The Artful Readers Club for February
Framed Ink: Drawing and Composition for Visual Storytellers by Marcos Mateu-Mestre The bell and round shapes are basic designs Marcos suggests when designing characters for a graphic novel. The small thumbnails are ways he suggests creating a composition. In short: I recommend this book for anyone interested in storyboard art and any artist who likes to find inspiration in far out places. Composition happens sometimes naturally in the same way some cooks can just throw ingredients together and create a fantastic meal...however, it's rare. Composition when worked just right, makes all visual art better. In Framed Ink Marcos Mateu-Mestre shows the reader why. Most art practitioners are aware of the golden mean or the golden ratio and Marcos utilizes this theory a lot. It's a sure thing in design, but it's also been overused to the point of predictability. The short hand for the golden mean, without all the complex equations is the rule of thirds. ...
