"let me know what you struggle with" me > * Laughs in everything*

One thing I like to do before thumbnailing is do a bunch of random shapes and smears with grey markers in a bunch of boxes, then go in with a black pen and see if I can find some interesting compositions in there that I can use when I start becoming repetitive in my layouts. In the end, composition really is how you story-tell. Every different shape, size and placement tells a different story. Like, when a character is placed higher in a scene because of the camera angle, they will be dominant over any other character. But that effect deminishes again when you make them smaller than the other characters because you place them further away from the camera. I highly recommend that, when you’ve started making comics and you’re ready to dive into composition more, to pick up the book “Framed Ink” by Marcos Mateu-Mestre because he goes over a lot of that stuff. And look up some more composition tutorials, since it’s sometimes hard to find people who actually explain *why* certain things work the way they do. They’ll just give you certain “rules” but these rules can be broken as well. :) I love thumbnailing, it’s my favourite part of the process. Thanks for sharing this video Walter! And good tip about the study of film and comic shots as well, I love how simple you made the studies!

Dude, you are a LIFESAVER. I've been doing my thumbnails traditionally because I couldn't work out a way to draw them digitally without having dozens of canvases, and your template is incredible! Super helpful videos as well

You just explain everything so well that it's so helpful for us 🙏🖤

There are lots of videos about paneling but your's was so much better and understanding and informative than those others Honestly most of those videos are just talking with a speed drawing video on background which is not helpful at all I love yours thank you so much

off set characters, give the panels dept! yes after hearing them so many times... I still don't do them

Super helpful! Also really great comic recommendations at the end!

These are so packed with good information thanks for being so helpful :)

OMG THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO FOR US! REALLY APPRECIATE IT 🥰❤️❤️❤️ SO HELPFUL!

This was really well done and I feel like it's improving my work. Thanks!

Your videos are amazingly indepth! I appreciate you for putting together all this information into videos and playlists! Thank you so much Walter

Mega helpful. Thanks for the great vid!

This was really helpful, thank u x

i liked and subbed cause the free template tbh pretty cool and thanks

I just love your videos, they are so very helpful 🙏☀️

SIr. Your series is amazing. I will try to implement all of your teachings in my upcoming webtoon :3

so helpful thank you so much

Thanks for this

Thank you so much sir!

thanks so much ^^

Thank you very much

I love your channel!! i'm looking foward to start a webtoon soon and this advices are really helpful!😊❤️

I clicked the like button really fast even before the video started hahaha love your vids as always!!!

I'm working on my webtoon! love the videos they're helping a lot ❤️

See a new Walter video, I like 👍

Thank you again! You're an absolute life saver 🥺 This is off topic, but I wanted to ask about text line spacing. I've noticed some WT Originals have their spacing set to 1.5x instead of the usually default 1x. Is 1.5x spacing better practice?

Thanks for the tips! As a writer I defiantly want to understand things from an arts perspective, any tips for how I can communicate with an artist without confusing them or at worst over stepping? I want to try and see how as a writer I can sketch what I'm calling "story boards" so that way after I'm done writing a scene I can take key moments and maybe some minor supporting moments and sketch them out. Nothing too detailed since I trust an artists eye more than my own. One thing I've always appreciated with visual story telling is the ability to show the audience something important without them noticing it. Without rambling too much about literary versus visual story telling, I want to help insert details that will help tell my story in the background. Using angles and panel motifs/structures to set up stories tone and foreshadow. Know what I mean? I love your videos! Webtoons seems like the thing for me and I wanted to say thanks for all the help!

Amazing work and very good quality video! I hope the algorithm starts to pick you up more! I'm going to subscribe (Btw I found you looking for you through google images for panel samples!)

Making those angles and depth are something I’m still working on! Sometimes I just stare at my compositions knowing something is wrong but not being able to fix it

Would you recommend making the panel sizes more for a computer screen or a phone screen? I’ve been doing a phone screen bc that’s how I personally read WEBTOON and when I draw it I have more vertical space. But I want the readers to have the best reading/viewing experience. Any tips?

This was great, thank you!! Could you do a video on choosing a color palette? I've watched roughly 1 million tutorials defining basic color theory concepts, but can't seem to find functional guidelines around how many colors to use, how to get a good range of values, and how not to choose shit muddy colors.

Glad your reminding us to like! But I already did it before!

