Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud was a very refreshing read for me. Comics have very useful lessons for every artists because they apply the same principals but under different circumstances. My favorite lesson is this information was the subject of the icon. Even letters of words are icons because they're merely abstract symbols that our brains put together to form words that give us specific meanings.
The very idea that the words I am typing on this blog are understandable to someone else is a pretty cool milestone for humanity since the cave man days. Icons are the symbols we use for getting an idea across. As artists, many of us are looking to create things that the viewers can relate to. With their connection of relation comes the idea of understanding and deep down that is all we really want.
I thought the section about taking the idea of a character and stretching him between being realistic or being super simplistic was very interesting. Why do cartoon characters appeal to us so much? I think it's like when you see a new animal. You know it is another living thing on this planet with you and you can relate to something that's trying to get by, just like you. Animators are breathing life into their characters, deceiving audiences by drawing thousands of frames that create the illusion of movement and rhythm. Scott McCloud wrote about how when you take away a lot of the detail of a unique person and it eventually just becomes a head shape with basic eyes, nose, and mouth; it just becomes so easy for us to connect with that creation.
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