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first you start with an inspiration

be it a funny moment or a cool shot or even just a vibe - i like to write down literally every mildly interesting thought i have just in case- and so i have a plethora of inspo to pull from

i’ll use this comic as a reference because i have a good amount of the process on hand.

for this comic -> my inspo was the phrase ‘they don’t talk about it’ and was originally supposed to be about the felipe garzonas case -> your inspo doesn’t need to make its way into the final it just needs to get the ball rolling

now you break it up into a list of events - this one focused on dialogue which ended up being cut lol -> i think i lost the original list of events

next is breaking up the different events into pages - and making the list of events specific- each event is one panel(even smaller things) the panels don’t need to be arranged. this one is the breakdown for a single page:

next is the first draft of thumbnails - things will fit weird- time to figure out which panels are more important and get a rough layout going

finalish thumbnails - got most of the layout sorted- the pacing is the most important part in this stage, figuring out where dialogue will fit, and where to put dead space, and how your eyes follow the scene.

i like to work out most of the character expression in this stage- i find the sketchy nature makes the expressions more exaggerated

there are a lot of very good tutorials online that go over the “dos and don’ts” of comic composition(know the rules before you break them remember).

yayyyy final sketch

yayyyy lineart (i changed some things yolo)

yayyyyy flats(hardest stage for me personally)

yayyy shading or smth