Framed Perspective Vol. 1: Technical Perspective and Visual Storytelling

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.)

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.

deep learning in very easy to understand lessonsa must have for any artist who wants to progress with quality perspective drawings or paintingthis is the 3rd book by marcos i have purchased and as ever excels in what he teaches.

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.

More than a book on the technicalities of perspective. The way it can be used to narrative effective is excellent.