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Framed Perspective Vol. 1: Technical Drawing for Visual Storytelling: Technical Perspective and Visual Storytelling
£26.80£32.30 (-17%)
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!
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Additional information
| Publisher | Design Studio Press, Illustrated edition (1 Sept. 2016) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 228 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1624650309 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1624650307 |
| Dimensions | 21.6 x 4 x 27.9 cm |
by A reviewer
Very informative and is taking me a long time to work through, authors explanations always clear and concise, doesn’t hold your hand much though, often a topic is explained well, but it isn’t always clear how to put what the author has explained in to practice yourself.
The book doesn’t contain “exercises” but has a lot of examples, personally I prefer to have a topic explained, then do some sort of exercise so that I gain the confidence that I understand the topic on my own. with this book, if you wanted to learn in that way, you will need to look at the examples and come up with your own exercise, perhaps based on the examples the author has done.
I also feel like the book would work better as a hardback which stays open easily, or as a kindle book, but sadly there is neither option.
this review probably reads negatively, but just to add context I’ve only been drawing and painting (and consciously trying to improve) in my free time for about a year. if you’re more experienced you will probably get more out of this, if you’re less experienced like me perhaps start with something else and work up to this. I’ve chosen not to lower the score just because of my own inexperience, but if you are a beginner definitely think before you buy.
by Dovile
Very good book just a little overpriced sending
by Amazon Customer
Fantastic book! Similar to Scott Robertson’s “How to Draw” however in my opinion this has more of an emphasis on environments and storytelling, whilst “How to Draw” has more of an emphasis on industrial design. The books overlap in some areas. I found this book a little easier to understand as it’s a little less technical than “How to Draw”. At the end of the day, I’d recommend both books as both are strong in their retrospective areas and the content in both books is not the same. Ordered from Wordery and it arrived in perfect condition.
by e.p.jennings
deep learning in very easy to understand lessons
a must have for any artist who wants to progress with quality perspective drawings or painting
this is the 3rd book by marcos i have purchased and as ever excels in what he teaches.
by hoshikama
It’s a wonderful book. I will study it when I get the time and hopefully draw loads of structures
by Connor W.
This is a quality book with some excellent illustrations, as someone who is drawing constantly, using this as a reference book for how to organise my frames, does me wonders!
by Parka
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If you want to bring your technical drawing skills to the next level, more specifically skills on rendering perspective, this is the book to get. This book is great for comic book artists and basically any illustrator that has to incorporate perspective in their drawing.
The author Marcos Mateu-Mestre is a veteran designer and artist with more than 20 years of experience. He has worked for DreamWorks, does layout, storyboard, visual concept and development. In short, he’s a professional of the highest level. Kudos to him for sharing his knowledge in this thick 228-page paperback.
This book covers perspective in detail, way more detailed than any other instructional book on perspectives that I’ve seen. There’s a lot of technical talk but always concise and easy to understand. The examples are easy to follow along, and his art is just fantastic.
Just like Scott Robertson’s books, I would consider this an essential book for comic artists, illustrators and concept artists.
Volume 1 of Frame Perspective covers all the basics of perspective. Volume 2 covers shadows and characters.
(See more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)
by Carl
A brilliant book on perspective, I have brought a few books on the subject and this book is the most clear and precise, with easy follow steps, great information and great artwork, greatly recommend.