Ask yourself what you want your viewer to see— the overall shape, the lacing on the glove, or maybe just the tear in the leather. [...] The road moves at an angle into the distance, with the cat smaller in the midground and the dog even smaller in the background, both trailing behind the mouse. [...] When you want to show where the action is taking place and feel that your reader needs an overview, a kind of map of the setting, this is the point of view to use. [...] Angle the top and bottom of both door and window toward the far corner of the room.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 371.33/5
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9781551388250 9781551382524
- LCCN
- LB1576
- LCCN Item number
- T535 2010eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (94 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00227209 (OCoLC)755882614 (CaOOCEL)439220
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Contents 4
- Introduction 6
- Stage 1: Read, Read, Read 7
- Stage 2: Invent Your Plot 11
- Character Sketches 13
- Character Development 15
- Let’s Get Serious—Research! 17
- Plotting the Plot 19
- Stage 3: Drawing by Drawing 21
- Points of View 21
- Horizontal 23
- Drawing in Layers 23
- Foreground, Midground, Background 25
- Bird’s-Eye View 27
- Ant’s-Eye View 29
- Drawing Bodies and Heads 31
- Close-Up 33
- Extreme Close-Up 35
- Drawing a Room 39
- Drawing a House 41
- The Rough Sketch 43
- Thinking in Thumbnails 45
- Stage 4: Storyboarding 47
- Materials You’ll Need 48
- From Thumbnails… 49
- …To Storyboard 50
- Storyboarding a Graphic Novel or Comic 51
- Using a Storyboard 53
- Editing Your Storyboard 54
- Stage 5: Book Mock-Up 55
- Materials You’ll Need 56
- Design a Visual Surprise 58
- Editing Your Book Mock-Up 58
- Illustration Styles 59
- Planning Design and Type 60
- Stage 6: A Full-Color Book 61
- Materials You’ll Need 61
- Shading for Reality 63
- Light and Shadow 65
- Stage 7: Using Collage Illustration for a Picture Book 67
- Cut-and-Paste Collage 67
- Materials You’ll Need 68
- Fun-Tastic Collages 69
- Cutouts for Starters 70
- Cut-and-Paste with Patterned Paper 71
- Simple Cutout Shapes 72
- Faces with Cutouts and Markers 73
- Special Effects with Cutouts 74
- Cutout Letters and Numbers 75
- Hand-Made Patterned Papers 76
- Stage 8: It’s a Book! 77
- Writing Your Story 77
- Editing Your Story 77
- Lettering Styles 78
- Your Book Title and Cover 79
- Designing a Cover 79
- Materials You’ll Need 80
- Finishing Touches 81
- Sharing 82
- The Way an Artist Speaks 83
- Important Words 83
- Illustration Ideas 84
- Storyboard Templates 88
- Index 93
- A 93
- B 93
- C 93
- D 93
- E 94
- F 94
- G 94
- H 94
- I 94
- L 94
- M 94
- P 94
- R 95
- S 95
- T 95
- V 95
- W 95
