Design TheoryBy: Sarah Wasilewski

Line

•Point of Path•The outlining of the sun’s rays shows line. Also, the tree branches in the image show line.

Shape

•Perceivable two-dimensional area•Some of the triangles are two dimensional. Also, what the people are sitting on is a two-dimensional shape.

Form

•Three-dimensional shapes: length, width, & depth•The building shows three-dimensional shape.

Space

•Height and width•This image shows space. The island is positive space and the sky and water around it is negative space.

Color

•Reflected light•The girl and the background has a lot of bright colors that stand out.

Value

•Relative light and darkness•This image shows white all the way to black. There are like grays in the image which shows value.

Texture

•Surface quality•The person’s face is meant to look like a hill. It has a grass-like texture to it.

Rhythm

•Movement by the repetition of objects•The squiggles around the clock show rhythm in the image. It makes the image have sort of a beat.

Movement

•Guides your eyes thru an image•The guy was digitally made to look like he’s running so fast that he is blurred. This shows movement.

Pattern

•Decorative surface designThis image shows a pattern. The blue and green shapes are repeated.

Balance

•Equalizing the visual weight of elements•This picture shows symmetrical balance. If you split in down the middle vertically it’s the same on each side.

Proportion

•Relative size within the work•This image shows proportion. The guy is bigger than the planets.

Variety

•Concerned with difference or contrast

•There is a difference or contrast in the sky. There are light and dark in the picture.

Emphasis

•Focal point•The figure in the middle is the focal point. My eyes go right to it.

Harmony

•Creates unity by stressing the similaritiesof separate but related parts.

•This image has harmony. All the different images are brought together with the color.

Unity•Quality of wholeness or oneness that isachieved through the effective use of theelements and principles of art.

•This image shows unity. It has many different elements like line in the face. Also, the face makes a pattern. The guy and the background unite.