What must the reader understand or feel in this single panel?
Panel Department
Shape the panel beat.
Tell CAS what this panel must communicate. CAS helps protect clarity, eye flow, depth, negative space, gutter integrity, and story-first composition.
Panel Notes
Keep the panel independent. No connected panels, no gutter-crossing artwork by default.
Declare foreground, midground, and background unless CAS records an intentional exception.
Guide the reader through the panel clearly before moving into the next panel.
CAS Guardrail
Panel before spectacle.
A panel is a narrative container, not merely a picture. CAS can suggest camera, staging, depth, and composition, but the creator chooses the final direction.