![]() In the fourth panel, we have a close-up of the Shadow that we saw at the top of the page. All of this is reinforced by the vertical lines that I pointed out before. In addition, when reading the comic, the reader arrives there downwards from the panel above, and from right to left, so they see Eiden's face then Ann's, to subsequently reach that of the Shadow in the next panel. This is a technique that works organically, naturally and, more importantly, the reader understands it immediately. If you look closely, Eiden looks towards one point and Ann looks in the total opposite direction, representing indicision to the human eye. To capture the hesitation that the characters feel when it comes to taking their direction, I get help from their body language. These vertical lines of the trees get larger and give way to the panel just below. On the third panel, you can see how Ann and Eiden move away from the first point. I reinforce the eye movement towards the frame below with the panel frame. Unconsciously, the reader knows that they are on the run, or that they are in trouble, since the narrative does not flow the same direction. In this one, our protagonists, Ann and Eiden, are moving away from that previous point, changing the characters’ sense of direction. This is essential, as it leads the reader’s eye to the next panel. In the first panel there is this creature that will cause our main characters trouble, a Shadow (as they are called in the manga) steps into a room from right to left, in line with the reading direction. ![]() In terms of the visual narrative, I have used certain elements to make the reader's view focus directly on the subject that interests me as a creator:
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