Mastering Panel Composition

Artists can learn a lot about making comics engaging and visually appealing by looking at different panel arrangements and their effects on storytelling. In this lesson, Aaron Conley teaches the importance of quickly sketching out both full character shots and detailed backgrounds to set the tone and context in a comic page. He points out how including full body shots of characters like Wolverine and comprehensive backgrounds can really improve the storytelling in comics. Aaron also talks about the role of backgrounds in creating mood and atmosphere and he mentions how close-ups and action shots can make the storytelling more dynamic. Aaron discusses the nine-panel grid layout too, showing how it's useful for both learning and professional comic creation.

Learn more about how to make comics in “Marvel’s The Art of Storytelling” course on Proko - https://proko.com/marvel

CHAPTERS:

00:00 - Intro
00:30 - Backgrounds
01:47 - Nine-panel Grid
05:01 - Pacing in Comics
08:25 - Outro

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Marvel Comic Playlist -    • Marvel's The Art of Storytelling | Proko  

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Artist | Instructor - Aaron Conley (https://www.aaronconleyart.com/)
Producer - Stan Prokopenko (http://www.stanprokopenko.com), Sean Ramsey (http://www.peoplewhodrawstuff.com)
Production Assistance - Stephen Clark (https://www.peppermintgentleman.com), Charlie Nicholson (  / shloogorgh  , Sean Ramsey
Editing - Dzmitry Tsydzik, Ash Lo Russo (https://www.artstation.com/ash_lorusso), Charlie Nicholson, Sean Ramsey
Publishing - John Birchall, Alex Otis

Music Used with Permission from the ABC Music Library