Author Archives: Leandra Choy

For my poster comic, I plan to show what my hobbies are, some background of where I grew up, and a little bit about myself (i.e. some of the things I like, favorite place to go, etc.) When I was … Continue reading →

There are many things that are made up of layers. Like cake, book shelves, wood, illustrations on Adobe Photoshop, rocks, etc. Layers are ,according to Graphic Design The New Basics, “simultaneous, overlapping components of an image or sequence.” Graphic designers and artists … Continue reading →

Texture can be something rough, smooth, or rigid. We can know a texture by mostly how it feels or by sight. In our other textbook Graphic Design The New Basics texture is described as “the tactile grain of surfaces and substances.”From … Continue reading →

  The use of color on these two pages from The Umbrella Academy by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba helps with understanding what is happening in the scene or general frames (The large ones.) Also the use of color gives us … Continue reading →

When we talk about scale on graphic design terms, it can be described in two ways which are objective and subjective. According to Graphic Design The New Basics by Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips, scale being seen as objective means the … Continue reading →

With all graphic novels a key characteristic is framing.  Framing helps bring attention to certain scenes or emphasize parts of the story. Not only does framing consist in just graphic novels, but also in other parts of life like picture … Continue reading →

In Graphic Design the New Basics by Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips the chapter on “Point, Line, and Plane” explains how all three of those principles are like the foundation of design. While at the library yesterday and looking … Continue reading →

Formstorming is the process of thinking visually to come up with original new ideas on how to present something. In Graphic Design: The New Basics by Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips formstorming is described as “a tool for designers to unlock … Continue reading →