Smile by Raina Telgemeier

The comic that I chose to write this blog about today was the comic smile by Raina Telgemeier. The reason that I chose this was because it seems more “traditional” and to me demonstrated the concepts of point, line and plane very well. While most of the pages are classic looking with distinct frames and flow to the page. Each frame is composed of multiple points and lines, but the whole thing as a collection is a plane. The clear separation between frames can be lines. From Graphic Design: The New Basics by Ellen Lupton and Jenifer Cole Phillips it talks about the concept of point, line and plane as being the building blocks of any design. I wanted to touch on this concept because I think that this is very true and different designs use more or less lined to make a point stronger in their design. With the particular page that I chose, my eye moves very fluidly through the page from top left, to bottom right. The page is broken up into 7 frames which as I mentioned those can be considered planes but also the page as a whole is also a plane. There are a few different pages throughout the piece, that look visually different than the rest of the book. These pages appear different because something drastic is occurring.  One in particular that I wanted to point out is the page where an earthquake occurs they use jagged lines and all capital letters to show the reader that something crazy is happening from as soon as you first look at the page.