Roy Lichtenstein

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I think that the picture is comical because I love how the image is cartoon type of image which looks like comic book style drawings. The picture makes me feel amaze because I really like the way used polka dots instead of common plain colours as the skin tone of the image. The picture reminds me of comic style books because I used to collect images in comic books and turned them into collage. I think the artist was aiming to show that anyone can create an image like comic style without using technologies.

In this picture, I can see a person which looks animated with polka dot as skin and thick outline on her hair. Another thing I can see is you can see reflection of light across her right cheek and shoulder. My eyes are drawn straight to the hair because of its thick outlines to make the hair more realistic. In the background, there is red, plain background which is covered less in the artwork because the image of the girl take the whole space. In the middle ground, I can see the girl with hair ribbon with an expression written on her face. In the foreground, there are words written the title of the artwork and who made the artwork.

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The lines and shapes are mostly curvy lines and curvy shapes like the hair and the features of the face.  The round shapes being used in his famous artwork is kind of moon shape hair. The colours and tones are common, plain colours. I find there is no tone used in the image like the hair, in the skin and the outline of the person’s face and hair. I can also see textures and patterns that are quite unique and comic style patterns such as the polka dot skin and the outline of the hair.  The patterns used in ...

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