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I've been getting back into comics while I wait for more info from my concept job, and I thought I'd make a post about something very important to me, which is COMIC PANEL VARIATION and HOW TO THINK ABOUT IT.

Also, yes, before you ask, these rules can absolutely be broken. I strategically break them to create a noticeable shift or flow in the storytelling, like so:

You can also probably make your own set of 5 IN 5 rules! I like to draw facial expressions and backgrounds and hands (like a masochist), so my 5 in 5 is definitely geared towards that. If you like to make more quiet, introspective comics, you could throw in a panel with NO DIALOGUE every 5 pages, or a mood panel with no characters, for example!

aleksandra-czudzak

Heaven and Hell - A work painted for an auction to support local art gallery in my city. watercolor on paper

nyc-looks

Iman, 28

“As an architectural designer, my style is guided by the same principles that inspire my work: curvilinear lines, biomorphic forms, unexpected proportions, and silhouettes that feel like wearable architecture. I see fashion as an extension of design - a way to explore form and movement. I’m less interested in trends than in pieces that are playful, tactile, and emotionally resonant. I dress for the quiet joy of wearing something that makes me feel alive that day – something that sparks curiosity, invites delight, and reflects the beauty I seek in both design and everyday life. Now I am wearing two thrifted men’s button down shirts, opaque navy stockings I’ve had for over a decade, thrifted Mulberry turtle neck, a Muji bag with thrifted scarf wrapped on straps and plum velvet Aldo kitten heels.”

May 30, 2026 ∙ Bushwick

audioexorcisms

Lets dissect uncle to find his wish gland

designerpets

this is why commas are so

important 🤓

audioexorcisms

Where do you think the comma goes

mothmiso

Naqshbandi Mausoleum (2) (3) (4) by tombomba2

post #1; post #2; post #4; post #5

Got another one!

siren x vampire

Different worlds.

LALALA

Sadly, the Half a Decade Zine is cancelled, but I can still happily show the piece I made.

I remember it was really fun to work on this, so enjoy it as much as I did making it! These circumstances just happen, I guess. I just gotta keep moving on to other projects and fun

neon-ufo

DIO ✧✧✧✧ 𝖊𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖓𝖆𝖑 𝖘𝖊𝖈𝖚𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖞

artsekey

Reading a book about the psychology of friendship (that, oh by the way, taps the ace and trans communities in its discussion not as clinical categories but by including anecdotes from people in those communities!!) and somehow it encouraged me to quadruple down on saying:

We literally do not have enough friendships. Our culture's obsession with romance over friendship is shockingly new (1850's on) and it is having a serious impact on our health across the board, specifically men. This problem has become sharply exacerbated in the last 20 years.

We need more friendships. We need more friendship in media. "But what if they kissed?" What if they didn't, and the love that was there mattered anyway??? Take my hand. Imagine this with me. A relationship unbound by law or expectation. People who choose one another again and again. To stay in each other's lives when there are no societal tethers holding them together.

Go read Platonic by Marisa G. Franco (PhD).