Visual media artists-comic book artists, film and video storyboarders and animators, and creators of interactive games-must express purely with pictures everything that the writer can't communicate in words. As a result, truly effective visual storytelling must be compelling, dynamic-and have the appearance of reality. In Visual Storytelling, veteran comic book publisher Tony Caputo demonstrates everything the aspiring visual media artist needs to know in order to master sequential art. In Part 1, artists will discover, through clear illustrations and pictures, each stage of the production process, including plotting, writing, penciling and lettering, inking, coloring, and painting. Part 2 shows, step by step, the basics of figure drawing and anatomy, and basic light and dark techniques. Finally, Part 3 details the basics of page composition, layout, and design as well as the art of creating incredible comic book covers and splash pages. Filled with fascinating illustrations by such legendary artists as Mat Nastos, Jim Steranko, Neal Adams, Wally Wood, Andrew Loomis, Scott McCloud, Terry Moore and Jeff Smith, Visual Storytelling also features a ready-to-use guide that helps chart progress and skills in visual storytelling media.
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Tony C. Caputo has been writing for 30 years including business plan, articles, books and technical manuals.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good read but doesn't keep its promise,
By Mervyn Beamish (Sydney Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Visual Storytelling: The Art and Technique (Paperback)
There is no doubt this book is good value for money. What basically lets it down is its illustrations - much of the text is explained by illustrations and some significant examples are so poorly reproduced or so small that the meaning is lost.On the whole, with a few exceptions, I found it skirting around the topics offering little depth. The books gave a good general coverage and pointed out the areas to follow up with further reading/viewing. This said, I still would recommend this book for anyone interested in the techniques of visual storytelling.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Visual Storytelling: The Art and Technique (Paperback)
I was eagerly anticipating the information from this book, having studied the narrative artform for the past 3 years and having read through the Mcloud, Eisner, Janson and various books on film.
I couldnt believe how little actual information is in this book, it jumps from here to there with no flow and it's lack of content hidden in examples obviously from the works of those adding to the book. Don't waste your time, buy Both Will Eisners Books on storytelling then Scott Mclouds books, leave this boring jumble of arse on the shelf.
11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
misleading,
By A Customer
This review is from: Visual Storytelling: The Art and Technique (Paperback)
This book is unfortunately very misleading in its content - Aimed as a multi format guide, the book rarely strays away from comic book technique. For filmmakers/animators, this book offers little beyond rudimentary film theory and skills. Plus the majority of the example material is very sub-standard. Avoid this one.
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One afternoon in (something like) 1965, I sat in a little treehouse in Beverly Glen, in Los Angeles, in Hollywood, writing a television script; and I typed these words: The witch rushes down the spiral staircase and runs wildly through the lavish reception hall of the mansion. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
visual storytelling media, visual storyteller, word balloons, panel borders, comics artists, interactive games, eye path, previous panel, layout stage, storyboard artist, forced perspective, motion capture, comics page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Septerra Core, Andrew Loomis, Jeff Smith, Star Wars, Orson Welles, Terry Moore, Will Eisner, Jim Steranko, Kerry Gammill, Lara Croft, Operation Extermination, Tomb Raider, Tricks of the Trade, John Byrne, Neal Adams, Van Hook, Final Fantasy, Patrick the Wolf Boy, Resident Evil, The Matrix, The Yellow Kid, Age of Guardian Strangers, Citizen Kane, Jurassic Park, Mission Impossible New!
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One afternoon in (something like) 1965, I sat in a little treehouse in Beverly Glen, in Los Angeles, in Hollywood, writing a television script; and I typed these words: The witch rushes down the spiral staircase and runs wildly through the lavish reception hall of the mansion. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
visual storytelling media, visual storyteller, word balloons, panel borders, comics artists, interactive games, eye path, previous panel, layout stage, storyboard artist, forced perspective, motion capture, comics page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Septerra Core, Andrew Loomis, Jeff Smith, Star Wars, Orson Welles, Terry Moore, Will Eisner, Jim Steranko, Kerry Gammill, Lara Croft, Operation Extermination, Tomb Raider, Tricks of the Trade, John Byrne, Neal Adams, Van Hook, Final Fantasy, Patrick the Wolf Boy, Resident Evil, The Matrix, The Yellow Kid, Age of Guardian Strangers, Citizen Kane, Jurassic Park, Mission Impossible New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Citizen Kane (Screenplay) by Orson Welles on 4 pages
- Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker by George Lucas on page 21, page 30, and page 101
- Figure Drawing for All It's Worth (How to draw and paint) by Andrew Loomis on page 56, and page 69
- The Hard Goodbye (Sin City, Book 1) (Bk. 1) by Frank Miller on page 34, and page 144
- J.R.R. Tolkien Boxed Set (The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings) by J.R.R. Tolkien on page 30, and page 31
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- Vespers by Tony C. Caputo in Back Matter
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