Workshops
6
THE POWER OF SYMMETRY
On both these pages, I’ve used symmetry in the
panel arrangement and in the composition of the first two
panels to help get across an orderly, sterile feel to the sci-fi
lab setting. The mood is calm and quiet, and the heavy use
of blacks gives a sense of foreboding.5
QUICK CUTS
Panel four on this
page is what I refer to as
a ‘quick cut’: a small, quick,
transitional panel that I
often draw overlapping
the two panels it connects.
Its small size and vertical
orientation imply that the
action within takes place in
an instant – the eye’s not
meant to linger here.Breaking
borders should
only be done to
enhance impact
and aid the
storytelling