Thumbnail Sketches

Sometimes we get so immeshed in the routine of doing regularly updated art that we forget to pay attention to some of the small things that make a big difference in our work.

One of these often-overlooked details is composition.

A well-composed panel will direct the reader's eye, in the correct order, through all of the important visual elements. For long-form cartoonists, this same concept is applied to the composition of the panels on the page.

But good composition doesn't just happen; it's planned out.

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