My studio, MAW Productions post tutorials on different aspects of comic book art and production design. We just released a new tutorial Today and this is a great one.

This tutorial is about translating a comic script to pencils. I kinda go into detail about the ins and outs of my penciling process. So, I hope you get something from it.

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Tutorial 7: From Script to Pencils
From the art table of Martheus Wade

I want to begin this tutorial by saying that there is no set way to translate a script to pencils. These tutorials are always from our personal process and should be used to create your own. With that said, here is how I translate a script into penciled work.

Step 1: Read the Script
I know you may get a laugh out of that. But that is the first step in the creation process. I like to take the script and read it through from beginning to end once. In this first read, I try to collect as much information I can about the characters and story without concern about the visual nature of what I am reading. (Side Note: Every time you read a piece of narrative, you will get visual representations of what you are reading. However, at this stage, I'm not trying to categorize them at all.)

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