Comic
The Scarab
The Scarab is an independent graphic novel by Brandon Stoker, developed as a full comic experience rather than a collection of disconnected illustrations. Terrarium Tale has produced the artwork for its first volume, building the characters, environments, panels, and visual rhythm that carry the story from one page to the next.
About the project
A graphic novel needs every page to pull its weight.
The first volume gave us room to work across the full comic language: character acting, composition, environments, page turns, and those small visual details that reward a closer look. The aim was to make the artwork feel cinematic without losing the intimacy that makes sequential art work so well.
- Service
- Comic & Illustration
- Client
- Brandon Stoker
- Role
- Comic Art & Illustration
- Year
- Volume 1
Selected pages
A little more context
Making a page work before making it pretty.
Comic art is a peculiar little machine. A strong panel is not enough on its own. It has to lead naturally into the next panel, leave room for the reader's eye, sell the character performance, and still work as part of the larger page. That balance shaped our approach throughout the volume.
Brandon's Scarab project has its own dedicated comic site and has also been developed through a Kickstarter campaign, giving the book a wonderfully independent, creator-led spirit. Our job was to help turn that world into a finished volume readers could actually hold, read, and disappear into.
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