Framed Perspective Vol. 1: Technical Perspective and Visual Storytelling

Perspective is a discipline often set aside when it comes to general art study, though it is essential to master in order to produce any piece of art that is and feels realistic. Framed Perspective 1 equips artists with the technical knowledge needed to produce successful visual storytelling-related drawings: from understanding the basics of the space around us and how we perceive it, all the way to more sophisticated endeavors, like creating entire locations that will become the believable set ups our characters and stories will happen within. As intimidating as perspective may seem, best-selling author and artist Marcos Mateu-Mestre delivers each lesson in an accessible and informative way that takes the mystery out of achieving successful scenes. The book includes extensive step-by-step practical explanations of how to build objects and environments of all sorts, taking that first sketch to a fully rendered artwork with many of his finished illustrations as examples. Sure to be the most popular book in your art library, it will train you to see the world in a way that allows you to enjoy every curve and slope you see in it and, more importantly, translate that vision into art with accuracy and a great sense and understanding of depth and proportion. Your perspective will never be the same!

• Framed Perspective Vol. 2: Technical Drawing for Shadows, Volume, and Characters
• Framed Ink: Drawing and Composition for Visual Storytellers
• How to Draw: drawing and sketching objects and environments from your imagination
• Figure Drawing: Design and Invention
• How to Draw Noir Comics: The Art and Technique of Visual Storytelling
• How to Render: the fundamentals of light, shadow and reflectivity
• Vision: Color and Composition for Film
• Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter (James Gurney Art)
• Directing the Story: Professional Storytelling and Storyboarding Techniques for Live Action and Animation
• Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn't Exist (James Gurney Art)