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In producing a comic book, the penciller (or penciler) draws the comic based on the script created by the writer. The script at this stage might be complete and elaborate or it may be little more than vague descriptions of each scene with little or no dialogue. The penciller draws on a large sheet, usually Bristol board, using pencil, often a blue pencil that will not photocopy. Usually, the penciller must determine the layout of each page, including the number of panels (sometimes indicated by a script, but it need not be followed precisely), their shapes and positions; in some cases, another artist determines these layouts (called breakdowns) before the penciller begins work. Although the pencils might be "tight", that is, very clean and detailed, the penciller's product is generally quite rough; the finished product is the work of the inker, whose black lines will show up when the page is processed. It could be said that the penciller is the imagination, while the inker and colorist are the production team.
Most well-known comic book artists are pencillers.
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