htdctmw 115

How did you do? Better than you expected, eh? If so, congratulations, If not, don’t worry about it. Try some morę, making up the situations yourself. That’s the way most of the pros in the comicbook field got their start, by creating and drawing their own stories and strips, and then using them as samples to show the editor at a comicbook publishing company.

But now, before we go on to the next chapter, let’s just take a minutę to review the “design” of the panels you’ve just been studying. Remember that the design is as important as the basie drawing—in fact, the design is part of the basie drawing. Notę the design patterns in the panels on the facing page. Try to train yourself to spot such patterns in every panel you look at, and especially in every panel you intend to draw.

Okay, summary time's over. On to the next goodie we have in storę for you ...