Lines in Cartoons

For this blog post I chose this old cartoon of Mickey Mouse which was probably done in the mid 1900's.  I chose this not only because Mickey Mouse is a famous icon but this picture also has many concepts from class included in it.

First off when looking at Mickey, you can tell that the artist drew this picture so it looked like we as the audience was looking at Mickey from the side. This effect that artists use is called looking at a picture from a two point perspective, or viewing objects at a changed horizontal angle.  Mickey's eye lines are also very visible in this cartoon. You can tell that he is staring directly at the piano getting ready to play it. If we look at the directional lines in the picture, we can see that the keys closest to us look a bit larger than the keys all the way down by Mickey's nose. This effect makes us think that the piano is really there even though it really isn't.

Mickey has many contour lines around his body.  For example the curvage of his tail and ears demonstrate that his body has many contour lines included in him.  Since this is such an old drawing, descriptive and textural lines are absent from the picture because it is a hard technique of drawing to figure out especially in the mid 1900's. 

In this cartoon there is much more negative space than positive space. The negative space can be seen on the ground portion, Mickey's face and shoes, and the white parts of the piano.  The positive space can be seen on Mickey's famous set of ears, and on the piano's top part.  In this cartoon there is high contrast because it is pure black and white.  On the top portion of the piano the use of light and shade makes the piano look more 3D like. 

In conclusion, this cartoon has many concepts used in class incorporated in it.  Now that our class understands these concepts we will be able to impress people by talking about them while reading the sunday newspaper in the cartoon section!