Heroism and RebellionMain MenuBritta Harbury3631b1c9a48317b3d2cc93cba052520d6ee29313Iris Wilcoxfaf35ff3faa4d299d5419b8f9715465af6de6795Harrison Bloom6a48b3c447d788abdc08e283b93b9758579b23d9
Fisheye in Practice
12017-11-14T22:27:57-08:00Britta Harbury3631b1c9a48317b3d2cc93cba052520d6ee29313254561An example of fisheye distortion in practice. Note the curves on the lines of the building. Art by Wenqing Yan, https://yuumei.deviantart.com/gallery/42604730/Fisheye-Placeboplain2017-11-14T22:27:58-08:00Britta Harbury3631b1c9a48317b3d2cc93cba052520d6ee29313
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12017-11-14T21:18:51-08:00Perspective6Britta Harburyplain2017-11-19T19:18:28-08:00The very name Fisheye Placebo is an allusion to an artistic technique commonly used in dramatic painting - the fisheye effect. Fisheye effect bends​ lines that would normally be parallel, creating a far more dynamic effect. The name Fisheye Placebo implies a replacement of a distortion, bending the world to the artist's will. This effect is furthered by the fact that fisheye lenses are associated with photography, an art form traditionally thought to be very true to life. Photography and the distortion of photography are common motifs in Fisheye Placebo, demonstrating how people can twist perception of reality into anything they want.
In "Intersection of Reality and Fiction in Art Perception: Pictorial Space, Body Sway and Mental Imagery", Dr. Joanna Ganczarek and her colleagues studied how perspective in art affects the body's reaction to art, specifically in the form of body sway. In this paper, they suggest that, " it is possible that viewer’s posture might be affected by mental spatial transformations needed to disambiguate complicated and conflicting spatial layouts and by movement cues rather than depth cues" (Ganczarek, 235). This statement suggests that the spatial layout of a piece of artwork can have a literal physical effect on the viewer, let alone a mental effect.
Yan uses this effect in Fisheye Placebo by utilizing fisheye lensing techniques and unusual angles. Additionally, the comics themselves are formatted as long, vertical strips, with one panel flowing into the next.This unusual format provides a sense of stability to ground the reader in a world of extreme angles and bizarre perspectives.