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Design Elements and Principles: Bruno Signorelli
One design element that this page in Scott McCloud’s book Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art is gradation. Although McCloud doesn’t do it in the traditional way of shading a portion of the image dark to light or light to dark, McCloud … Continue reading
Design Elements and Principles: Kristine Zorn
I would say one of the most obvious design elements in Scott McCloud’s work is shape. Most, if not all of his panels, are rectangular or square shapes. When they are are other shapes they still tend to be geometric … Continue reading
Design Elements and Principles: Nicholas Kawaguchi
Throughout “Understanding Comics,” McCloud effectively implements the design elements and principles, each working in tandem to create an interesting layout while still being very informative. It is apparent that McCloud’s application of these elements and principles are practically present on … Continue reading
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Design Elements and Principles
Choose a single page or 2-spread from Scott McCloud’s “Understanding Comics” that you’d like to discuss in terms of your new design vocabulary. Explain why you think McCloud’s layout is effective in terms of at least three of the elements … Continue reading
Design Element and Principle: Emily Bartholomew
In Scott McCloud’s “Understanding Comics” he uses many different elements of design throughout his book. One page that really stuck out to me was pages 22-23. This page gives a prime example of color. In this page he talks about … Continue reading
Design Elements and Principles: Maria Alvarez
There are a bunch of design principles that McCloud uses for his comics but there is two pages that I thought were very interesting. I like the lines that are being used in the bottom left corner, it shows movement, … Continue reading
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Physical to Virtual: Dahlia Xie
On our first scanning day, I brought a booklet from the Leslie-Lohman Museum in New York. I wanted to use this booklet because it was one of the things I picked up on a trip to New York City this … Continue reading
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Physical to Virtual: Erika Epperson
First day I brought a flannel, a ticket from the Oregon Zoo, and a trimet train ticket even though I decided not to use that one. Instead I decided to pick the flannel because of the lines on it. I … Continue reading
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Physical to Virtual: Emily Bartholomew
On the first day of the CDCS, I brought a sticker, a polaroid picture, and a piece of fabric. After I left the class, I decided that those weren’t the best things to use for this project. When I got … Continue reading
Physical to Virtual: Joseph Gardner
On the first day that we visited the CDSC, I brought a bag filled with a dollar bill, a printed out picture with a label that says August, a quarter, and a wreath made up of paper circles. I ended … Continue reading
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