ACT 4 SCENE 5 LAYOUT ROUGHS

Act 4 scene 5 has 11 pages in the graphic novel this scene has Ophelia having a public breakdown over her love for Hamlet also has King Claudius swaying Laertes to his side saying Hamlet is to blame for his sister's sad behaviour , as you will see next to some panels i have drawn close up sketches of the characters emotions for the penciler to follow.
notice i tilt the panels on page 129 to add more drama to the page , i also show where the sound effects should be placed on this page.

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ACT 4 SCENE 4 LAYOUT ROUGHS

Act 4 scene 4 has Hamlet meeting the Captain of the Norway Army headed by Prince Fortinbras .
This scene is only 3 pages long the first panel of page 122 was going to be a hard one for the penciler to draw as it's the cinematic wide shot EPIC shot , i must say David Lorenzo did a grand job on this pages finished pencils you can see this page on Davids blog .

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ACT 4 SCENE 3 LAYOUT ROUGHS

So here's Act 4 Scene 3 in the graphic novel this is just four pages long , Hamlet is summoned before Claudius, Hamlet manages to wind up Claudius and Claudius starts to make plans on Hamlet's death i used alot of wide screen panels on these pages to give a cinematic feel to the pace of the play, notice on page 121 i drew alot of close up's of Hamlet and Claudius to show off their expressions just as a camera man /director would in a movie.

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ACT 4 SCENE 2 LAYOUT ROUGHS

Act 4 scene 2 is again just 2 pages in the graphic novel
nothing happens apart from Hamlet being summoned to see the King .
the first panel page 116 is establishing shot of Hamlet's bedroom
so it's full of his things to do with hunting , shields, bows , swords etc

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ACT 4 SCENE 1 LAYOUT ROUGHS

This scene is only 2 pages in the graphic novel
to add drama and impact on page 114 i drew Claudius breaking out of the bottom panel fists flying up in the air

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ACT 3 SCENE 4 LAYOUT ROUGHS

This scene lasts for 10 pages of the graphic novel ,
this scene has alot of high emotion stuff going on Hamlet losing his mind and temper killing Polonius, attacking his Mother the Queen and seeing his dead father's ghost again you'll see notes next to my roughs for the penciler to follow , from these pages my favourite page is 107 the page looks like stills from a wide screen movie lot's of emotion in the last panel with both Hamlet and his Mother in tears , this page moved me when i was drawing it...powerful stuff .

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ACT3 SCENE 3 LAYOUT ROUGHS

This scene is just four pages in the graphic novel it's King Claudius in the chapel wrestling with his thoughts and Hamlet observing him and feeling tempted to strike him down with his sword, as usual there are side notes for the artist to follow.
i'm still pleased with panels 438 and 443 both showing close up drama with the aid of shadows on the faces

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