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Formstorming: Leandra Choy

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Leandra Choy

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 →

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Formstorming: Makenna Coxey

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Makenna_Coxey

  While reading the first fifty pages of What it is by Lynda Barry I was confused by everything at first, but as I read on I started to see a trend and understand what she means by all this. … Continue reading →

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Framing: Angelica Tibule

Posted on January 24, 2017 by angelicatibule

Looking at this comic, you might recognize the style of characters and collage theme, in relation to Lynda Barry’s What It Is. This comic is indeed by Lynda Barry, who is featured in the 13th Issue of McSweeny’s Quarterly Concern, … Continue reading →

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Framing: Cassidy Krahn

Posted on January 24, 2017 by CassidyK

Last week I had the pleasure of reading parts of Jimmy The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware. It was an odd story to say the least. But that is not what I want to talk about, framing is the subject … Continue reading →

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Framing: Jon Williams

Posted on January 24, 2017 by rockerman503

With this page from Chris Ware, the framing is straight forward with little overlap. There are a few frames that have overlapping imagery that makes the comic feel more natural and scalable. The flowers stem on the top half is implied … Continue reading →

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Framing: Cora Kline

Posted on January 24, 2017 by Cora

The image I chose for framing is an excerpt from It’s a Good Life if you don’t Weaken. One of the most obvious examples of framing is the literal margins around each picture, separating each beat/moment. Each set of text … Continue reading →

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Framing: Jasmin Negrete

Posted on January 24, 2017 by jasminnegreteblog

In the first page of Richard Sala’s comic, “Strange Question” the author uses various forms of framing. There are five different frames throughout this page that each frame a certain point of the story. Each of these frames are outlined … Continue reading →

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Framing: Allyssa Puett

Posted on January 24, 2017 by allyssapuett

  In Graphic Design, framing is described as a way to form the viewers understanding of an image or object. Most comics utilize borders to separate each panel or frame from each other. In the comic Two Questions by Lynda … Continue reading →

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Framing: Cesar Rubio

Posted on January 24, 2017 by cesar_rubio

I think that the concept of framing is well demonstrated in this spread. There are of course the literal frames that make up the comic. Something interesting about them is that they are all the same dimensions and are organized … Continue reading →

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Framing: Eva Guillen

Posted on January 24, 2017 by evaguill

  This page from the graphic novel The Best American Comics is a great example of the use of framing. The framing used on this page has the individual graphics in different sized framed boxes. The framing done in each individual comic … Continue reading →

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