I Really Love That First Page Composition How The Establishing Shot Of Action With Its Environment Frame The Following Panels - Blog Posts

reblog drrr comic shizaya speaking of a cheap imitation shigaeru woah i seriously never made it past tagging chapter 3 the boys hadn't even met (again) yet!! trying to remedy this rn i really love that first page composition how the establishing shot of action with its environment frame the following panels guiding the eye across the page diagonally like that for the passage of time and the way light sorta spotlights the shoe? helps direct attention to the action before the environment settles into view the transition from the pitch black of shizuo's thoughts pulling out into his search really sets the tone for his more tempered rage here was that an intentional contrast to the hard white at the end of the last chapter? anyways the panel of shizuo pushing up that massive branch or ducking under it endearing to me haha i love your irregularly shaped trees that you also use to frame like this wide shot of shizuo your forest is so gorgeouuus with all the textures and colour grading you put over it the dappled light filtering through the trees and cascading over shizuo <3 oh i'm all over the place but i also like the way you translated the flow of his thoughts here into the comic medium the added “he-- fuck.” and pacing them out across the action the way you did really captures that “almost in a state of calm” and “oil for the mechanical motions of limbs and muscles” feel that one long panel dedicated to “kill him” and the thick scribbles of his rage izaya's huddled form behind the tree <3 ripping the tree out from the ground with the torn panel that also doubles as dirt silhouette and just flows into the next tree wowww the crraaaack also having the cracked lettering his shadow looming over izaya's form and the blood on his cheek coming into view first nice shot progression i really like these expressions on these last panels and the way the monochromes compliment the mood the huddled izaya at the end so small and rounded edges <333