The Pose Choosing a realistic representation of a pose is a choice of form, not content. As a formal representation, it may have advantages, but it certainly has limitations, for example in expressiveness or in adaptation for a better understanding of an action. There are actions that, when represented realistically, their action is not well…

Human figure The human figure is the first word in the new dictionary. It is the subject of our sentence since it is the one that serves to create characters, actions, situations, that is, sentences. The type of treatment of proportions is the first problem to be solved. The first element to define. It is…

Movements & Angles But does this theory fit with the human figure? If we depict her lying down. She’s dead or asleep. 0 degrees is nothing. Total rest on the horizon. 90 degrees is life. A vertical figure tells us that it is alive or appears to be alive. Total opposition to gravity. But that’s…

The horizon Is it necessary to draw the ground for the reader to identify that a person is walking? The answer is no. This means that drawing the horizon is giving us redundant information. We already know that there is a floor in the moment we see a character walking. If we want to give…

The space What is space? I have read many times about artists or works in which it is said that the space they leave unrepresented has the same force as what is represented. For example, with Chillida’s work, where is the form and where is the space? I suppose every action has a reaction. An…

Forces A force is a direction. Something that drags and moves. If we have many directions in an image, it will generate a sense of bewilderment or disorder, it can be searched and it can even generate a balance, but if we simplify those forces and make similar forces have the same direction, the direction…

Controllable Elements There are other types of elements in the image. The ones the illustrator creates. Where to put them? How to distribute them? I suppose that to start thinking about this, you have to be aware that everything I add on a blank sheet of paper conditions the rest of the elements and spaces.…

The format In general, the format is rectangular. Either horizontally or vertically. A vertical image defaults to a vertical force passing through it. The line of gravity is larger than the horizon that holds it back. We will do the reading from top to bottom, so there will be a gravity effect. In the horizontal…

Strengths On the blank page there are dots that multiply the strength of the elements we add on them. The center of the sheet is the most obvious, but near each corner of the paper, forces also occur. If I add a crepe element in the center, but not in it, I immediately notice a…

Balance I suppose it’s a direct consequence of gravity. In Art and Visual Perception, Rudol Areim talks about the need of the human eye to find balance in the images it sees. Don’t we seek that balance in everything we do in life? In our lives, we seek (or should) surround ourselves with things that…