Bethany Angelstar

Can you steal a style? In my opinion, you can’t - but you can definitely learn a lot from studying someone’s art style. Here’s some of my thoughts on that - and some Leyendecker studies to go with it!

From 2001-2014 NeonDragonArt.com was used as a hub for my art, tutorials, and a forum for artists. After it launched in 2013, Flight Rising took up the majority of my time. NeonDragonArt had to be set aside while I worked to help make Flight Rising the best game it could be.

Now that things have settled down a bit, I’m working to create a little space for myself and my art again. I will be moving to Strange Little Creatures for a fresh start and posting my current work there.

I was asked by a friend yesterday if I could offer basic tips about comic paneling. As it turns out, I have a lot to say on the matter! I tried breaking down the art of paneling using the principles of art and design, and I hope it helps you out!

EDIT: uh uh there are a lot of people reblogging this, so i figure i may as well append this now while i can lol

This whole thing was very much cranked out in a few hours so I had a visual to talk about with a friend! If this gives you a base understanding of paneling, that's awesome! Continue to pull in studies from the comics you see and what other artists do well and don't do well! You can tell paneling is doing well when the action is flowing around in its intended reading format.

Here's the link to the globalcomix article from which I pulled the images about panel staggering! Someone sent in a reblog that it wasn't totally clear that the 7th slide mostly covers what NOT to do in regards to staggering, and that is my mistake!

I saw in a tag that someone was surprised I used MamaYuyu too, and I don't blame them lol. If I had given myself more than a couple hours maybe I would have added something else on, I just really admire MamaYuyu's paneling personally.

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