Art & Comic Vocabulary Review | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Gives extra information about what’s happening in the picture, like location, time, or character thoughts

Caption

Tessellation

A pattern that covers a flat surface using shapes that fit together without leaving gaps or overlapping. It’s like a repeating puzzle.

Gutter

The space between comic panels; used to separate one panel from another.

The people, animals, or creatures in a story.

Characters

A word that represents a sound (like BOOM!, CRASH!, ZAP!). Common in comics to show sounds visually

Onomatopoeia

Pattern

A design in which lines, shapes, forms and colors are repeated. The part that is repeated is called a motif.

Occurs when a figure is divided by an axis, and both sides are nearly identical (like a leaf or a human face).

Axial Symmetry

Triangle

A polygon with three sides, three angles, and three vertices. Triangles are the simplest type of polygon and foundational in geometry and art.

Occurs when elements are arranged around a center and repeat in a radial pattern (like a flower or a wheel).

Radial Symmetry

The picture boxes in a comic strip or graphic novel. They show parts of the story, a conversation, or action

Panel

A relationship of equality in the proportions and arrangement of elements in a composition. It provides balance and order

Symmetry

Surreal Art

A style of art inspired by dreams and the unconscious mind, characterized by dreamlike, illogical, and bizarre imagery.

The way in which different elements of an artwork are combined

Composition in Art

Speech Bubble

A shape that contains a character’s spoken words

A shape that contains a character’s unspoken thoughts. It often looks like a cloud

Thought Bubble