I've never done any comics before, though for an animation class, we had to read "Understanding Comics" by Scott McCloud (which was a really cool, educational comic on understanding the devices that comic artists use to do what they do. It's an older book, and the full PDF of it is actually available here, if anyone's interested!

Anyway, yeah, totally new to me! I hope Bulbasaur's right in that we are just writing a script for this part, because that's what I tried my hand at. It was really fun. I might have over-explained some things, but I tried to think of how I'd explain it if I weren't creating a page that I'd be drawing, so I wanted to communicate as many details to this imaginary artist as possible (hopefully maybe without crimping on their creativity? ; n ;).

Pieta
Spoiler:
Below the surface of the open ocean on a clear afternoon. Bright sunshine pierces deeply. There is no land in sight. The ocean floor, miles below, is cast in shadow, where even the light cannot reach.

A row of three small, square panels that rapidly profile and establish the ocean.
Panel One

A shot of the surface, with the clear blue sky eclipsing most of the frame. The sun shines brightly, casting a flaring glare, centered in the sky.

Panel Two
The view shifts deeper, with the surface now eclipsing most of the frame. A slice of the sky is visible at the top to connect the progression from the sky to the sea. The water here is a crystal blue, brightened by shafts of sunlight to establish clear, tropical waters. There are many spears of light, all very thin to show that the view is fairly far-removed. The light illuminates a wispy trail of bubbles emanating from the bottom of the frame.

Panel Three
The sky is no longer visible, only the sea. The upper half of the panel shows the fading edges of the sunlight up above. The bottom half is darker, without the shafts of light that just faded, but still lightly lit by the sun’s dimmed glow. The trail of bubbles continues halfway down the panel, before ending at a tiny, rounded silhouette. It’s one of a smaller, curled slice of body with a massive, almond-shaped appendage attached to it that’s almost larger than the body itself. It’s a black silhouette, with no details visible. It casts a dark shaft of shadow beneath it.


Panel Four
A larger panel, full width. The panel’s bottom sits at the center of the page.
The view is much closer now, showing the dark blue form of a Clawitzer drifting in the vastness of the empty panel. The closer view reveals its colors and details. It’s body is tilting upward, as if were drifting upward, its massive claw hanging limply down beneath it. Its smaller claw is held out in front of it, with some sort of shiny, red object balanced on it Its mustached head is tilted down, looking at the object. In a thin, understated serif with no container, its thoughts are the only thing that accompanies it in the blue.

CLAWITZER: What if…

Panel Five
A much smaller panel, half width, a fourth of the remaining vertical space.
The panel is filled with the Clawitzer’s perspective, its sideways-tilted claw and the object balanced on it in full view. We see now that the red orb is a spherical gem. It glimmers slightly, even in the dim light. We can slightly see the Clawitzer’s reflection in the gem, and barely, we can see a thick scar that streaks down its whole face.

Panel Six
Below panel five, the same width, filling the rest of the column defined by panel five.
The same as the above panel, but the ghosted, lowered-opacity details of a Staryu frame the gem.

CLAWITZER: ...it’s too late?

Panel Seven
The remaining space of the page.
At the top, cast on a bubble with intensely-streaked edges, the words “HELP!” burst urgently from the right of the panel. Beneath it, a front-on view of the Clawitzer and the gem, but with the Clawitzer’s reaction--alert, head raised and turned toward the sound, the gem now clenched between its claw instead of balanced on top of it (accompanied by a small “clack!” SFX of its claw gripping it). The vibrant, though dark, ocean seems to lose a bit of its color behind it to indicate a subtle shift of the mood.