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Sunday, November 11, 2007

Feedback on the Cartoon

The main visual elements of the cartoon are the ten legs sticking in every which-way direction. Another main visual element would be the sign of England on the person's neck. And don't forget that he's also holding names of countries.
The issue that this cartoon is about is England taking over other countries (Imperialism). They have their hands on the countries and will be able to do what they want with the countries since they are in control.
The cartoonist could be thinking that England has too much power over too many countries. Maybe he's saying that people need to take a stand and help their country. And possibly saying that, since he drew a somewhat of a smile on the person's face, that England is wanting to get as many countries as it can in their hands. They're planning to do whatever it takes to get there.
I feel that this is what the author thinks because there is a smile on the person's face, the person needs more hands to put on countries because he's using the tentacles by his face; he's trying to take over more countries, and that it looks like he has a long way to go to get all the countries where he wants them so people still have time to take a stand.
The cartoonist could have drawn more tentacles flying in the air and the person's face looking for another country to grab. The cartoonist also could have drawn a thought or speech bubble to indicate what the thoughts of England are.
Finally I will use C.R.A.P. The cartoon has pretty good contrast overall between the red and green but more bright colors really have done wonders for it. Of course you can see that there is repetition between the number of legs and the countries. if you cut the picture down the middle both ways, the alignment is well done. An eye on each side and the head above the line. Lastly, proximity. All the countries are well done, drawn in a circle around the person as the base. However, the countries that are next to each other are not next to each other in the cartoon.

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