Shaun Tan The Arrival Analysis
The Grammar of Visual Design
In the picture book ‘The Arrival’ by Shaun Tan, there is an image shown in chapter three on page 18 and 19 that illustrates a chaotic scene taking place involving four gigantic beings looming over a municipality that holds frightened citizens running for their lives.
A technique that Tan has used is the viewpoint in which the illustration is placed. The citizens are drawn as minuscule, petrified objects cowering in terror contrasted against the huge, dark, mysterious giants attempting to suck them up with the vacuum packs attached to their backs.
This image is both Objective and Subjective given that there is no perspective and it includes non-naturalistic shapes and objects – for example, the giants and
In the picture book ‘The Arrival’ by Shaun Tan, there is an image shown in chapter three on page 18 and 19 that illustrates a chaotic scene taking place involving four gigantic beings looming over a municipality that holds frightened citizens running for their lives.
A technique that Tan has used is the viewpoint in which the illustration is placed. The citizens are drawn as minuscule, petrified objects cowering in terror contrasted against the huge, dark, mysterious giants attempting to suck them up with the vacuum packs attached to their backs.
This image is both Objective and Subjective given that there is no perspective and it includes non-naturalistic shapes and objects – for example, the giants and