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PHEW This was a bit of a doozie. I tried to cram everything I learned as a sequential arts major at SCAD into a tiny little tutorial. Hopefully, however, I've covered the tip of the iceburg, the basics of visual storytelling by use of ~PaMikoo 's comic, Her Monster pg11. If you like the art, please comment on the original. (she deserves it!)
Further Reading:
"Understanding Comics" by Scott McCloud
"The Five C's of Cinematography" by Joseph V. Mascelli
"Visual Storytelling: The Art and Technique" by Tony Caputo & Jim Steranko
"The DC Comics Guide to Pencilling Comics" by Klaus Janson
For more tutorials of mine, see the Reference folder of my gallery: [link] Shamelessplugtime, and check out my webcomic at Pompfiction.com if you get the time!
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Learned so much from reading this! Like dayyyum! XD
Extreeeemely helpful!
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This will definitely help me,since I'm in the process of making a comic right now!>U<
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Yay, I gave the 1000th favourite
By the way, one of the best tutorials ever. Very nice tips!
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Oh snaps! thank you so very much! n.n
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Awesome I Learned a lot from this. Thanks!
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I'm jealous you went to SCAD. 
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Aw well thanks! Unfortunately it has not literally "paid off" XDDD yaylifeofeternaldebt TuT But I'm glad to be putting my college to good use at least. XD
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I'm getting myself in the same boat. XD
What are you going for?
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I actually graduated back in 2010, went for Sequential Arts, and you?
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I wish I was going to SCAD, but I am sadly not. 
I am going to AI of Pittsburg online for Video Game Art and Design. We'll see what happens. (shrug)
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Yeah actually. Do let me know how that goes. I love PA, and considered going there for my masters, but I don't think they do masters programs, or if they do, it wasn't in my field. SCAD is so expensive though D8 be glad
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Well, I start today, but I'm doing the Online part of AI of PA, so on the online they don't do the Masters degree, but They might in your field! You could always call.
Lol, that's why SCAD is my dream school. XD
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What did you want to major at SCAD? if I haven't asked already XD I think I did talk with a representative online, but they didn't have what I was looking for sadly
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Video/ Film production, Costume design or Scriptwriting.
Awww.
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Sounds very cool! I reckon the best route to take is what market you really want to try to make it in, business wise. Film, I imagine, would be the most profitable depending on the courses you take, and Game programming would be most useful too!
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And that's what I'm doing.
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That's the spirit, really n.n
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I would really like to collab with you one day.
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You totally should! I was going through your stuff earlier. You have some cool costumes!
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You're too kind. >.< I think my gypsy costume is far better than my absinthe fairy, but it will improve with time, money and many many sketches. XD
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Totally! And you should post more stuff! n.n
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Lol, it's so true. >.< I'm really bad about that.
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These are great concepts to understand, and then re-shape in your own way. Art should never be done by the book, but this is a great tool for those starting.
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Thank you for posting and sharing your knowledge and experience. I'm finding much of your resources to be extremely helpful.
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Thank you for the kind comments! I appreciate it n.n
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Hmm good tips, gonna help with panel layouts in the web-comic I'm doing. I was also wondering if you know anything about the animation program at SVA. How similar it is to sequential art, etc.
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I don't know much bout SVA. I went to SCAD. But animation and sequential arts are to entirely different beasts. Though they both borrow from the same concepts of art & design the actual career path is worlds apart. Sequential arts is all about visual story telling; how to convey story through composition, script writing, panel layout, body language etc. Animation is a focus on the movement of a character in a given space. As for the career, sequential can be entirely self-run like a webcomic or self publication, or even working for a small publisher where you do everything from the sketch, inks, color and lettering. Bigger companies in sequential will hire you as one position: penciler (sketcher), inker, colorist, scriptwriter or letterer. Animation is never a one-man show. It's not what you want to get into if you want to "see your characters come to life." It's a group project, and you'll often be animating one tiny scene in an entire movie. You follow the character desingers' models, and nowadays 2D traditional is minimal to none, so you'll be working with 3D models, moving points on rigs, working in a graph editor and more. If you're a hands-on art person and love working in any medium from paints to inks to digital art, sequential is the way to go, especially if you feel like sharing your art expression with the world. Many will argue so dont take this next phrase to heart, but animation isn't where you go to be "famous for your art." With the exceptions of the very few who stand out and make a name for yourself, animation is entirely synnergetic, and its not what you want to go into to stand out or express your artistic opinion. (ugh I'm going to get SO flamed for that comment XD. Disclaimer: take it with a grain of salt)
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Hmm, insightful,
I plan on adapting a story idea I'm developing with my friend to animation in the future.
Or I could simply keep it in sequential art form.
Thank you for your response, regardless.
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You're most welcome; I would keep it sequential. There's more to animation than it would seem at first, and there's so much you can do with the sequential form that can't be done with animation (and vice versa), but I find the still form of comics to be more in control. (augh XD also probably going to get flamed by animators for that. Just keep in mind this is from a comic-biased person XD)
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Love it!
Excellent work. I don't do comics, but this is still crazy useful... and you never know. I might end up doing comics. Stuff like this inspires me.
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Thanks so much for all the comments!! And yeah, it's kinda fun to see how different art medias can blend so well together. A lot of film/cinema goes into the visual arts as well, so you just never know. XD
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Oh, it's nice to see someone else telling a longer-form narrative comic with horizontal pages! Thanks for sharing your thoughts, and that link!
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Thanks for creating this! I need some more practice with my comicing skills, so this'll be really helpful.
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Fantastic! I'm glad to have helped n.n
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Aw thank you! I really appreaciate it n.n
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Thank you very much for taking the time to make this 
I'm writing two future graphic novels at the moment and I would love to learn as much as I can before I get started on drawing them out.
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Sounds awesome n.n Well comics isn't something you need to go to school for! You can learn the same things in all the books. School helps to get feedback and critique, mentorship and inspiration of other artists, but DA creates that great environment well if you know where to look n.n Best of luck to ya!
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That's true ^^ I've been doing my best to pick out clues to good composition from sources all around. I guess I'd just love to be in that school environment as I take each step forward for graphic novels
Thank you!
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