Hey guys! Normally I post my art on this blog but I wanted to show you the books that have helped me the most with my visual development. Growing up as a voracious reader with an interest in art, I pretty quickly grew tired of the “How to Draw” section of Barnes & Noble. So, here’s a list of books I wish I had known existed:
Comics and Sequential Art by Will Eisner
Graphic Story Telling by Will Eisner
Thinking with Type by Ellen Lupton
Framed Ink by Marcos Mateu-Mestre
They are all equally valuable! Will Eisner’s series is about sequential narrative and I do have a specific interest in comics (as a creator and a consumer) however, I think it’s valuable to all visual story tellers! Framed Ink is similar with a heavier focus on composition. Thinking with Type was imperative for me because I have no natural skill with typography. Any Illustrator will need a moderate understanding of type- It improves your portfolio vastly when you know the basics!
Here’s a list of links to them (in the same order as above):
http://www.amazon.com/Comics-Sequential-Art-Principles-Instructional/dp/0393331261/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1432576271&sr=8-1&keywords=will+eisner
http://www.amazon.com/Graphic-Storytelling-Visual-Narrative-Instructional/dp/039333127X/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_y
http://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Type-2nd-revised-expanded/dp/1568989695/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1432576194&sr=8-1&keywords=thinking+with+type
http://www.amazon.com/Framed-Ink-Drawing-Composition-Storytellers/dp/1933492953/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1432576356&sr=1-6&keywords=ink
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