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Hierarchy: Hak Do

I plan to tell a sort of time-line story using the poster comic format. The format is perfect to tell short stories and important events so I thought the story of the bond between me and my bestfriend (considered brother) … Continue reading

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Layers: Hak Do

Layering is a really e ffective method to convey a message as a whole through the use of multiple assets. It also gives more room for creativity because one can make changes to one layer without effecting the other assets. … Continue reading

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Texture: Hak Do

Texture can be conveyed in many ways. Through the use of implied lines, physical textures, virtual textures etc. By including texture into something, it creates meaning, such as if a smooth texture was added to an art piece it conveys … Continue reading

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Color: Hak Do

  Color can show a lot about any image. it can be used to guide the reader’s eye, it can be used to set a focus point in the image, or it can be used to tell a story. In … Continue reading

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Time and Motion: Hak Do

  In the book “Graphic Design The New Basics” by Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips time and motion are defined as being closely related. It’s any word or image that move functions both spatially and temporally. In page 171 … Continue reading

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Scale: Hak Do

In “The Fixer: A Story From Sarajevo” by Joe Sacco he exemplifies many examples of scale and how it’s used. Scale can be objective, subjective, relative, have depth, or have contrast. In this page in Sacco’s comic scale shows depth … Continue reading

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Framing: Hak Do

In Tove Jansson’s “Moomin Falls in Love” there are various types of framing going on throughout the book. The most notable ones are the implied frames. One notable way of making frames creative would be to use what is going … Continue reading

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Point, Line, Plane: Hak Do

This whole graphic novel is based around positive and negative space. Because there is no detailing in this novel and no other color in this novel it’s essentially a black and white novel which means that it’s based on positive … Continue reading

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Formstorming: Hak Do

In Lynda Barry’s novel called, “What It Is” she seems to use a method of formstorming in many of her pages and her pages combined in general. Formstorming is a tool for designers to unlock and deepen solutions to basic … Continue reading

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