Category Archives: Fall 2019 Archive (201 Blog)

McCloud and Lovett both create works that have similar message styles that enact multiple elements of design. They use 2D visuals to create something that readers can feel in multiple or all of the senses. McCloud uses many design elements … Continue reading →

Design elements and principles are the basics that make up what art and design are. Included in this is comics, or Graphics Novels, such as our class readings, “Understanding Comics” by Scott McCloud. As an artist, Scott McCloud is very … Continue reading →

John Lovett has mentioned principles that are always used to make a good design effectively. Artist may use these rules without even realize it as they are simply pleased the audience’s eyes naturally through out the history. The part that … Continue reading →

McCloud’s layout, in Understanding Comics, is effective in terms of the elements described by John Lovett. In McCloud’s novel, pages 52 and 53 show an abundance of design features that Lovett defines. The most obvious elements being line, direction, and … Continue reading →

Within Scott McCloud’s book “Understanding Comics” you can see many similarities between what he is trying to express to his reader about design choices and what John Lovett is explaining in his design overview. Within Scott McCloud’s book you can … Continue reading →

Spreads from McCloud’s Understanding Comics are effective in showing Lovett’s element of design in lines, shape, size, and as well as showing Lovett’s principle of design in Gradation. When looking at Lovett’s definition of lines and how they add elements … Continue reading →

Design plays a major role in the creation of comics and for other pieces of artwork. In the picture to the right, there are examples of Scott McCloud using the elements of Direction, Size, and Texture. With the first element … Continue reading →

In Scott McCloud’s understanding comics we see that he uses different designs in every part of his book which makes it way interesting to read through. I also feel that Lovett and McCloud had the same idea and goal into … Continue reading →

After reading John Lovett’s “Design Overview,” I feel like I have a better understanding of the perspective Scott McCloud is coming from with his work in “Understanding Comics.” One page that specifically stood out to me was page 27, where … Continue reading →