As a visual storyteller, a lot is learning what to include so you're not being redundant between images and text. Nate Powell imageincludelearn Change image and share on social
We all accept the visual shorthand used throughout comics: if something's farther away, it'll be drawn with a thinner, simpler line, eventually leaving out most visual information and becoming a gesture, a skeletal representation of a thing. Nate Powell acceptcomicdraw share on social
There are constant challenges in the drawing process, especially in a period piece, and therein lay the fun. Nate Powell challengeconstantdraw Change image and share on social
Power, privilege, and violence are not, and never were, strictly Southern issues in America. Nate Powell americaissuepower Change image and share on social
Kids have always play-fought, but I think my generation had a particularly privileged cultural fantasy surrounding military violence. Nate Powell culturalfantasyfight Change image and share on social
My narrative style centers around intimate, highly subjective depictions of personal experience and internal landscapes. In 'March,' everything fell into place as soon as I began identifying strongly with John Lewis as a young boy and saw how we shared the same kind of gravity and intensity as youngsters. Nate Powell beginboycenter share on social
The truth is, I don't sketch much at all. I have a very visual/spatial brain that retains a lot of information about maps, directions, positioning, and details, so I usually prefer working out those issues on the page itself. Nate Powell braindetaildirection share on social