Book cover of 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 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…

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2 authors picked Framed Ink as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I love this book because it is as easy on the eye as it is insightful, with beautiful illustrations that perfectly complement the written content. Light and shadow are tackled with a noir aesthetic that is unique and very compelling.

Aside from the incredible visuals, what this book imparts most of all is how to use light as a storytelling and compositional device. And it does it in such style that I enjoy coming back to it again and again.

From Richard's list on light for artists.

Marcos has been a DreamWorks concept artist for many years and shares his trade secrets in this beautifully illustrated book about composition. I myself have taught composition for decades and Marcos does a great job of sharing tools to direct an audience’s eye to where you want them to look. Learn how to do this in your own illustrations. Composition is one of the most important skills to learn in art and one of the least successfully and clearly taught.

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