Feedback 12 nov 2007

The main visual elements of this picture is a man with octopus arms. The arms are outstretched and are touching different countries.
I think the issue is that the Englishmen took over, colonized, different countries.

The cartoonist maybe thought that the
1. Englishmen took over too much, and liked taking over.
2.That the Englishmen almost destroyed the countries.
3. That the people never really had any privacy.

Because:
1. There are many hands. And the big head is smiling.

2.the octopus arms are holding to countries, it almost looks like the arms are destroying the countries.

3. The big heads eyes are in two different directions.


Other techniques the cartoonist could have probably was to show what happened to the people that lived there before the Englishmen came and took over. Like a small person standing on one of the countries looking sad.

Contrast- The Englishman's hat gives contrast. England with a white background.The colours of the sea,land and the arms. Maybe also the birds.

Repetition- The arms , the colour of the arms.And the colours of the arms is the same as the hair, that's repeating the colour. The colour of the countries.

alignment- It looks pretty aligned. It has arms on both sides, and the birds helps to balance it.

Proximity- The birds are together. The arms are kind of together. The waves are together.






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