Author Archives: laidbackmarco

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About laidbackmarco

Laidback Marco is a dreamer who's looking to change the world

Framing the Girl With Frames

Posted on December 19, 2016 by laidbackmarco

When thinking about modern framing I’d like to use this modern Manga page as an example as it has very good examples of techniques that modern comic artists use in japan. Because we are talking about a physical comic book … Continue reading →

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Black Lives In Media

Posted on December 17, 2016 by laidbackmarco

When I looked at the black lives matter campaign poster I thought that the talks would be on heavy handed topics that are often hard for us to talk about. Due to the serious intense look of the poster with … Continue reading →

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Art and Medicine

Posted on October 11, 2016 by laidbackmarco

Art as medicine was a very interesting and enlightening talk to go to because of the interactive part at the end where we ended up making our own comics. It was the first comic I had ever made and it … Continue reading →

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Seeing oneself in others

Posted on October 9, 2016 by laidbackmarco

Seeing Oneself In Others I was clueless on what was happening with this northwest comics thing for a long time. The first I would have heard about it was a long time (a year as as a young college student) … Continue reading →

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Roses Are Red. Color

Posted on September 22, 2016 by laidbackmarco

I chose this picture that I took because I believe that it illustrates color relationships very well. For example all of the flowers have an analogous color scheme that also go well with the rav four with the canoe in … Continue reading →

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Rhythm and Balance

Posted on September 21, 2016 by laidbackmarco

I took this picture of my piano and edited it a little to represent rhythm and balance. Like the books says when we think of rhythm it’s hard not to think of sound and music. So when I looked at … Continue reading →

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Gestalt Principles

Posted on September 20, 2016 by laidbackmarco

  I chose this poster of the upcoming Sword Art Online film because I think it makes a great use of the Gestalt Principles. The simplicity in the way this poster is framed is nice although the Main image is bordered at … Continue reading →

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What It Is Part 2

Posted on September 8, 2016 by laidbackmarco

This reminds me of Barry’s book because Barry seems to me to be a loner contemplating on what Life is in general. It is a very vague thing and a lot of her thoughts though cynical mirror how I feel. … Continue reading →

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What It Is Part 1

Posted on September 1, 2016 by laidbackmarco

I think this book is very cynical and nature and even the look of it is really jarring and rough but I feel like it’s supposed to be that way. I chose this selection because I think that Barry is … Continue reading →

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