Framed Ink: Drawing and Composition for Visual Storytellers
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- Author：Marcos Mateu-Mestre
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Summary
The ultimate guide to visual storytelling！ How to make the audience "feel" the story while they are "reading" the story。 Using his experiences from working 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。
After a brief discussion on narrative art， Marcos 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。
After a brief discussion on narrative art， Marcos 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。
Reviews
Katja Vartiainen
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This book is great。 I truly recommend for all indie filmmakers and comic book/graphic novel creators who are learning it all by themselves。 This gives you a condensed class of essentials， and probably pushes you to look for new way to make that shot/panel。 Marcos Mateu-Mestre's talent is amazing。 It' just a a pleasure to watch this illustrations。He brings up the essentials of storytelling- WHY do you want to tell the story？ This book is great。 I truly recommend for all indie filmmakers and comic book/graphic novel creators who are learning it all by themselves。 This gives you a condensed class of essentials， and probably pushes you to look for new way to make that shot/panel。 Marcos Mateu-Mestre's talent is amazing。 It' just a a pleasure to watch this illustrations。He brings up the essentials of storytelling- WHY do you want to tell the story？ 。。。more
Eléna
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very interesting to read and the pictures are very helpful
JY
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This was recommended to me when I was looking for resources on storyboarding。 Generally an easy read， some parts can get technical。 Most references I've seen focus on drawing skills。 This however， focuses on straight up STORYTELLING techniques。 I learned a lot， and I especially enjoyed the learning approach through cinematography。 It's a great reference for starting out in any form of visual storytelling， as the title says。 Live-action/animation/illustration/comics， etc。 I'd say the graphic nove This was recommended to me when I was looking for resources on storyboarding。 Generally an easy read， some parts can get technical。 Most references I've seen focus on drawing skills。 This however， focuses on straight up STORYTELLING techniques。 I learned a lot， and I especially enjoyed the learning approach through cinematography。 It's a great reference for starting out in any form of visual storytelling， as the title says。 Live-action/animation/illustration/comics， etc。 I'd say the graphic novel chapter is not as strong as the rest of the book。 Some of the illustrations did not make for good examples， however I was still able to learn from it。 It explains a few basics， but you'd have to go for a graphic novel/comics-specific book for better details。 。。。more
styxee
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Книга отлично подойдет для тех， кто занимается комиксами или графическими новеллами， потому что детально на примерах проходится по композиционным моментам， направляющим линиям и персонажам。 Главная фишка это рисунок от пятна， на котором сразу выделяются основные точки — думаю за это， ее так и полюбила Нова。 Жаль， что она такая короткая。 Кажется будто это краткий сборник основных моментов， в то время когда хочется углубиться и прочитать обо всем подробнее。
Leander
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Een boek over striptekenen dat ontwikkeld is door iemand die zich voor specialiseert in animatie。 En dat merk je。 Dit boek richt vooral op het creëren van een sterke compositie， in illustraties die vaak meer weghebben van een storyboard dan van een strip paneel。Compositie is iets waar de beginner vaak nauwelijks over nadenkt en min of meer op instinct doet maar als je wil dat je panelen echt impact hebben moet je daar eigenlijk vanaf het eerste moment mee bezig zijn。 Detail is daarbij nog van ge Een boek over striptekenen dat ontwikkeld is door iemand die zich voor specialiseert in animatie。 En dat merk je。 Dit boek richt vooral op het creëren van een sterke compositie， in illustraties die vaak meer weghebben van een storyboard dan van een strip paneel。Compositie is iets waar de beginner vaak nauwelijks over nadenkt en min of meer op instinct doet maar als je wil dat je panelen echt impact hebben moet je daar eigenlijk vanaf het eerste moment mee bezig zijn。 Detail is daarbij nog van geen enkel belang。Een aanrader， deze， en een extra grote aanrader voor als je comics wilt maken in een noir stijl。 。。。more
Krisz
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A Bible for illustrators， painters， comic book writers and readers。W。O。W。
Sofufu
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Very helpful for any aspiring storyboard artist， animator， or filmmaker！
Eric
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So you’re drawing a sad scene， and your character lays their head on a table to weep。 When it’s done， the piece looks really tragic。 You show this page to your friend who says， “why’s she sleeping？” You’re immediately mad。 Your art doesn’t say what you wanted it to。 Now what？ Buy this book。 Honestly， I think everyone whose spent time learning to draw will benefit from reading Framed Ink。 Whether you’re drawing for a graphic novel or just drawing a moment in time there’s emotions and subtleties y So you’re drawing a sad scene， and your character lays their head on a table to weep。 When it’s done， the piece looks really tragic。 You show this page to your friend who says， “why’s she sleeping？” You’re immediately mad。 Your art doesn’t say what you wanted it to。 Now what？ Buy this book。 Honestly， I think everyone whose spent time learning to draw will benefit from reading Framed Ink。 Whether you’re drawing for a graphic novel or just drawing a moment in time there’s emotions and subtleties you want to convey。 Instead of hoping your audience gets what you’re going for， just read this book。 Marcos does a great job giving you the tools to use the language of composition clearly and concisely。 Mastering this will leave no room for ambiguity and make sure people get what your art is trying to say。 。。。more
