The old cookie trick
Originally published 12 May 2001

The effect in that second panel is one I think I overuse--the "silhouetted dramatic jagged line" effect.

Also, one thing that's always difficult to handle is dramatic height differences between characters. Llewellyn often ends up drawn crouching, or bending down, or sitting, or just plain shorter than he probably should be (as in the final panel here) to avoid my having to draw everyone else tiny to accommodate him. Also, I try to put as little dialogue above his head as possible--it's the most efficient way to arrange space. Sometimes I succeed and sometimes I don't--I think, if I had worked at it, I could have wasted less space in the third panel.

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