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Art & Comic Vocabulary Review

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  • Gutter
    The space between comic panels; used to separate one panel from another.
  • The way in which different elements of an artwork are combined
    Composition in Art
  • 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.
  • A shape that contains a character’s unspoken thoughts. It often looks like a cloud
    Thought Bubble
  • A word that represents a sound (like BOOM!, CRASH!, ZAP!). Common in comics to show sounds visually
    Onomatopoeia
  • The picture boxes in a comic strip or graphic novel. They show parts of the story, a conversation, or action
    Panel
  • The people, animals, or creatures in a story.
    Characters
  • Speech Bubble
    A shape that contains a character’s spoken words
  • Occurs when elements are arranged around a center and repeat in a radial pattern (like a flower or a wheel).
    Radial Symmetry
  • Occurs when a figure is divided by an axis, and both sides are nearly identical (like a leaf or a human face).
    Axial Symmetry
  • Tessellation
    A pattern that covers a flat surface using shapes that fit together without leaving gaps or overlapping. It’s like a repeating puzzle.
  • Gives extra information about what’s happening in the picture, like location, time, or character thoughts
    Caption
  • Triangle
    A polygon with three sides, three angles, and three vertices. Triangles are the simplest type of polygon and foundational in geometry and art.
  • Pattern
    A design in which lines, shapes, forms and colors are repeated. The part that is repeated is called a motif.
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