For Sequential Art class, taught by Joe Kubert, we had to script and pencil a 3 page story. We then trade off with a partner and do their inks and colors. I wanted to do something with architecture and cityscapes because I’ve been drawing mountains, forests, and barbarians all year (not that that’s a bad thing, I just need to show that I can do more than just that). So I wrote a 3 page parkour chase scene. Really basic plot, but it’s visually fun and it’s about the right amount of story for 3 pages.

PAGE ONE

1. Jack and Tracey, dressed in athletic attire, are lounging on the edge of a rooftop. We see the city in the background. It is mid-day and all is calm. Tracey is looking at Jack mischievously out of the corner of her eye.

2. Extreme close up of Tracey’s hand tagging Jack on the foot.

TRACEY (op): TAG,

3. Tracey bounds away as Jack looks surprised and begins to react.

TRACEY: YOU’RE IT!

4. Jack starts chasing Tracey across the rooftops.

PAGE TWO

1-3. They run, vault, jump and maneuver across rooftops, Jack always just behind Tracey as they weave effortlessly around the urban obstacles. These panels don’t need to be contiguous, they are more like snapshots of the chase. The lighting should slowing shift towards evening.

4. Tracey is ascending a pipe on the side of a wall of a building and Jack is close behind. Lighting should be sunset, but we don’t see the sky yet.

PAGE THREE

1. Tracey has jumped to a nearby fire escape and is climbing up, Jack should be mid-jump from the pipe to the ladder.

2. Tracey is standing on the edge of the building, exhausted but happy, as Jack climbs up, also very tired.

3. They stand, winded, overlooking the city during sunset. Taking the moment to rest. Jack is hunched over. This panel should be a really spectacular view, and serve as a moment of rest for the reader (and the characters).

4. (inset panel) Extreme close up of the Jack’s hand tagging Tracey on the leg.

JACK (op): YOU’RE IT.

5. The chase begins anew as they leap from the rooftop.

And here are the pencils: