Top-Down Design (Simpsons Editions)

This here is a photo of the main characters on the hit show The Simpsons. In the context of Visual Design Literacy, it is also a great example of top-down design. There is a great amount of detail going on in this picture; Snowball the Cat has a tutu on, Patty & Selma are smoking,Bumble Bee Man looks worried, while Chief Wiggums is content with his donut. That being said, the eyes see a big blurb at first while the mind has to catch up and process all the information in the scene. This is called deductive analysis; the picture only makes sense when the individual parts are identified by their unique stories. How else would we know that Martin is getting an atomic wedgie? Top-down design wins again.