Sunday, April 24, 2016

How to: show growth of objects in a comic according to Frank Miller


Frank Miller has a very distinct way of showing growth in a comic, and though the technique itself may not seem extra ordinary, the way he executes the technique is something entirely different. Let's take a look at how he does it:
In these next pictures, Miller is trying to show that a bio-mechanical robot is growing uncontrollably, look at how he draws it;





These separate pictures are on two different pages of the comic, with the bottom picture being the right page. However these pictures are showing the same concept; the computer at its human- made state.





And these two are after the computer figures out how to grow, the bottom picture again, being the right hand page.
Notice how the first two are smooth, organized, and controlled, and the second two are disorganized, chaotic, formless, and almost parasitic. Because of this radical difference, the reader is lead to assume that the computer has indeed grown out of control, and also creates a sense of panic or tension in the comic itself. This is a fine example of how Frank Miller does growth, He has a large picture of the object in its prior state, and then later on, after more exposition/rising action, has another large picture of the same object, but in its expanded form. Now whether or not you decide to use this technique or not, just remember that it is there, and that it works.


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