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Let's go back to the 1830s.
Study the work of Eugene Delacroix (pronounced Del-ah-kwah) (1798-1863), who was a leader of the French Romantic movement who established himself early on with what was referred to as a kind of 'Oriental' (think Indian/Arabian) style. He'd depict imaginary, allegorical scenes pulled from modern day events (France's 1830 Revolution) the Bible and Greco-Roman mythology. He was known for using lots of daubs of paint and bright colors instead of line to convey material and space -not to say his compositions aren't linear, which you'll see below.
For us comic book artists (and writers who are trying to visualize their scenes too) you can easily see how way back before cartoons, comic strips even someone like Delacroix tackled movement, restriction, tension and body language. Let's see how:
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