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Layers are defined by Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips in their book, Graphic Design: The New Basics as “simultaneous, overlapping components of an image or sequence” (page 141). Each layer brings depth and variation, as every single layer functions … Continue reading →

In Graphic Design: The New Basics, Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips define texture simply as, “the tactile grain of surfaces and substances” (page 69).  The authors go on to explain how texture creates unique details in both physical and … Continue reading →

Jeff Lemire immerses us in a post-apocalyptic world by using color in his graphic novel, Sweet Tooth: Volume 1, Issue 38. He uses harsh line work, shading, and mostly desaturated colors to create the gloomy atmosphere of a rural dystopia where an epidemic has taken thousands of lives … Continue reading →

In their book, Graphic Design: The New Basics, Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips explain how designers create movement and showing the passage of time, even when working with a 2-dimensional, static medium.   Lupton and Phillips write that motion is created by illustrating … Continue reading →

Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips explore the idea of framing in their book, Graphic Design: The New Basics. Generally, frames are often meant to bring special attention to a piece by lifting and separating it from its surroundings. Additionally, frames can also … Continue reading →

  Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips outline the definitions of point, line, and plane and describe their uses and examples in the book, Graphic Design: The New Basics. While these elements seem like simplistic concepts, they are integrated in every part of … Continue reading →