Across
- 5. Allows centering of image by using natural resting place for vision. The artist deliberately decides to place the image where a viewer would be most likely to look first. Placing an image off-center or near the top or bottom can be used to create visual tension but using the midground permits the artist to create a more readily accepted image
- 7. panel closest to the reader
- 9. A term that describes the way some images draw the eye more than others, creating a definite focus using color and shading in various ways including: The use of light and dark shades; dark-toned images or high-contrast images draw the eye more than light or low-contrast images do A pattern or repeated series of marks Colors that are more brilliant or deeper than others on the page
- 10. Provides additional, subtextual information for the reader
- 11. various kinds of icons are used to indicate sounds. Sometimes, jagged speech bubbles will suggest an exclamatory voice, but words are often used also. The classic examples would be "pow!' and 'zap!' during a fight in a Batman comic
- 12. Sometimes, this is represented as a series of bubbles, which indicate a character's thoughts instead of something actually spoken.
- 13. Faces can be portrayed in different ways. Some depict an actual person, like a portrait; others are iconic, which means they are representative of an idea or a group of people. Other points to observe about faces include: They can be dramatic when placed against a detailed backdrop; a bright white face stands out. They can be drawn without much expression or detail; this is called an “open blank” and it invites the audience to imagine what the character is feeling without telling them.
- 14. refers to any row of panels.
Down
- 1. somewhat akin to conventional narrative voice, captions use words to provide further information about what is going on within a panel, to tell about the passing of time, indicate location or perhaps to suggest what a character is feeling - as opposed to what they are saying
- 2. one particular drawing on a page, often defined with use of a border. Panels can be large or small, and their deployment on the page affect the way you are invited to read the page or interpret the story. Movement between panels can portray different moments in time, different points of view or shifts in setting.
- 3. graphic signs used to relate information that cannot easily be perceived, such as states of mind, particular feelings or other non-visible phenomena
- 4. the edge of a particular panel. Sometimes panels do not have defined borders; in these instances, the panel is said to 'bleed' either into another panel, or simply into timeless empty space
- 6. The positioning of hands and feet can be used to express what is happening in the story. For example, hands that are raised with palms out suggest surprise. The wringing of hands suggests obsequiousness or discomfort. Hands over the mouth depict fear, shame, or shyness. Turned in feet may denote embarrassment, while feet with motion strokes can create the sense of panic, urgency, or speed
- 8. the white space that separates panels from one another. Quite often this empty space will require the reader to make sense of what is going on between and around particular moments - in other words realising one of the core hallmarks of good creative writing: show, don't tell
- 10. An image that extends to and/or beyond the edge of the page
- 11. indicates the words a particular character is actually speaking. The indicator from the speaker to the bubble is called a 'pointer