Negative space is when the space between objects in a picture make another identifiable shape. Classic example is the picture of two faces where their profiles make the shape of a vase between them.
Some of these comments are great. I wish GoComics offered Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down buttons on the comments so other commenters could agree or disagree with them.
@sbwertz“Negative space is when the space between objects in a picture make another identifiable shape.”.Not really.It can sometimes be used that way, but negative space is the space around and between the subject(s) of an image..That which is not subject is negative space.
So all-in-all, what does negative space have to do with cave paintings? Anything in particular? What’s the joke? Are cave paintings a historical record, or an attempt at art?
rshive over 9 years ago
I guess perspective has yet to be invented.
Karaboo2 over 9 years ago
And you should go jump in the lake.
cubswin2016 over 9 years ago
I"m not sure what he means by negative space.
jtviper7 over 9 years ago
A picture of ’ The making of petroleum ’…
tired-one over 9 years ago
I looked up negative space once. It’s one of those things that I think I understand while I’m reading the explanation.
cwgansen over 9 years ago
As Mel Brooks taught in History of the World Part 1, every birth is followed by afterbirth
sbwertz over 9 years ago
Negative space is when the space between objects in a picture make another identifiable shape. Classic example is the picture of two faces where their profiles make the shape of a vase between them.
mackenzie0158 over 9 years ago
Some of these comments are great. I wish GoComics offered Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down buttons on the comments so other commenters could agree or disagree with them.
ladylagomorph76 over 9 years ago
They said that in fine art class, too
David Huie Green ForceIsAUsefulFiction over 9 years ago
@sbwertz“Negative space is when the space between objects in a picture make another identifiable shape.”.Not really.It can sometimes be used that way, but negative space is the space around and between the subject(s) of an image..That which is not subject is negative space.
Leroy over 9 years ago
So all-in-all, what does negative space have to do with cave paintings? Anything in particular? What’s the joke? Are cave paintings a historical record, or an attempt at art?
neverenoughgold over 9 years ago
I wish folks would stop being so negative about the comic…
boldyuma over 9 years ago
I like the definition in music..Hard charging chords and lyrics..and then…a silence break..then drum solo..to begin the chorus again..
David Huie Green ForceIsAUsefulFiction over 9 years ago
“It’s where the paint ain’t”.Succinct and poetic.