THE AMULET GRAPHIC NOVEL STEP BY STEP

Here's a stage-by-stage guide to how The Amulet of Samarkand graphic novel was created over 18 months.

1. Lee, Andrew and I discuss the book and the characters. Lee draws up some preliminary character sketches.

2. Andrew begins to write the adaptation, taking dialogue and description from the original novel.
His script reads like a film script, and describes everything we're going to see in each panel.

3. Lee does thumbnails, sketching out how the page might look. Everyone discusses.		4. Lee does roughs for the pages, showing them in more detail. Everyone discusses.
5. When everyone's happy with the way it's looking, Lee does the line art. Everyone discusses.		6. Once this is finished, it gets sent onto the colourist, Nic Chapuis, in Germany, who adds the gorgeous colour.
7. Finally, Andrew's text boxes are superimposed, and the pages are ready!