Principals of Molly Bang in

Bell Hooks’ Chris Raschka’s

“Happy to be Nappy”
Ananya Mohan & Riza Arshi
illustration
 Molly Bang
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According to her, how We can easily use geometrical
composition, shapes, sizes and shapes as psychological precepts.
colours, make us FEEL the picture. What also matters is the alignment
of these shapes; like how an
upright rectangle makes us feel
secure while a diagonal rectangle
makes us feel vulnerable
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How we percieve shapes also depends
on the context of the picture; like
how we will feel about a traingle on a
ship or a shark fin. The same goes
with colour. Red may make us feel
frightened but at the same time
sensual; it depends on context
 Use of Colours
Throughout the book we can see bright shades of
yellow, orange, green have been used behind the
children’s heads to draw attention and keep a sense of
constant. But in this illustration dull colours are used
with the line saying “..to take the gloom away,” and
bright colours are used around the child’s hair, round,
symmetrical shapes have been used in bright colours.
 Principal 1
Smooth, flat, horizontal shapes give us a sense of
stability and calm.
 Principal 2
Vertical shapes are more exciting and more active.
Vertical shapes rebel against the earth~ gravity. They
imply energy and a reaching toward heights or the
heavens.
 Principal 6
White or light backgrounds feel safer to us than dark
backgrounds because we can see well during the day
and only poorly at night.
 Principal 7
We feel more scared looking at pointed shapes; we feel
more secure or comforted looking at rounded shapes
or curves.
Thankyou