) NW #32 Pg. 11 Layout Click pic to open a large version in a separate window! | THUMBNAIL LAYOUTSThe first thing I do is get a quick feel for the page. After reading it several times over, I try to select the one image/action/moment that dominates the story on that page. If one story point seems to be clearly strongest on the page, I try to make that panel the most dominant one on the page, using the others to support it.These drawings are only about 2 inches x 3 inches in size!
| ) NW #32 Pg. 12 Layout Click pic to open a large version in a separate window!
We're not concerned with panel interiors here - just the flow of panels on the page. Don't get bogged down with the details of the forms INSIDE the panels -- simply construct the shapes and placements of the panels themselves! | Imagine in your mind the BEST angle to view the action -- then use that angle to determine the shape of the panel needed to accomplish that view.
| ) NW #32 Pg. 13 Layout Click pic to open a large version in a separate window!
Be careful to remember "eye-flow." In our western culture, we read from left-to-right, and from top-to-bottom. ALL panel flow MUST obey these rules!! Otherwise, your reader will have to stop READING and start DECIPHERING your art -- at which point, you lost them!
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