Framed Ink：Drawing and Composition for Visual Storytellers

Theultimateguidetovisualstorytelling!Howtomaketheaudience"feel"thestorywhiletheyare"reading"thestory.Usinghisexperiencesfromworkinginthecomicbookindustry,moviestudiosandteaching,Marcosintroducesthereadertoastep-by-stepsystemthatwillcreatethemostsuccessfulstoryboardsandgraphicsforthebestvisualcommunication.Afterabriefdiscussiononnarrativeart,Marcosintroducesustodrawingandcomposingasingleimage,tocomposingsteadyshotstodrawingtocomposeforcontinuitybetweenalltheshots.Theselessonsarethenappliedtothreediversestorylines-atrainaccident,acowboytaleandbikersapproachingamysterioushouse.Inadditiontosettinguptheshots,healsoexplainsandillustratesvisualcharacterdevelopment,emotivestancesandexpressionsalongwithdevelopmentoftheenvironmentalsettingtofullydevelopthevisualnarrative.