In this DVD, comic book artist Alvin Lee explores the creation of two sequential comic book pages from script to finished pencils. He begins by dissecting the script through rough thumbnails, evaluating the pros and cons of each. He then lays out the two pages, discussing the importance of storytelling, character placement and readability in a sequential comic book layout.

Next, Alvin shows how to prepare the layouts for light-boxing and sets up the final pages. He completes the demonstration discussing his pencilling techniques as he finishes the pencils with his own unique anime/manga influenced style.

Topics Covered:

Thumbnailing: variation and experimentation
Character expression and placement
Camera angles, readability and structure
Pencilling techniques

01. Introduction
02. Sequential Page Thumbnailing
03. Camera Axis
04. Full Bleed Thumbnailing
05. Sequential Page Layout
06. Full Bleed Layout

07. Light-Boxing
08. Border Placement
09. Sequential Page: Character Detailing
10. Sequential Page: Backgrounds
11. Full Bleed: Character Detailing
12. Full Bleed: Creature Detailing
13. Full Bleed: Backgrounds

Minimum System Requirements
1GHz or faster processor
512 MB RAM
64 MB Video RAM
DVD-ROM Drive
5 GB of hard disk space
1280 x 1024 display

Minimum Operating System Requirements
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional,
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Apple® Mac® OS X 10.2

This DVD-ROM also requires the Quicktime Movie Player (Version 5.0.5 or higher), the Ensharpen Codec (Version 1.0.1 or higher) and Acrobat Reader (Version 5.0 or higher) in order to view its contents.

The web links for these installers are below. If you don't have these items on your computer, please install these items before you launch the DVD-ROM Gnomon Workshop movie.

TechSmith EnSharpen Decoder Link:
http://www.techsmith.com/download/ensharpendecoder.asp
Apple Quicktime Link:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
Adobe Acrobat Installer Link:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html