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Assignment 2: Cartoon Criticism Report
Ben
Franklin
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BEN: Check out the Student Model
and the Rubric for assessment of
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Select your favorite cartoon and write a paper about it. Divide the
paper into 5 sections using the following titles. Use the questions as
guides.
1. Sensory qualities:
Are the lines more bold, fussy, light, hard or soft? Are the shapes more
curvy (organic) or angular (geometric)? What effect does this create?
2. Formal qualities:
How did the cartoonist exaggerate parts of the body or background (make
them big or stretch them out)? Is the cartoon more realistic or abstract
(non-realistic)? What conventions did the cartoonist use (speed lines,
worry or crying or swearing marks, silhouettes, or. . .)?
3. Expressive qualities:
How is the facial expression portrayed? Is it happy, sad, angry, or. .
.? What feelings do the lines convey? For example, shaky lines may suggest
anxiety or curvy lines may suggest peace. What symbols did the artist
use? What are the cartoon's meanings? What do you think is the cartoonist's
opinion about the subject? What details does the cartoonist give to communicate
his attitude? Is this done by the use of words or the image? Or a combination
of both?
4. Technical qualities:
What medium did he or she use to draw the cartoon (pencil, ink, brush,
crayon, computer)? What method did the cartoonist use to create the light
and dark shading (such as stippling with
the point of the pencil, hatching and
cross-hatching ,scumbling
with the side of the pencil, smudging
with a blending stick)
5. Judgmental qualities:
Is the cartoon in bad taste (not acceptable morally)? Why? Since cartoons
are often based on stereotypes, were there any stereotypes used in this
cartoon? What is the difference between this cartoon as art or entertainment?
Functional? Does it serve a purpose as a means for creating change? How?
Do you like the cartoon? Why? How is it effective in your eyes?
  
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