![]() ![]() Through closure, even seemingly unrelated pictures can be linked to create a sequence of events, or elements of a theme. Founded in 1877, Rhode Island School of Design (or RIZ-dee for the acronym RISD) is one of the oldest and best-known colleges of art and design in the U.S. This effect is called 'closure' and is one of the main tricks of human perception that gives comics their power. Melissa specializes in illustration, hand-lettering, character design, sequential art and is skilled in a variety of traditional and digital mediums. SCAD has a really strong animation program and theyre VERY career-focused. We don't see the gun being fired, but we know that it happened. RISD is a lot more fine artsy and experimental, and theyre not terribly career-focused. For instance, a picture of a man pointing a gun at another man followed by another picture of the second man falling to the floor creates the assumption in the reader that the gun was fired. "A sequence of illustrations causes a reader to make links between the information portrayed in each. "Like poetry, sequential art has been around throughout history, with familiar examples found on cave wallsand Mayan temples. A cartoonist cascades panels across a page as a poet decides the placement of each line and letter." – from the National Association of Comics Art Educators Visual concerns are crucial for both mediums. There is only so much space on a page and every mark must count. Comics, like poetry, are about simplifying and paring down. A word conjures an image, images juxtaposed to create something new or suggest something elusive. ![]() ![]() In a drawing, just as in a poem, every line or mark is important to the overall message. The line quality and content has everything to do with the viewer's perception. Before I saw this comic, I never thought of this poem as being funny. Dave Morice, the artist, reframes the poem, imbuing it with more meaning. This cartoonist’s style is direct, clear and not overly pretentious in the way in which it was drawn. US readers: I hope you are having a good holiday! To help celebrate, here is a delightful comic, illustrating a well-known poem, from Poetry Comics, by William Carlos Williams. ![]()
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