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“The tools used do not run the artist. It’s the artist that runs the tools.” Wayne Hanna, Dean of Education, Illinois Institute of Art Schaumburg

		The Principal of Thirds The Principal of Thirds is a methodology for object placement within a visual storytelling frame. Unfortunately, this portion of my book ended up on the cutting room floor, but is an important component of overall design. Typically used in filmmaking, but taught by the instructors at The American Academy of Art in the early 1980s as a guide for object placement when designing on the page or within a frame. If you take any frame--comics’ panel, ad page, film frame--and divide it into thirds both horizontally and vertically, there are four points at which the lines meet. The eye is drawn to any object within the frame that is centered on one of those points, and thus bisected horizontally and vertically, rather than directly to the geometric center of the composition. © 2004 Anthony C. Caputo		Publisher Watson-Guptill Publications     Spotlight Lara Croft: Tomb Raider PreviewTomb Raider: Angel of Darkness at TombRaider.com. Outtakes Please click the thumbnail above to see a larger view of an unpublished image! Image Of The Month Please click the thumbnail to enlarge the screenshot.

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