Jonathan
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Magnifico libro de Mateu-Mestre en donde no solo aprendemos la parte más técnica a la hora de componer una imagen， viñeta o fotograma， sino a como representar las sensaciónes y emociones de nuestras ideas， cómo simplificar y pensar en los elementos importantes que hay que añadir dentro de un fotograma para que se represente de la forma más clara posible la idea de tal manera que cautive y guíe al espectador durante toda la historia。 Saber que cada plano es importante， que tiene algo que contar d Magnifico libro de Mateu-Mestre en donde no solo aprendemos la parte más técnica a la hora de componer una imagen， viñeta o fotograma， sino a como representar las sensaciónes y emociones de nuestras ideas， cómo simplificar y pensar en los elementos importantes que hay que añadir dentro de un fotograma para que se represente de la forma más clara posible la idea de tal manera que cautive y guíe al espectador durante toda la historia。 Saber que cada plano es importante， que tiene algo que contar dentro del marco global de la historia。El libro no es muy largo sin embargo cada página tiene información útil que absorber y el autor lo expresa de una manera clara con ejemplos dibujados。Los contenidos del libro van desde a entender que es el Storytelling， los diferentes tipos de cámara con sus respectivos usos， la aplicación de la iluminación para transmitir y resaltar las diferentes partes del plano， como componer el fotograma para guiar al espectador dentro de un único plano o una secuencia de planos。 La última parte de libro encontraremos información sobre la creación de personajes y el uso de Storytelling para las novelas gráficas。Conclusión， libro totalmente recomendado！ 。。。more
Sanket Hota
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Framed Ink is an instructional book which mainly focuses on composition。 You wont find topics on rendering or mediums。 It doesn't have exercises， albeit one could imitate the panels to assimilate the techniques。 Mateu presents an assortment of cinematic shots - with detailed breakdowns into shapes， values， lighting， lines of action， and the general holistic affect - that can be handy to anyone interested in visual storytelling viz。 photography， animation， sequential art， storyboarding， and cinem Framed Ink is an instructional book which mainly focuses on composition。 You wont find topics on rendering or mediums。 It doesn't have exercises， albeit one could imitate the panels to assimilate the techniques。 Mateu presents an assortment of cinematic shots - with detailed breakdowns into shapes， values， lighting， lines of action， and the general holistic affect - that can be handy to anyone interested in visual storytelling viz。 photography， animation， sequential art， storyboarding， and cinematography。 He shows how we can create an immersive scene， through contrast and continuity。 He goes over how varying the camera angles， perspective， and the width of lens can add to the drama。As I have recently started digital painting， this book has become my vade macum。 It has considerably helped me improve my thumbnailing skills。 This is the type of book that I wish I had read earlier: it would have bailed me from woolly thinking， whilst drawing， when I was grasping for tools that I didn't know existed。 。。。more
Rose+Grtest1
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Максим Поспелков
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An excellent book speaking about the principles of constructing visual narratives in animation， cinema and graphic novels。 A special emphasis is placed on the latter， but this did not make the book less useful for the rest kinds of the visual arts。The main tools and approaches used in constructing the composition， working with light and other details are described in a concise form， but at the same time they remain bright and understandable。
Antonia
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A good book for any aspiring comic-book artist as it explains camera angles， composition of individual shots and the overall design of the page。
Michael Scott
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Marcos Mateu-Mestre’s Framed Ink: Drawing and Composition for Visual Storytellers is a guide to how images work， either stand-alone or， most importantly， in sequence。 Overall， an amazing set of examples that leaves the student with the work cut out — it’s a quick read， but hours upon hours of study must follow。Best-bit: composition for a specific goal。 What I liked:+ Single image material covers: atmosphere， lighting， negative space / chiaroscuro， lenses， putting all together into a checklist。+ Marcos Mateu-Mestre’s Framed Ink: Drawing and Composition for Visual Storytellers is a guide to how images work， either stand-alone or， most importantly， in sequence。 Overall， an amazing set of examples that leaves the student with the work cut out — it’s a quick read， but hours upon hours of study must follow。Best-bit: composition for a specific goal。 What I liked:+ Single image material covers: atmosphere， lighting， negative space / chiaroscuro， lenses， putting all together into a checklist。+ Material on the still composition with multiple images covers: establishing shots， camera work （looking down， upshots， POV shots， action shots， fixed focal point）， use of the negative space （plus concealing and revealing to good effect）， order vs。 