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Nir Levie @nirlevie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Climbing montage from Helix Sky. I wanted the page to read as sustained motion rather than a series of separate beats, letting the repeated figures build rhythm and pressure across the climb. #HelixSky #ComicArt #SequentialArt #Comics

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Nir Levie @nirlevie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

You know that feeling when someone sings a note out of tune? That’s what your reader feels when a comic sequence breaks in the wrong place. A brain study found similar responses to broken structure in comics, language and music.

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Nir Levie @nirlevie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Want to confuse the reader without making the comic unreadable? Keep every panel clear. Mess with how the panels connect. A study found that readers process a comic’s meaning and its narrative structure separately. Confuse the sequence, not the image.

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Nir Levie @nirlevie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Panel shape isn’t decoration. It’s traffic control. A study found that tall panels, overlaps and big gaps can make readers abandon the normal Z-path. Change the shape, change the route.

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Nir Levie @nirlevie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Your gutters are more important than your art. A study used completely empty comic pages and readers still knew where to look next. Align the panels for easy flow. Break the alignment when you want to redirect the eye.

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Nir Levie @nirlevie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Want the reader to move fast? Show, don’t tell. Want them to slow down? Tell, don’t show. An eye-tracking study found readers look at the image first, but spend longer on the text.

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Nir Levie @nirlevie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Comics aren’t movies. Your reader has a rewind button: their eyes. A study found readers often jump back to earlier panels. Use it. Plant something early that only clicks a few panels later.

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Nir Levie @nirlevie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Want to get weird with your layouts? Your word balloons are the GPS. An eye-tracking study found that when panel layouts get confusing, readers use text placement to figure out where to look next.

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Nir Levie @nirlevie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Your comic-shop reader can probably handle more chaos than your bookstore reader. Eye-tracking found experienced comic readers make bigger jumps around the page. Bookstore GN? Keep the flow obvious. Single issue? You can get weirder.

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Nir Levie @nirlevie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Don’t make the balloons do all the work. An eye-tracking study found that when the same wordless comic panels were put in a confusing order, readers slowed down and backtracked more. Test: remove the lettering. Can you still follow the story?

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Nir Levie @nirlevie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

More detail and better art don’t keep readers’ eyes on a comic panel longer. More text in the balloons does. A study of 99,000+ panel views found exactly that.

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Nir Levie @nirlevie.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

COMIC ARTIST AVAILABLE FOR PAID WORK Available for covers, interiors, posters, and illustration. Published by Heavy Metal and Métal Hurlant. Inkwell Award winner. Portfolio: www.nirlevie.com Email: nir.levie@gmail.com #ArtistForHire #ComicArt #ComicsJobs #PortfolioDay

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Sarah Star Litt @sarahstarlitt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Nir is FANTASTIC! You want to work with him.

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Nir Levie @nirlevie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Feathering is a six-page story originally published in Bliz Magazine #3. It came from a dream as a complete experience with its own visual language and emotional logic. Drawing it meant translating the atmosphere, symbolism and rhythm. Color first, original ink second.

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Nir Levie @nirlevie.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I’m looking to connect with a comic retailer interested in working together on exclusive variant covers. Would love to find the right shop and make some cool things together. Know someone I should talk to? Send them my way. #Comics #VariantCovers #ComicRetailer #ComicArt #ComicBooks

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Nir Levie @nirlevie.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Behind the scenes at drawing the last page of my story for the Metal Hurlant: Daft Punk Special. From rough layouts to final inks, here's the complete process behind the page. Hope you enjoy the peek into my workflow. #DaftPunk #MetalHurlant #ComicArt #Process #Inking #MakingComics #Illustration

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Nir Levie @nirlevie.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This Frankenstein double-page spread was created in ink on two A3 sheets. I focused on the modern “monster”: AI. The lab hides references to Metropolis, Turing’s Universal Machine, Babbage’s Analytical Engine, the Jacquard loom, ENIAC, the Antikythera mechanism and more. How many can you spot?

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Nir Levie @nirlevie.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Nobody talks about failures. I tracked every comic pitch I sent. 98.2% failure. Every book I’ve made came from that tiny green slice. Persistence isn’t strength. It’s a flaw that sometimes pays off. #comics #comicbooks #creativity #persistence #rejection #artlife #comicspitch #comicart #art

A pie chart that shows my success percentage in comics pitching.

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Nir Levie @nirlevie.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Absolute Martian Manhunter - inspired by Redon's The Cyclops. I wanted to capture the dreamlike, mysterious quality of Redon's painting and reinterpret it through the lens of DC's enigmatic hero. #AbsoluteMartianManhunter #MartianManhunter #DCComics #ComicArt #Commission #OdilonRedon #Symbolism

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Nir Levie @nirlevie.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The whatnot show is tonight!

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Nir Levie @nirlevie.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I’m inking this Absolute Catwoman cover live on Whatnot Wednesday, Sept. 2 at 6:30 PM ET. The original cover will be auctioned, with sketchcards, prints and a giveaway too. Join me: www.whatnot.com/live/86c781d...

