A few months ago I came across a post in this subreddit from an artist looking to collaborate on short stories.
I sent him a short story of mine posted here on Reddit… and we decided to give it a shot.
Fast forward to now, and he’s been turning the story into actual comic panels and I think it’s amazing 🔥.
It’s been a really interesting process seeing something I wrote get interpreted visually.
He’ll send updates here and there and each time it gets better & better 🙂.
Now I’m curious about how other people approach this:
Do you prefer:
Full planning and detailed panel direction beforehand?
OR letting the artist interpret things more freely?
Right now I’ve mostly been letting him interpret the story/script and it’s been working…
but I’m wondering if I should be more hands-on as I keep moving forward in this process working with other artists,colorist,etc in the future? Or should I just continue to trust the process?
I’m still pretty new to comic book writing, so I’d really appreciate any advice 🙏🏾 (I’ve only worked with artists so far; So please if you have any advice on working with letterers,colorist, etc? please share!)
Artist: u/omecca_creative