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Elements of ArtHow to use them to create good design
Good Design?• Anybody can draw a picture or take a photo or
make a video or act, right?• Anybody can put images and text together to
make a graphic design, too.• It is the way those images and text are put
together that distinguishes a good design from an ordinary one.
Composition• The design or arrangement of the parts in any
space, two or three dimensions.
Elements of ArtLine
Shape FormSpace
TextureColorValue
Line• A path on a 2D
(two-dimensional) plane.
Line• An extension of a point, elongated
mark, connection between two points, the effect of the edge of an object
Shape• When a line’s ends meet or overlap to
enclose a space, a shape is created.
Shape• A line completely surrounding space creates something that a
line dividing space does not which in turn creates potential effects that nothing else can.
Geometric vs. OrganicShapes
Form• Shapes that have, or seem to have, depth or volume as well
as length and width.
• Shading, shadow, texture or a gradation of tones help to create 3D form in a 2D work of art or design.
Form• Form is a three-dimensional area enclosed by a surface.
Space• The empty or open areas around or within
a work of art.
• Essential in any design, space can be large, compact, empty, full, flat, or airy depending on how it has been filled or divided.
Space
• Space relationships can create illusions of depth or of foreground and background.
• Empty space is also called open, unbroken, plain, or blank while filled space is closed.
• The two dimensional or three dimensional area into which all other elements of design are placed.
Positive vs. Negative
SpacePositive Space:The objects, elements, or images in the composition
Negative Space:The space around objects in a composition
TextureThe way a surface feel or appears to feel.
Texture• Texture appeals to the sense of
touch, sight and hearing and thus the function of texture in an overall design is key.
• Texture interaction with light according to degree of smoothness
a) Refraction, absorption, reflectionb) Transparent = refractionc) Translucent = refraction and
reflectiond) Opaque = absorption
Actual vs. Implied Texture
Color We receive the visual stimulation of color as a mental perception which causes emotional, psychological, and physiological reactions.
Value• The degree of lightness
or darkness of a color.
Value
Intensity• The brightness or
dullness, or level of saturation, of a color.