ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the actual process of creating layouts and looks at some of the rules of layout design that will affect their creation. Most scenes look best when they depict the qualities of distance and perspective. Many of the most powerful and attractive pictures contain a clear foreground, midground, and distant view. The layout artist should remember that these levels of distance and perspective will bring a great vision and depth to a shot, whether an internal environment or external landscape. The most effective animation is clearly framed and silhouetted. Therefore, when an animator work on his/her layouts, make sure the area that the animation is to appear in is uncluttered and enables the action to be clearly silhouetted. Most scenes require that the animation be the focus of attention. A background or environment layout defines all that does not move in a scene, whereas an animation layout defines all that does move.
