Spanish born Marcos Mateu-Mestre is a visual concept,
traditional animation layout, and graphic novel artist whose film
credits include titles such as 'Balto', 'The Prince of Egypt',
'Asterix and the Vikings' and 'Surf's Up' amongst others.
With an extensive experience of twenty years in feature animation,
working mainly for Dreamworks and Sony Pictures, he has also been
teaching drawing, illustration and visual storytelling techniques
for twelve years.
His works as a film maker have mostly included both the design and
cinematic aspects of film, taking care of frame composition,
lighting and visual continuity of many key sequences in some major
productions.
"There are some people who draw in a way that looks like they load
their pens with pure liquified fun. Concept artist Marcos Mateu has
a wonderful character of line and a jaunty, casual style that makes
it look like the lines danced out and created the image of their
own accord. His loose, relaxed application of color, which careens
between brilliant lights and rich, atmospheric darks, just adds to
the visual treat. Mateu's drawings have just the right touch of
exaggeration to give them extra visual appeal; lines are given an
extra spring, forms bent out just a bit, and figures swirled into
motion in a way that gives everything a sense of verve and life." -
Charley Parker
"With Framed Ink, Marcos Mateu distills his twenty-plus year career
in feature animation into a clear, practical manual on the language
of images. Marcos has a special eye for composition, lighting, and
continuity that creates a tangible sense of mood and drama in all
of his work." - Jeffrey Katzenberg, Co-founder and CEO DreamWorks
Animation SKG
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