Creating Comics with Compelling Visual Narratives
Visual Approaches to the Layout
A course by Reilly Brown , Comic Book Artist
About the video: Visual Approaches to the Layout
Overview
“Once we have figured out the basic story beats, we need to get the story from the beginning to the end. We're going to explore different storytelling possibilities and find the very best and most dramatic way to tell the story. ”
In this video lesson Reilly Brown addresses the topic: Visual Approaches to the Layout, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creating Comics with Compelling Visual Narratives. Transform your written narratives into comics using the art of visual storytelling and character-building techniques..
Partial transcription of the video
“ Visual Approaches to the Layout There are many ways to tell the same story. Last time you told your story in layouts but is it the best way to do that? Let's revisit those layouts to see if we can make them more interesting and what effect different page layouts might have on the story. Here's the layout that I drew in the last lesson. I wanted to play around a bit more with the storytelling and the panels and see if I could come up with some different possibilities. In this one, I tried to add a bit more action to Thunder Guardian's dodging Fingershot's laser beams. I broke this one pane...”
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Course summary for: Creating Comics with Compelling Visual Narratives
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Category
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Areas
Character Design, Comic, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration
Reilly Brown
A course by Reilly Brown
Reilly Brown is a comic book artist based in New Jersey, United States. A superfan of comics since childhood, he started self-publishing his own work in 2002. His career took off after that, collaborating with publishers like Marvel, DC Comics, Dark Horse, Archie, and Tantor Media on recognizable titles such as Deadpool, Spider-Man, Incredible Hercules and Lobo, and Batman. He’s known for his pioneering work with digital comics, having worked with Comixology to launch his creator-owned series Powerplay on mobile devices. He’s an active part of the comic world, making frequent appearances at conventions and comic book stores.
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