Omg u explain everything so well. That's why I always wait for u to upload a new video. Also can u plz make a video on how to make backgrounds. U r really talented so I'd like to know ur ways :)

Yesssss!!!!! I was having troubles with paneling this is just what i need!!!! Thank you!!!!!!! Edit: also does anyone know how to thumbnail your episodes on your phone? (In medibang) Im freaking out right now because of this.

Watching Walter's video on how to draw webtoon pannels AS I'm drawing webtoon panels... *INSEPTION*

Good video.

I always go to your videos for research you're the best !! Could you discuss when and what pace someone should start uploading - even if they don't have some of their plot fully written out? I've drawn some episodes but I'm still on the writing phase and can't decide if I should just upload what I have and continue or just work on it, which would take a long time. Also I'd like to hear your tips about writing in general, thank you!!

This hit the right spot 😉 I don't completely understand the rule of thirds, but it seems simple enough to execute. One issue I have when paneling is how to compose a scene with buildings and making them fit; example, in my story a scene transitions onto a building to introduce the reader to the next character. I want to do a wide shot of it and surrounding area; when I try to do that the building looks condensed. This is an ongoing problem for me....thanks in advance and I hope I explained it right 🙂

i am right now working on a comic series which i call frankenstein, the only problem i get is that while thumbnailing the comic i feel extremely bored, also, i want the turning point of the story to come sooner but can't think about an idea to make the layout smaller yet interesting, any advice?

How do I do this when I have a comic in the traditional set of pages with multiple panels?

How action short story's are made is it like a short summary of the full story. Like cape of Spirits I heard that it was short story.

This video is so underrated. You explain the importance of panel as an instrument to carry the story. You advise us to study some other artist panel, but I found that some webtoon reader can hilariously pointed some panel/angle/chara as ‘a plagiarism’ because it have a same structure with another comic. But I know some posture, some expression, some panel composition can be similar maybe because of coincidence, or inspired by. I still dont understand the line. For example Saber (fate series) n Violet (violet evergarden) have blonde hair and blue/green eyes. Shanks (one piece) and Gildarts Clive (fairy tail) both have red hair and similar vibe. Also, some poses can be similar, like sitting down in a chair, or running. How do these parts urge some people to make a plagiarism allegation?

How to space out panels? I attempt to control pacing, I leave space between panels but when I upload, there's a lot less space between them so it feels so fast. How can I accurately predict the scrolling

Wonder if you will touch on Scott McCloud's Reinventing Comics because all of these mentioned sounds like his Infinite Canvas theory.

umm Walter i need to ask you a question,i got this ''AD revenue shearing program''and i dont know what to think of it,i read some parts of it but its too CORPRED for me to understand properly,can you tell me what this is?

How do you import the templates when you use the medibang paint for ipads?

If I drew this physically, what size paper should I use?

How do I know which font is the right font for comics? Also, I’m using procreate for my webcomic, and wanted to know your advice on weather this is a good platform to make your comic or not?

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Ahh your videos are always so helpful, thank you so so much. I had a small question. I usually draw in a 799x10000 px canvas with a 1000ppi resolution but when i save it as a jpeg it becomes a little blurry and fuzzy, but when i save it as a png its okay? I dont know how to save it as a jpeg and not have the fuzzy blurry noise stuff?

Can you make a video on how to promote your comic?

Can I make a unlimited sheet on Medibang?

I watched this hoping I would learn more about how to decide the shape and placement of panels and how many panels to put on a page :/

Walter my webtoons next episode is out! And I hope u will see it as a improvement!

How about doing a comic reaction video?? 😂😂😂 ideas...

Hello This in not really related but how to lower the page size? Mine is so big...3 pages have already use 8mb.. I'm doing prologue so I'm hoping to use more pages Help !!

You: Dont focus to much on bgs details unless their important. Me: *looks a current panel that im working on.* ......... *Facedesk* I.... Stop doing that. (Gosh i wish i found some of your videos before i got this far into this. There are backgrounds everywhere in every panel.... WHAT HAVE I DONE!! *sobs*

What i find hardest is having people just stand around and talk. I try to tell the story with thier body language and facial expressions as well, but it always feels so repetitive to draw. On the other hand, other comics do the same, and i dont feel it is repetetive when i read them...

"don't spend a lot of time on the background unless its important"... HEH *celebrates* Forgive me if you already have a video like this but do you think you could do a video specifically for writing compelling side-characters or what you think of cliches? I would love to hear your thoughts on it!

Can u make money selling stickman drawings?

This mf draws on a pc