Roberto Fabris at 2:14AM, Oct. 5, 2024

I don't know if assessing the scale is so important in the economy of the plot. From my POV I tend to look at the picture as a whole and the emotions it gives me, letting my imagination run free. And that's exactly what's happening in this panel. At least for me.

marcorossi at 11:12PM, Oct. 4, 2024

The problem IMHO is that even with other spaceships it is difficult to tell the size if I don't know how big are the other spaceships!

plymayer at 9:09PM, Oct. 4, 2024

I see your points but if I drew the top one I'd be so overly concerned about getting the shadows correct. Witch Marco Rossi got 100% spot on.

plymayer at 9:07PM, Oct. 4, 2024

So, size does matter?

Stever_Blotto at 2:40PM, Oct. 4, 2024

I think we're all so used to space stations being such large things that I wonder if "scale" is just assumed in the top panel. The first thing that I thought of when looking at it was to subvert expectations by having something like a giant fork floating by. For me at least, having the tiny ships coming and going from the bottom panel is what gives me the best sense of scale and I'm sure that's what I would probably use in my own work.