This book is the followup to the book Layout and Design Made Amazingly Simple. This book is not a repeat book but rather an extension. It is broken up into four sections.

Section 1 is an example of a film showing the process of going through the production from script through to thumbnail storyboards, character development, location designing, final character design, clean storyboarding and finally to the layout process. It shows all the drawings, both good and bad that go into getting the final product.

Section 2 has a set of exercises that you can work on that present you with a script, character, location and prop designs, and a storyboard. You then take these and using the outline breaking down the thought process involved, produce the final layouts for yourself.

Section 3 takes this same process a step further by providing you with just the script. You then develop the character, location and prop designs, and storyboard. From these you then produce the final layouts. Again, each step is covered in the book guiding you through the process. This helps you with the actual production of a series of portfolio pieces. It's often hardest to simply come up with the initial idea to work with. This section provides you with several options to chose from.

Section 4 has 40 quick layout assignments that you can do within 3 - 4 hours. Each assignment is a short descriptive passage describing a specific location such as a alleyway in a city, a barber shop or the inside of a barn. It lists several elements that you should include within your environment. This section again, simply provides you with a series of springboards to work from.

You'll find this book incredibly helpful if you're trying to put together a portfolio for a College application or for a studio job application. As a matter of fact there are a few studios that have recommended this book for those people who were applying for jobs in the layout department.












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