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    • Heather Boyd
      Heather Boyd @sigross last edited by Heather Boyd

      @sigross

      I like 14,15,39 and 41 and I like seeing his eyeball lols

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      • sigross
        sigross @ArtofAleksey last edited by

        @Aleksey yes I thought maybe they could run up his leg with a low camera angle. I like doing this many as it gives me more room to explore. Gets the visual cortex pumping.

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        • sigross
          sigross @Heather Boyd last edited by

          @Heather-Boyd yes I like 39 the most as the cyclops looks like he's in a stupor, kind of slumped with his head dipping. 14 and 15 were the ski jump idea and launching themselves off the edge with a bit of dexterity. I think I'll draw him with a droopy eye as he'll have had a skinful of juicy wine.

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          • Lee White
            Lee White SVS Team SVS Instructor Pro SVS OG @sigross last edited by

            @sigross very nice! I'll be doing a video on how to pick the right thumbnail soon. Not sure if anyone struggles with that, but I have some theories on it. : )

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            • Elinore Eaton
              Elinore Eaton @Lee White last edited by

              @Lee-White Really looking forward to that video! Sometimes, the more I thumbnail, the more overwhelmed I get with options.

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              • peteolczyk
                peteolczyk last edited by

                my 50 thumbnails. Thanks Lee
                I’m finding this lesson incredibly helpful.
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                • Aaron_T
                  Aaron_T last edited by

                  Putting in the time to work out the thumbnails would definitely save me a ton of clean up time in the later stages. Great tips.

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                  • Susan Marks
                    Susan Marks @Lee White last edited by

                    @Lee-White Thanks-I've been wondering about the comment "well it was hard until I got my process down"--just what's the process. And you spelled it out.

                    As a still a beginner-it's so helpful to have a map. I think lots of the questions and suggestions here will give you a nice list of topics for the lotsa-more videos I hope you make.

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                    • Whitney Simms
                      Whitney Simms SVS OG last edited by

                      How many studies and thumbnails when you don't really care and the bar is set extremely low. Like, when you are designing a cross country t-shirt for your kid's team because you would rather buy that than the one at Walmart. And now you are selling them as a fun raiser. Way to step up and be a picky mom. Dang it. should've been happy with the Walmart shirt. For the record, I have printed out 24 outlines and will have the perfect coloring and design before bed. Way to be the voice in our heads @Lee-White !!!

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                      • BichonBistro
                        BichonBistro @Whitney Simms last edited by

                        @Whitney-Simms what were you thinking 😉

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                        • Laurasketches
                          Laurasketches last edited by

                          @Lee-White A question: what if you happen upon a particular visual image (as opposed to an idea, or line of text) that you are wanting to create... do you still go through 50 thumbnails? As in observing the image from every point of view?

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                          • Lee White
                            Lee White SVS Team SVS Instructor Pro SVS OG @Laurasketches last edited by

                            @Laurasketches That's a good question and I'll be answering that in the next video. : )

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                            • Perrij
                              Perrij last edited by

                              I really enjoyed this video, Lee!! I'm going to try and put it into practice

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                              • demotlj
                                demotlj SVS OG last edited by

                                In preparing for Inktober I decided to use the 50 thumbnails approach except with text, writing down 50 things that came to mind for each prompt word. It was hard but I admit, after I wrote down the obvious things I had to do more mental work (and googling) and came up with many more ideas than I would have otherwise. Now I’ll have to do 50 thumbnails of whichever ideas I choose. Yikes! I may not be done with Inktober until March but it was a really good strategy and stretched my creative muscles.

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                                • LauraA
                                  LauraA SVS OG @BichonBistro last edited by

                                  @BichonBistro I know what you mean. Sometimes I do a thumbnail that I think is great, but when I get to roughs, it makes no sense anatomically or in terms of perspective. It's just too abstract! And then when I fix it, it loses its charm.

                                  But in general, I really like pushing it on the thumbnails, like we did in Turbocharging Your Creativity. I've subscribed, and will listen ASAP because this is a great topic! Welcome to the world of YouTube creators, @Lee-White!

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                                  • Whitney Simms
                                    Whitney Simms SVS OG @BichonBistro last edited by

                                    @BichonBistro right! What did i get myself into!!!

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                                    • chrisaakins
                                      chrisaakins @peteolczyk last edited by

                                      @peteolczyk Haha love the hash marks.

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                                      • Whitney Simms
                                        Whitney Simms SVS OG last edited by

                                        Not 50. But I pushed myself more than I normally would’ve. And when it’s on the line, I can totally see how this process will totally help! A2B29C4A-FB24-4C12-BD22-C8ADFE7AC04C.jpeg

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                                        • jthomas
                                          jthomas last edited by

                                          So this is a big sticking point for me when creating any work that pushes past a sketch level design.. But I wonder how does this apply to comics? Comics are single still illustrations that convey moment to moment actions and I cant see myself even attempting to do 50 thumbnails for say a single panel.

                                          Any thoughts on this? @Jake-Parker @Lee-White ?

                                          I would think limiting them so you aren't spending weeks on a single panel

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                                          • carlianne
                                            carlianne last edited by

                                            @Lee-White I'm wondering for a full 32 page children's book. Do you do 50 thumbnails for each page separately or as a whole?

                                            So for example, do you mock up what text is going on which page, and then thumbnail each page individually 50 times? Or do you thumbnail out the full book, and then do that fifty times? So the text might also move to a different page as you re-thumbnail?

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