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Directing the Eye
Directing the Eye Composition in Visual Storytelling How the eyes read an image depends on what is depicted and how all part relate to the whole picture. In the visual arts this… -
Tipping the Balance
A Question of Dominance The Figure/Ground Law in Graphic Narrative and Visual Storytelling If we see an image, we immediately try to separate the foreground from the background. This can create an… -
Book of letters
Book of letters After reading Alphabet. The History, Evolution and Design of the Letters We Use Today by Allan Haley I decided to use to play some… There is only one made.…
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The 4 dimensional book
The 4 dimensional book and the passing of time... A book is not just a pile of pages, it has volume; a third dimension. But that's not all, it has a fourth… -
How it came to be
It all started in my final year of The Design Academy. My love for books. Of course, the seed was planted much earlier but that year was the point of no return.…
Getting Graphic
Research and thoughts on
visual storytelling
and graphic communication.
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This blog will be a collection of interests related to narrative drawing. (For examples of my commercial work check my portfolio.)
I remember pondering about choosing a profession when I was little, I remember thinking I wanted to do something I would love to keep learning about. Something that didn’t end at 5 or at the doorstep of the office.
And I did. And I do. I keep learning. Studying all kinds of visual storytelling. Reading books and comics. Watching movie. Watching movies about movies. Following tutorials, visiting workshops, doing courses (or a master for that matter), experimenting and practising. Asking myself questions like why classics have become classics. If knowledge of anatomy really is important or if it really isn’t. How to capture the essence of a character. How to give a flat surface meaningful depth. How the composition you choose influences the story you tell. How important seemingly meaningless details can be. How to capture and manipulate the reader and if all power corrupts …
My collection of interest might become a collection of bits and pieces with some fragments of insight. I hope my list of categories might guide you to something that might interest you too.
Happy hunting…
And if you’re not a robot please feel free to add a comment, pass a suggestion or contact me.