A Rhetorical Analysis Essay On Fish

In order to start the analysis the first step is to question what makes up the composition. In the composition, a pregnant woman with long dark brown curly hair is standing in pink sheer lingerie, white underwear, white above the ankle socks, and house slippers. She is standing on a cliff in rocky terrain, overlooking many houses diagonally angled and countering each other, full green trees, and a sunrise where the sun is breaking through the clouds making the sky pastel, pink, blue, purple and hints of a warm golden yellow. She is looking up at grey squared off fish above her face whom is swimming toward a whole sea/school of fish that look similar to the fish at the very top of the composition. In this composition there are many implied

These lines and shapes are mainly organic apart from the roofs on the houses in the middle of the composition. Due to these shapes being mostly in the middle or the bottom of the composition it creates an asymmetrical balance to the composition. Which means it doesn’t necessarily need to have symmetry in order to feel balanced. Because the fish and the woman are the main focal point in it does give a feeling of being balanced because everything else lies around them either at the very top or bottom of the digital piece. With this piece having human figures, animals, trees and nature, it would be considered representational. All of the elements are clearly identifiable, even the clouds are detailed enough to feel like they are close to

The artist also used shadowing in order to create depth within the rocks, the shadow in front of her and the edges of the fish swimming up. Gannis also used highlights and shadowing within the clouds using white and contrasting colors such as the purples and blues against the pinks and yellows to make them appear three dimensional and extra fluffy, very much like cotton candy. The main way she used the illusion of dimensional space is by blurring out the background and only keeping a focus on herself, the fish, and where she is standing. She also uses a lot of texture to imply depth as well as implying texture. It can be detailed as the extra strokes within the hair to make it look fluffier and with more bounce, the rocks are layered and broken down to show it has been there for a while and maybe a mountain side. The artist even uses highlights and shading to exaggerate the scales on the fish to imply the fish was in fact real. Gannis uses whites and pinks on her back to not only sheer out the nighty, but mixes it with other coloring in order to show the dress is flowing off of her and into the direction that the wind is