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The comic that I chose to write this blog about today was the comic smile by Raina Telgemeier. The reason that I chose this was because it seems more “traditional” and to me demonstrated the concepts of point, line and … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

  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 →

The image I have selected is a page from the graphic novel “Zoo” by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. This image uses framing in multiple ways to effectively present the images in a unique way. The page has black and … Continue reading →

Frames are very important when it comes to design concept. Frames are everywhere and create a condition for understanding an image and according to Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips in their book Graphic Design: The New Basics “bring attention to … Continue reading →

Framing is an important aspect of graphic novels and creative design as a whole. From reading Graphic Design: The New Basics I learned that a border is not the only way an object can be framed some, for example, can … Continue reading →

Flitty: Sof’ Boy’s Fly Pal by Archer Prewitt is a short comic about this character, Sof Boy, who finds a fly named Flitty, trapped inside the house and tries to help Flitty find it’s way to the hole on the window … Continue reading →