Set the Action! Creating Backgrounds for Compelling Storytelling in Animation, Comics, and Games
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| Rating | : | 4.83 (953 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0240820533 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Five Stars" according to Max. Amazing book! Great to improve the techniques about background for comic books!
His understanding of the importance of setting and space in visual media is easily conveyed and immediately understood. "-Charl Anne Brew, Professor of Visual Effects & Motion Graphics, The Art Institute of Washington. Hernandez, a wonderful artist and storyteller, has been able to put his talents together in this book to generously explain not only the history of perspective and the importance of it to making scenes and backgrounds work, but he has laid it out in a way that reads well, and will appeal to both the novice and the experienced artist. Set the Action! is the missing piece in any visual storyteller's toolkit!" Danny Araya"Insightful, beautifully drawn and cleverly written. Witty and informative, Elvin Hernandez's "Set The Action!" isn't just a book that you have to read, it's a book that you want to read." John Griffin, Professor of Media Art and Animation, The Art Institute of Washin
MFA in sequential art; Faculyy member, Media Arts and Animation Dept, Art Institute of Washington; Kaiser Studio Productions, sequential artist, freelance writer, and illustrator that has worked on magazines, games, and comics.
If you're in the habit of creating disembodied characters or adding backgrounds as an afterthought, Set the Action! will help you understand and utilize the importance of the setting in your narrative. Understand perspective, blocking, and color-and focus your narrative by establishing and designing your setting to interact with characters and story.. Background, setting, environment.whatever you call it, it is the silent character in the visual story, and a dynamic and compelling setting can define and hone the action and drama of your story. Create the Gotham for your Batman, the African savannah for your Simba, or the bustling newsroom for your Clark Kent