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In one of class lectures, we had a guest speaker, Brian Flies, come to our class. He spoke about his two books, Mom’s Cancer, and, What Happened to the World of Tomorrow? In his lecture, he explained his design process and the importance of image and words. Image and words are two things that make up comics, and without them, well there would be no comic.
Words always go before the image. The words explain what is happening and the main point, while the image follows it and shows us what is happening, or what you are describing. When you are thinking about the words to use, you have to remember to not write too much. It is easy to write with no limit, but the test is to write with very little words and go straight to the point. Brian Flies explained the importance of removing information. It is better to get to the main idea out, than drown it in words that are irrelevant to the point. The key is the write what you want to say and remove what is not needed.
When you are choosing your image, there’s a lot of trial and error. Sometimes it works with what you’re writing, but sometimes it doesn’t. You have to make sure the image is expressing your writing and what you want to show to your audience. It’s almost the same as words, you try not to put irrelevant things, but you make sure it comes across the way you want it to. Once you have your image, try to remove any unnecessary things. The words and image should have gestalt, unity. Like Brian mentioned in class, the words should have a nice flow across the page and the images is what ties the comic together.
So the importance of words and images are explained through Brian Fies’ comic, but it is just important anywhere else that involves words and images.
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