Now that I am done with the script and scene-by-scene breakdown, I move over to the thumbnailing process. What I am trying to do here is to sketch out individual thumbnails of each and every page of the whole story. For me, thumbnailing is nothing but storyboarding of the script in an extremely rough messy manner, only difference being that it is done in comic format. It is like building a solid base before doing some serious art. By doing this,
1. I can decide what and how my graphic novel looks and feels like.
2. I can keep editing easily until I am satisfied with my storytelling panels. Editing includes making corrections to shots/dialogues, canceling a whole page if necessary, changing camera angles, blah, blah...
3. I can plan or conclude how much pages I must end up designing for the whole story.
Remember, I do thumbnails in a very rough and doodle-like manner. At this stage, it is also not for audience to see as they probably wouldn't understand anything. It is for you to understand your way of telling the story before drawing the actual pages. I forget about neatness at this stage. I just try to keep my mind free and get indulged into the story... somewhat like mind travel to a parallel universe filled with weirdness... and awesomeness!!!
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