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Sunday, September 27, 2009

Visual Language



                          





Manga is the Japanese name for comic and  pictures above are two different manga series that are translated in Chinese.
The picture on the left is showing a fighting between three monsters and a "gorilla" is running away from the battle after it see that one of the monsters is eating  two other monsters.
First, it shows the scene of the fighting and then shows the power of the winning one (it begins to eat another). After that the scene changes to the "gorilla" and shows its expression. The dialogue frame is in the irregular spiny shape to show the cries and emotion within them. Finally, the panels are showing scenes that the "gorilla" decides to run away.
The layout  and sequence of the panels is according to the reading style of Japanese which is the right to the left. The eye movement of people who used to this reading style will read from the right to the left and from the top to the bottom.
The picture on the right is the conversation between the women and the man. It shows the rejection of the woman and the response of the man. It emphasis on the scenes and the dialogue of the women in order to show her feeling and her expression.
In the manga, exaggerated facial expressions and movements are used to show certain qualities  like humor, scare, and surprise. Also, the background under character may be used to show the feeling of the character by applying focus line, lighting, flower, bubble, mist,hazy rings, shadow,etc.









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