Shot Composition and Transitions

Taken from the book “Dream Worlds” by Hans Bacher, it gives some useful tips on composing a shot and ways to make the scene more exciting. Although it is primarily for film there are many aspects that also translate into illustration and concept art. There has been a few times where I have flipped my canvas only to see it is an unblanced composition. By sticking to the fundamentals in this book you can help avoid that. I also found he laid it out very simply and did not rable on with complicated words or diagrams. I have taken a few shots of what I found to be some of the more important bits for myself.

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