the manga way, of using symbology and iconography in place of rendering... undeniably connects powerfully with (and communicates powerfully to) a large audience
I wonder how far you could take this principle. Suppose, for instance, that instead of drawing something similar to
=)
on someone's face to represent happiness, you simply wrote
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Date: 2011-08-29 09:38 pm (UTC)I wonder how far you could take this principle. Suppose, for instance, that instead of drawing something similar to
=)
on someone's face to represent happiness, you simply wrote
happy
on that face instead.