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2D Design – Elements THE VISUAL ELEMENTS There is the risk you cannot afford to take, & there is the risk you cannot afford not to take. -Edward Hopper
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2D Design – Elements
THE VISUAL ELEMENTS
There is the risk you cannot afford to take, & there is the risk you cannot afford not to take.
-Edward Hopper
2D Design – Elements
2D Design – Elements
Form What is it? The purely visual aspect. Shapes – Colors Content How is it put together? The subject matter. Lion – Roar Meaning How does it stimulate? Our interpretation of the content. Aggressive – Angry - Dangerous
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2D Design – Elements
2D Design – Elements
Form The purely visual aspect. Color Squares Light & Dark Circles
Content The subject matter. People Café Street Buildings
Meaning Our interpretation of the subject matter. Quiet Lonely Late Sad
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Content: What you are saying, Form: How you say it. Meaning: The interpretation of it.
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Visual art: the study and exploitation of how the mind processes imagery.
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0-Dimensional A point.
1-Dimensional Line. (A point in motion)
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1-Dimensional
2-Dimensional shape.
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2-Dimensional
3-Dimensional volume.
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In 2D: ALL depth is an illusion
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Design ORGANIZED placement of shapes in a format; to refine by PROCESS.
Composition The visual combination of different elements into a unified whole.
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Gestalt The psychological study of how the mind organizes what it sees.
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Gestalt The WHOLE is seen before the parts.
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Gestalt What belongs together and what belongs apart.
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A design requires four things to exist.
Format
Plan
Shapes
Contrast
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Format The area of organization. The design takes place within the format. NOTHING ever breaks the format.
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Format Guidelines Rectangular, edges parallel to the paper’s edges. Must have a margin.
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Format Guidelines Centered horizontally. Set off-center vertically, providing a bottom margin larger than the top.
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Format Guidelines Project title and name appear at the bottom of each project. Entered in pencil Legible Doesn’t draw attention away from the design.
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Plan The element of organization.
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Plan Image making is a PROCESS. Ideas must be developed: sketched, altered, discarded, etc.
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Plan There is NO DESIGN without a plan.
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Plan The plan is developed and shown in your sketches for a project.
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Shape A visually perceived area created by:
(contour) line contrast of color Contrast of texture.
Line: Most important role is delineating (to mark the outline of) shape. Shape: Sometimes called form. "form" can also mean composition.
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Types of shapes: Rectilinear Sharp-edged geometric forms. Square Rectangle Triangle Rhombus
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Types of shapes: Curvilinear Smooth-edged geometric forms. Circle Oval
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Types of shapes: Compound Compound shapes can be rectilinear, curvilinear, or a combination of both.
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Types of shapes: Organic Organic shapes are almost universally curvilinear.
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Types of shapes: Symbols Compound shapes that represent common held meanings. Symbols are NOT allowed to be used in projects.
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Every shape drawn creates TWO shapes
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The important one is the Figure (positive) shape. The secondary one is the Ground (negative) shape.
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The figure + the ground = the picture plane. All areas relate to the design, even the format. Gestalt
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Contrast Differences between two (or many) things. Design CANNOT exist without contrast.
Low High
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Contrast Together/Different Big/Small Important/Accent Light/Dark Near/Far
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Juxtaposition A planned, intelligent interaction of shapes.
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Juxtaposition A planned, intelligent interaction of shapes. Placement is passive. Juxtaposition is active.
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Juxtaposition A planned, intelligent interaction of shapes. Placement is passive. Juxtaposition is active. Each shape will affect, and be affected by, every other shape around it.
2D Design – Elements
Juxtaposition A planned, intelligent interaction of shapes. Placement is passive. Juxtaposition is active. Each shape will affect, and be affected by, every other shape around it.
2D Design – Elements
Juxtaposition A planned, intelligent interaction of shapes. Placement is passive. Juxtaposition is active. Each shape will affect, and be affected by, every other shape around it.
