizioni, libro/manuale utilissimo per chi studia la composizione dell’immagine per la creazione di illustrazioni e soprattutto scene di fumetto.
Adventurer –
I receive the book in good condition. The author begins to guide from the most basic drawings. Though the strong realism style is not what I am looking for, he is able to explain clearly.
Emilio Owens –
This book was required for one of my classes and it’s fantastic. It gives a lot of in-depth information on compositions, value studies, and visual storytelling. If you want to brush up on anything from Comic art to Illustrations to Concept art, I give this book and all of the other Mr. Mateu-Mestre books in this series the highest recommendation.
I’m not a professional comic artist by any means, but I am currently studying it, and boy let me tell you did this book help me a lot when it came to coming up with effective compositions for paneling. It gives you a great, in-depth understanding of composition and how to build it from the ground up.
I can see it also being extremely effective for anybody who wants to tell dramatic and meaningful stories with their artwork. My professor, who is a professional comic book artist also highly recommends this book to anybody of any skill level who wants to improve their skill.
Trinidad La Coa –
It took about a month for this book to arrive, but it was well worth the wait. When I flipped through the pages, I was somewhat impressed with the artwork, but not very. A second flip-through (double-take) proved that the book was mostly made up of inking and not a whole lot of text. I began to worry if I’d been duped and wasted my money. What could I possibly learn from a bunch of black and white images with a paragraph or two thrown in? It reminded me of some the art books my university lists as required reading that cost an arm and really don’t deliver. I could’ve gotten more artistic education out of a graphic novel.
However, I finally found the time to sit and actually read it. It is an amazing book. Upon attentive study I realized the inkings weren’t somewhat impressive they were incredible. It seems that the author, Mateu–Mestre, has a very minimalist approach to both art and instruction; yet, both his art and his lessons are immensely informative. The lessons are short and oh-so sweet. I learned new things just reading the first few pages because Mateu-Mestre isn’t just trying to convey an academic sense of storytelling, but the very spirit of it. And I can tell you that is one of the major issues I have been tackling with my artwork i.e. breathing life into it, creating mood and emotion.
Mateu-Mastre’s book is a very good complement to two other books I bought, both by James Gurney – who does take a more academic approach to instruction and whose art is detailed and vibrant. I wish I would’ve come across these guys when I first began art college.
Marcos Mateu-Mestre has created an excellent learning tool here, especially if you are a novice or mid-level artist. I so highly recommend this book that I would go as far as to say that it is a must have in any artist’s library who is interested in narrative art e.g. comics, graphic novels, storyboarding, illustration, concept art, etc…
I also recommend James Gurney’s Color and Light.
Sonora –
Es un libro increíble que es totalmente útil, creo que no es un libro que se pueda empezar a aplicar siendo principiante, pero es un básico que hay que tener si estas aprendiendo