Kara Daimaoh

Hiya! /cracks knuckles/ OKAY

1. Don't be precious with your drawings. You are going to be drawing a *lot* of panels/images that will be glanced over so try not to spend too long on a single panel! Save your pretty details and illustration skills for big panels or the panels that hit HARD.

2. Don't write your dialogue as you are drawing the pages. Start with a script > thumbnails > layout (putting in the panels for ALL the pages including dialogue bubbles) > drawing the characters.

c. Panelling and page layout works a bit like composing an illustration. You are still leading the reader's eye around the page.

iv. It helps to break up your sentences when you write your script or write it a little funny or disjointed in time to your story beats. For example the line : "I learnt that in time that some things will never stay the same."

I would write it in my script as :

"I learnt.

That in time.

That some things.

Will Never.

Stay.

The Same."

This helps with pacing, it reminds me how fast I want readers to experience this bit of narration and plan how I want to lay things out.

5. It's not cheating if you copy paste and slightly alter existing drawings into a new panel or use a 3d image as a trace for your background. Comic drawing is hard and time consuming, so the last thing you want to happen is you getting stuck on 1 page for too long!

f. none of these are numbered sequentially. Again, comic drawing is hard and its a skill to build like illustration. So is panelling, pacing and scripting. These are all things that i've learnt over a few years of practice and work and there are still things I'm learning and figuring out everyday. So enjoy the process and hold onto the excitement of sharing a story! That's honestly the best part!

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