chaos in composition， simple vs。 complex features， flow （curve vs。 angular）， scale （big / medium / small， plus progression）， using multiples of a single object， time （day / night）， intercutting， icons， plus numerous explained examples。+ Material on motion covers: camera movement and reasons for it to move， various pans （horizontal or establishing shot， vertical or epic shot）， various camera locks， the interaction between camera and landscape。+ There is much material on continuity。+ There is a bit of material on graphic novel elements: panels， pages， balloons， onomatopoeia， plus a compressed tour of designing characters。What I didn’t like:- This is an excellent reference book， but learning takes much more than what is explained。- The material is aimed at dramatic， even heroic characters and situations。 This fits nicely with Hollywood movies and Marvel comics， but leaves a large gap if your characters or goals are different。 （I can’t see Jimmy Corrigan or Ghost World or American Elf being created using this method。）- The material is uneven。 。。。more
Jeff Ammons
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This is a great book on comic composition
Beatrisa
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A bestseller by the most popular postwar writer for children of all ages。
Lycoris Radiatta
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It´s an awesome art book。 Has everything I was looking for: theory and great examples。 I really recommend it ！！！！
Iinaniss
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wow i will ask my friend to read this book
Tender Looks
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Este es un libro de esos que dices: joder， ya podía estar en español， me cago en la puta。 Sí， el autor habla español perfectamente。Información condensada y al grano， con bastos ejemplos visuales paso a paso por si hay alguna duda。 Un libro muy útil si no has leído otro que te enseñe lo mismo， jajaja。 Yo me lo compré por recomendación y la verdad es que me ha sido mega-útil。
Adam Hamilton
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really awesome for storytelling of any medium， but Mateu-Mestre brings his stroyboarding expertise to comics wonderfully。 This book is a great tool for anybody in the industry， from writers to pencillers alike。 Except maybe letterers。 Dude clearly doesn’t know much about that and doesn’t pretend to which is fine （but seriously the lettering at the end is bad）
Hanieh Salehi
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A good talk about composition and a fun reading。 Recommended to any fellow artist :）
Niklas Häggström
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Essential reading for visual storytellers。 Regardless of whether you're into comics/cartoon/animation/live action this gem is full of wisdom。 Essential reading for visual storytellers。 Regardless of whether you're into comics/cartoon/animation/live action this gem is full of wisdom。 。。。more
Mya
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This is superhelpful but is not a book to be read once and put aside， I'm sure I'll have to reference it often for ideas when I get stuck。 There is simply too much to consider when composing an illustration。 I wish the author went a little further on what shapes are eyecatching though， like as he said diagonals imply movement and S curves draw the eye， and he did mention triangle constructions but is there all there is？ Indeed， the book is quite short。 This is superhelpful but is not a book to be read once and put aside， I'm sure I'll have to reference it often for ideas when I get stuck。 There is simply too much to consider when composing an illustration。 I wish the author went a little further on what shapes are eyecatching though， like as he said diagonals imply movement and S curves draw the eye， and he did mention triangle constructions but is there all there is？ Indeed， the book is quite short。 。。。more
elle
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Descriptive tips and helpful breakdown for narrative art。 Mini review as placeholder。
Kate
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It's a reference and I own it。 By now I've read pretty much all the text but I flip through it now and then and find new stuff every time。。。 It's a reference and I own it。 By now I've read pretty much all the text but I flip through it now and then and find new stuff every time。。。 。。。more
Hesper
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Excellent resource for solving any number of visual composition problems。 It assumes anyone referencing it already has a solid grasp of the fundamentals， but it relays the material so clearly and concisely that artists of all skill levels can benefit。 Dinging off a star for lack of exercises， although those can be easily extrapolated from the included examples。 I suspect I'd have been less parsimonious had the book's focus been less oriented toward graphic novels。 Excellent resource for solving any number of visual composition problems。 It assumes anyone referencing it already has a solid grasp of the fundamentals， but it relays the material so clearly and concisely that artists of all skill levels can benefit。 Dinging off a star for lack of exercises， although those can be easily extrapolated from the included examples。 I suspect I'd have been less parsimonious had the book's focus been less oriented toward graphic novels。 。。。more
Andrada Savu
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Simply incredible。
David Schembri
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Fantastic book。 My only glitch is the writing aspect as descriptions became over thought， but mostly this was a great read。 I learned a lot from this and will refer and recommend it。
M。i。
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