Tips from Jesse Hammさんのイラストまとめ

Other exceptions:
WHITE BOY: thoughtfully poetic
POLLY AND HER PALS: quirky and inventive
KINDER KIDS: ditto

Notable exceptions to this approach:
LITTLE NEMO: opened up sumptuous vistas.
KRAZY KAT: unconventional formatting
GASOLINE ALLEY: ditto

Frazetta groups most of the dark at the bottom, a band of grey along the top, with a path (see arrow) of darks & lights to the focal point.

Squint and compare these compositions. The Frazetta (capeless) groups darks/greys/lights simply, and centers attention on the hero figure.

To show what I mean:
(1) would be ideal for lefties.
Righties should flip it (2), or
(if working on paper) turn it (3) to find a good curve.

Ernest Shepard fades out the branch behind the child, adding depth without making it look like branches are growing through the kid's head.

@AbelUndercity SINCE YOU ASKED...the female Phantom was a character in my recent #FlashGordonKingsCross miniseries.

Compare, too, Wrightson's veiny, fetid, tragic Frankenstein monster with Frank Frazetta's fine but less evocative versions.

"It is very difficult to paint even a bad picture." ~Edward Burne-Jones

Those quotes are from the excellent "Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting."