Story change on thumbnailing?

sarahrebecca58 2015-04-14 04:11:54 UTC #1

For those who thumbnail their stories first, do you guys find that your stories flow differently when you go from script to thumbnail format?

Like my script is 16 pages, but in thumbnails I'm on page 11 and not even half way through script page 3.

SpavVy 2015-04-14 04:15:55 UTC #2

Thumbnailing is different than writing the script because you are now telling the story through pictures, not just words. this is perfectly normal and if the story changes on the thumbnails a little bit that is also normal, this is the more experimental stages of seeing how the story flows.

sarahrebecca58 2015-04-14 04:19:37 UTC #3

I'm just glad I didn't break the script into panels, would have messed with my groove.

SpavVy 2015-04-14 04:33:02 UTC #4

How I do it is after I write the script I will go and do storyboards kinda like these just one picture per box
(not my artwork just an example)

After I'm satisfied I do the storyboard again (or a thumbnail) but this time more like this to help me plan on how the panels will look, sometimes the scenes still change a little bit.
(again not my artwork just an example)

MylCreates 2015-04-14 05:11:42 UTC #5

Yup that sounds just about right to me.

pastchaser 2015-04-14 22:09:11 UTC #6

for me, im such a visual person that when i try to script i end up just drawing half of it anyways, so I end up thumbnailing and scripting at the same time. For me it helps me make sure scenes are flowing visually as well as conversation, and helps me make sure im not taking too much time to explain something in comic space. and even then i end up going back and changing words and scenes once i get closer to that point in series as well

Luie 2015-06-28 22:12:55 UTC #7

This thing is currently driving me insane. I spend hours writing dialogue and setting up a scene, and it plays completely differently in the sketchbook. I've resorted to over-simplifying settings and action, and breaking dialogue down to basic messages like "Hello, I want to bang your girlfriend" and "I am disgusted, and slightly intimidated by you, and I feel my ego is under attack." Seems to be working... okay, in that I'm not as frustrated. The thumb-nailing is more true to how how I want the scenes to play out, and it gives me more leisure to match a character's actions and expressions so I can play around with how they say things.

So yeah, it changes dramatically. But I'd totally take thumb-nailing over the script P: