Dot Line Elements of Design

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ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

THEORY

SEMESTER I

LECTURE 3


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ADT 2009 Prof Anil Kumar, GCAD 4

The Elements and Principles of design are

the building blocks used to create a work

of art.

The Elements of design can be thought of

as the things that make up a painting,drawing, design etc.

Good or bad - all designs will contain most

of if not all, the elements of design.


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An element is one of those most basic

visible things. In science, the elements

are on the periodic chart (hydrogen, iron,

oxygen, gold, sulfur, etc.). All the complexchemicals are simply combinations of

these (H2O).


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An artistic product is createdby a combination of visualelements.

All that is visible is made upof visual elements.

An element will be a single

entity and can not be calledan element if combined withanything else.

In reality rarely if ever would

an element exist in isolation.It will be present as a part ofa combination of elements.


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Dots

The Dot is the simplest irreducibleminimum unit of visualcommunication.

Any point has strong visual power

to attract the eye wherever it existsnaturally or is placed by artists inresponse to a purpose.

Dots connect, and therefore are

capable of leading the eye. In great profusion and juxtaposed,dots create the illusion of tone orcolor.


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Artists have takenthe advantage ofthe qualities of dots

to create beautifulpaintings asthese in a large

number createtones.

A pointillist impressionist painting by

Seurat a French painter.


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Line can also be seen as a mark on asurface that describes a shape or outline. It

can create texture and can be thick andthin. Types of line can include actual,implied, vertical, horizontal, diagonal andcontour lines.

A line can also be seen as a form that haslength and width but no depth. Lines areused to create edges and outlines of objects

but by themselves can also be suggestive ofvisual expression. A line is created by themovement of a pen, pencil or brush.


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Line can be considered in two ways.The linear marks made with a pen orbrush or the edge created when two

shapes meet.

Line - is a mark on a surface that

describes a shape or outline.

It can create texture and can bethick and thin. Types of line can

include actual, implied, vertical,

horizontal, diagonal and contour

lines.


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Lines are basic to all of the visual

arts. Drawing is more or less based

on using lines.

The odd thing about lines is that they

do not occur in nature.

Line in art is an artificial device that

we have learned to interpret as

representing something. You have

learned to read drawings with linessince childhood. The usual meaning

of a line is that it represents an edge.


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Line defines the position and direction of the

design. If you have lines or shapes that

seem to be running horizontally, then thedesign would seem like it's running in a left

and right line.

Make sure your design identifies some sortof line so that the human eye can recognize

which side is the top of the design or on

which side the design is suppose to startwith interest.


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Tips on using lines:

Decide which part of your display is themost important, and direct attention to it by

judicious use of line. Do not scatter lines about at random.

Remember that margins are an invisible

line. Attention to line does not mean that all

elements in the design have to be linedup.


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Line can be used to define the edge of space

as well as the edge of an object. The line that

forms the rectangle to the right separates thatshape from the rest of the page. The line

through its center divides the rectangle in two.

Implied lines

Lines can be thick and thin, monochromatic or

multicolored

each having a different feel about it.


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Lines can make a statement by their direction

Stable and placid

Unstable, restless, ambitious etc.

Regressive Progressive

Lines represent order and give

the eye explicit directions about

where to look and how tointerpret what it sees.

Lines can be straight or curved.

Lines can be thick and thin.

Just straight lines can be expressive by

their direction.

Horizontal stability

Vertical ambitionAngular - direction

Combination of lines can generate

discernable or suggestive shapes.


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Curving lines giveunfilled areas a flowing,rhythmic quality.

The sketch is designedto make us perceiveoptical effects that arenot there.

These drawings havethe mystery of a figure-ground reversal: wecannot be sure whetherthe design is black orwhite on black.


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Straight lines can be modulated to create optical illusions

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A few lines can

generate associative

mental images. Here,

however, the line byitself loses its intrinsic

meaning, as the

shape becomes more

prominent.


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