Set the Action! Creating Backgrounds for Compelling Storytelling in Animation, Comics, and Games - Hernandez, Elvin (Faculty member, Media Arts and Animation Department, Art Institute of Washington, USA)

If you're in the habit of creating disembodied characters or adding backgrounds as an afterthought, Set the Action! will help you understand and utilize the importance of the setting in your narrative. Understand perspective, blocking, and color-and focus your narrative by establishing and designing your setting to interact with characters and story.