Framed Ink 2: Format, Frame Energy and Composition for Visual Storytelling

World bestseller on visual storytelling.
Marcos Mateu-Mestre is a concept artist, storyboard artist, and graphic novel author with over twenty years of experience in feature animation. He has participated in the creation of films such as "Balto," "How to Train Your... Dragon," "The Road to El Dorado," "Puss in Boots," and "Puss in Boots 2: The Last Wish," and works as a production designer at Netflix.

The long-awaited second part of "Framed Ink" is dedicated to a crucial aspect of visual storytelling - frame energy, which allows for emotional impact on the viewer. Marcos Mateu-Mestre explains how to properly construct frames of any format - landscape, portrait, or square - and work with compositional tools such as action and reaction, areas of tension and relaxation, overall dynamics, rhythm, and turning points of the frame. The book uses numerous visual examples to demonstrate how to leverage the strengths of different formats and enhance the impression of storytelling through effective composition.
For animators, comic artists, storyboard artists, and illustrators.