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Post by jayne on Nov 12, 2010 5:27:24 GMT
Yes, I was disagreeing with that. A good artist can capture all the nuance of the human face and Tom is a good artist. I agree that he is a fantastic artist. But I have to disagree, I don't think any art or CGI on the planet can capture ALL the nuance of the human face. Reference "The Uncanny Valley" hypothesis. More importantly, though, in the case at hand, you only see Annie's face at a handful of freezeframe moments... there is simply no way to know whether her face remained stone-still the entire time because we can't see it the entire time. Do you believe the best art is photo realistic? How do you judge the Mona Lisa? Must you see Annie's face for more than a single frame? I think we may be talking about two separate things. I don't see why you'd need to see more of Mona Lisa's face than the one image.
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Post by Casey on Nov 12, 2010 5:33:15 GMT
I agree that he is a fantastic artist. But I have to disagree, I don't think any art or CGI on the planet can capture ALL the nuance of the human face. Reference "The Uncanny Valley" hypothesis. More importantly, though, in the case at hand, you only see Annie's face at a handful of freezeframe moments... there is simply no way to know whether her face remained stone-still the entire time because we can't see it the entire time. Do you believe the best art is photo realistic? How do you judge the Mona Lisa? Must you see Annie's face for more than a single frame? I think we may be talking about two separate things. I don't see why you'd need to see more of Mona Lisa's face than the one image. We are talking about two separate things. It's okay.
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Post by jayne on Nov 12, 2010 5:45:56 GMT
Can we agree that interpreting a comic character's facial expressions and gestures are fairly important to understanding a comic? There's really so much more going on in comics that goes unnoticed. In this one, you can tell about how much time has passed between scenes based on Annie's walking speed and the change in views. The exact length of time isn't important but you can tell she's had some time on her own while she traveled.
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Post by Casey on Nov 12, 2010 5:52:59 GMT
Yes of course, I am as huge a fan of Tom's incredible ability to convey a story through pictures as anyone around... we're on the same page as far as that is concerned. I was just troubled by comparisons to real life people reading real life emotions on real faces, because I think that's inherently a flawed, apples-to-oranges comparison. And saying that they are apples and oranges is not saying that oranges suck compared to apples. Does that make sense?
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Post by jayne on Nov 12, 2010 5:58:05 GMT
Yes of course, I am as huge a fan of Tom's incredible ability to convey a story through pictures as anyone around... we're on the same page as far as that is concerned. I was just troubled by comparisons to real life people reading real life emotions on real faces, because I think that's inherently a flawed, apples-to-oranges comparison. And saying that they are apples and oranges is not saying that oranges suck compared to apples. Does that make sense? Yup, I get it. Utterly and absolutely off topic, know ye of Jolly Jack? Honestly, that has nothing to do with anything, fruit based or otherwise. I just like how he draws. Sequential Art is where my icon comes from. I emailed Phillip Jackson to ask if I could use Scarlet as my icon: he said sure.
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