
When this assignment was assigned I had a hard time thinking of one piece of artwork that I felt that could fit point, line, plane and balance. Then I remembered one of my favorite graphic novel covers: Watchmen. The Watchmen cover is a very minimalistic cover that conveys a lot through its simple uses of points and lines. The eyes immediately go directly to the title because of how the title is in a vertical line. Also the many other texts that are on the cover are all in a line. The majority of the text is on the left side so all the information you need is all there. The entire yellow cover that attaches to the Watchmen title can be seen as one big giant plane while the eye, the doomsday clock on the top left and the DC logo on the bottom left can all be considered as points. With the yellow making up most of the positive space, it allows for the negative black space to pop out; specifically the eye in the middle. Because the eye is able to pop it also allows the blood spatter to be more pronounce. The use of only yellow, black and red really bring out the cover, making it something to be noticed when it is on the bookshelf.