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Published: 2011-05-26 19:08:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 45354; Favourites: 1161; Downloads: 435
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Well, I'm no expert on comics, but I do know that there are certain comic layouts that are easier to read than others.Anyway, I don't have much to say here at the moment, since I said most of what I already wanted to say in this tutorial. Enjoy.
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Super helpful tutorial! Thanks for sharing
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Thank you for writing this. My brother challenged me to write a comic. I have attempted previously but would often have difficulties with the layout.
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This is perfect for me. I've been planning to make some comics for a while.
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This is great! What program do you use to make the layouts?
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I just use Photoshop, but it doesn't really have a function specifically made for layouts or anything
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oh thank god this exists, i love this so much it is really seriously super fucking helpful. i've always been confused by panel structure and speech bubble placement, aahhh this is wonderful! <3
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ooh! this will prove to be a great help for a comic I'm working on. thanks!
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thisΒ is really helpful. I'm glad I found this, because I sucked at what few comic panels I did.Β IΒ will definitely have this on hand for future reference...
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No problem, glad you found it to be helpful!
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Cool tutorial! Definitely'll come in handy!
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Thanks, good luck with your comics!
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This tutorial is great. I kind thought the thing about panel layouts was true, but I didn't know if it was bullshit I made up or something other people believed. XD Whenever I look at awesome scenes in comics, 90% of the time the panels are just plain squares. It's the composition inside them that looks cool. So, I decided to lay off the trapezoids panels, lol. I hadn't thought word balloons that much though. Thank you for the awesome tutorial!!
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Thanks, I'm glad you found it to be helpful! Though to be fair, if you want to add some dynamic flair to the shapes of your panels, trapezoids can be a good way to do it. It's just important to make sure that readability and functionality come first, before you focus on adding a dynamic punch.
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This is very helpful! I'm doing some research before I start my own graphic novel thingy, so this has been very enlightening! Thanks for taking the time to put this together
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No problem! I'm glad you found it helpful. 
Also, if you want to do research for writing graphic novels, I highly suggest you read Scott McCloud's "Making Comics." Seriously, it's one of the most helpful books I've found on the topic and it's entertaining to read just for fun, too!
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Didn't help totally, I got it when I was reading a comic before... so I knew all this stuff! But really cool.
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I'm glad to hear it helped!
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No problem; I'm glad it helped!
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Very helpful
I just started drawing my own comic yesterday and this gave me some easy tips to keep in mind :3
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Thanks, I'm so glad you found this tutorial to be useful! ^^
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No problem!
Referencing it now, actually XD
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Thank's for the tutorial! It's very helpfull ^^ (now I will try to get more attention to this when I draw comic⦠I'ts something we easly forget xD)
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No problem; I'm so glad you thought it was helpful! Good luck with your comics!
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awesomes!!! I've had a comic in mind for years now, but never started cuz of the speech bubbles and panneling, and the character designs
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Thanks; I'm glad you like it, Bobbie! 
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thanx, I'll have u read it when its developed some!
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Fantastic; truth be told I'd love to start a comic of my own during the summer
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Awesome; good luck with your comic! <3
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