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Nir Levie @nirlevie.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Doctor Doom - inspired by Zurbarán's Saint Francis of Assisi. Reinterpreting Doom through the solemn atmosphere and dramatic lighting of this classic painting made for a fun blend of superhero and art history. #DoctorDoom #Marvel #ComicArt #Commission #ClassicalArt #Zurbaran #Illustration

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Nir Levie @nirlevie.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Human Torch - inspired by Heinrich Füger's painting, Prometheus Brings Fire to Mankind. I loved reimagining Johnny Storm through the lens of classical mythology. #HumanTorch #FantasticFour #Marvel #Prometheus #ClassicalArt #ComicArt #Commission #Illustration

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Daily Dead @dailydead.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

“A Sci-Fi Spectacle From Visionary Creator Nir Levie” – Read an Exclusive Preview of RAZOR GRAY #1, Available September 23rd From Panick Entertainment dailydead.com?p=315878 @timetopanick.bsky.social @nirlevie.bsky.social

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Nir Levie @nirlevie.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Cerebus commission, inspired by Jean-Simon Berthélemy's Alexander the Great Cutting the Gordian Knot. It was a fun challenge to reinterpret a classical painting through the world of Dave Sim's iconic aardvark. #Cerebus #DaveSim #ComicArt #Commission #TraditionalArt #Ink #Illustration

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Nir Levie @nirlevie.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

A wall-sized drawing created entirely from imagination, drawn directly in ink with no sketching. The music is interactive too, controlled live by my hand movements while I draw. Watch the full process on my YouTube - youtu.be/3YL_jKkxViA?... #drawing #ink #traditionalart #liveart #comicart

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AIPT @aiptcomics.com · 30/07/2026

🌀👁️ EXCLUSIVE: Take your first look at Razor Gray from @timetopanick.bsky.social! @nirlevie.bsky.social delivers a mind-bending sci-fi epic where alien relics, higher dimensions, and humanity's endless curiosity collide. #comicsky 🚀✨ Trippy cover gallery and creator commentary:

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Exclusive: Panick Entertainment unveils mind-bending sci-fi epic ‘Razor Gray’ by Nir Levie

Blending cosmic mystery, psychedelic visuals, and philosophical science fiction, Razor Gray asks what happens when humanity discovers something it was never meant to understand.

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Nir Levie @nirlevie.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

My short comic Feathering is available in the latest BLIZ Magazine by RAID. A surreal story about what happens when a life without friction slowly strips away your identity. Read it here: raidpress.com/product/blit... #comics #indiecomics #comicbooks #graphicnovel #comicart #illustration #surreal

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Nir Levie @nirlevie.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Razor Gray cover in black and white. Just had to show how it looks before coloring. @time.to.panick @rocketshipoffical #RazorGray #ComicArt #BlackAndWhite #Inking #Comics

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Nir Levie @nirlevie.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Random question... Does anyone know comic shops that do retailer-exclusive variants and might be looking for artists? I'd love to get into that world. If you know someone I should talk to, please tag them! #VariantCover #ComicRetail #LCS

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Nir Levie @nirlevie.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Still working on this comic, but had to share. Started playing around with gouache a bit - figuring it out as I go. #WIP #Gouache #ComicArt #ArtProcess

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Nir Levie @nirlevie.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Final page from BLACK EYE. Akira reference. A new short by me, @rdouek and @bertacious is live now on @blackmarketnar. Big thanks to Kyle Higgins for the feature - go check it out. #BlackEye #ComicArt #Akira #KatsuhiroOtomo #IndieComics #SequentialArt #MangaInfluence

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Nir Levie @nirlevie.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Another double page spread from Razor Gray (colors by @leeloughridge) There’s going to be a lot more of these. @time.to.panick @rocketshipofficial #RazorGray #ComicArt #IndieComics #Comics

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Nir Levie @nirlevie.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Double page from Razor Gray colored by @leeloughridge Experimenting here with 4th-dimension ideas - pushing space beyond what you can actually see and trying to suggest something “outside” the panel. Coming soon @time.to.panick @rocketshipofficial #RazorGray #ComicArt #SciFiComics #IndieComics

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Nir Levie @nirlevie.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I’m part of the upcoming Daft Punk special issue of @metalhurlantoff.bsky.social @humanoids.com #DaftPunk has been a huge influence on me for years, so this feels surreal. My story is a dark neon fantasy about gods, monsters, myths, and the origins of the robots. #MetalHurlant #Comics #comicsart

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Lloyd Chéry @lloydchery.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Attention please ! Nous travaillons sur un numéro @metalhurlantoff.bsky.social avec LES DAFT PUNK !! Le crossover de l’espace arrive pour la rentrée 2026 ! Big up à Zep pour le visuel ! Voici le lien pour la précommande : store.humano.com?srsltid=AfmB...

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