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Use lower angles andremember to make surecharacters aren’t parallelto each other. Breakthings up!

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Does your composition havea nice silhouette?Make sure things readclearly.

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Use perspective to your advantage. Tryget some depth into your comps!

A lower horizon line really sets yourcharacters into the composition.

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Once again, lowering thehorizon really helps!

Try make yourcompositions moredynamic. Be aware of howthe eye flows around thecomp, and what you wantthe eye drawn to.

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Brad Bird on How to Compose Shots for Story and Layout Artists