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Use this tag when there are pictographic themes used as mental imagery (inside a thought bubble).

How to distinguish

Pictographics are distinguished from other forms of mental imagery in a few ways.

• Pictographics are simple ideas, too simple to be considered their own scene.
• Pictographics are usually symbolic. The image portrayed can be viewed as a representation of a more complex thought process.
• In the case of simple mental imagery, symbolism is less important. Perceive the image as a representation of what a character wants.
• This tag is not mutually exclusive with imagination. Simplistic fantasies and dreams may fall under more than one tag.

Imagination themes

Ask yourself if the content can pass as a picture in picture (full bodies, contains dialogue, or sound effects, extra details, takes up a prominent amount of image space, etc).

If so, the content is probably better tagged as one or more of the following tags instead.

• imagination
• daydream
• dream
• fantasizing

See also

• idea
• pictographics
• thinking