#paneling

Since starting working on my new comic for the last few months, I’ve been wondering how other comickers feel about the process of working on pages.

What’s the most rewarding/fun part of the process for you?
What’s the most challenging?

For me I find the thumbnailing stage to often be both these things. It’s an often difficult stage because planning panels is such a critical part, and I usually have an idea of my head of how certain panels should be (ie. large panel end of page) so I have to work around those panels. I thumbnail at about half-sized, and so sketch fairly detailed, which makes the inking phase much faster when I bring it into the computer (in my case, iPad). I also write the dialogue in so I can get a sense of pacing, etc. So, my thumbnails are more detailed than other artists’, which I think tend to be more small and loose to figure out layout/composition– but it works well for me.

Thumbnailing is really rewarding to me because I can feel the comic actually taking shape. And it makes me excited to complete pages so I can get to future ones I’m extra excited about.

I’d love to hear other people opinions about this! Feel free to share.

IG betterhomesandgardens