Depth, composition and human proportion

Question 1

how many heads is a human body

Answer 1

7.5-8

Question 2

halfway of the body is

Answer 2

the pubic bone, pubic trangle

Question 3

size of hand =

Answer 3

size of face

Question 4

format

Answer 4

the surface on which you create your composition (eg, billboard, 5x7 canvas, business card)

Question 5

composition

Answer 5

how you arrange the elements on your page/format. however you fill you page/format is your composition.

- for it to feel strong and successful, balance is important

Question 6

balance

Answer 6

balance is affected by weight, position and arrangement
- as humans, we really like things to be balanced. Our art has to be balanced so that one side of the composition doesn’t feel heavier

• how we place elements on a page will change their visual weight, and the balance of the page
• Creating a lack of balance can feel uncomfortable

Question 7

top and bottom of the page

Answer 7

view them differently. assume that the bottom of the page has some sort of gravitational pull, and that things up higher are in the sky

Question 8

actual center

Answer 8

take a piece of paper and fold it perfectly in half, and you put a shape right in the middle. will feel uncomfortable. mathematical

Question 9

visual center

Answer 9

a little higher up than actual center

Question 10

how to we read a canvas

Answer 10

(in western culture) we read left to right, and top to bottom. we also read a canvas the same way
- as a result, we want want something to stop our eye from going off the composition on the right

Question 11

the edge

Answer 11

if we leave the center blank, your eyes get pulled to the edges of the format

Question 12

ways to achieve balance in a composition

Answer 12

symmetry, asymmetry, emphasis, negative space, intimate scale, monumental scale, creating tension while still maintaining a relationship between them, repeating shapes, vertical lines to separate figures intentionally

Question 13

four types of perspective

Answer 13

• illusionary

• geometric
  
- conceptual

• linear

Question 14

Illusionary

Answer 14

using the depth-ques to create a illusion of 3 dimensions on a 2 dimensional surface

Question 15

conceptual

Answer 15

• multi view: more than one side of an object is shown (like in cubism)
  
- social: the most important figure is larger than everything else on the picture plane. (Pallet of Narmer)

Question 16

geometric

Answer 16

the placement of figures on the picture plane determines their importance (hierarchy)

Question 17

linear

Answer 17

Scientific system of creating an illusion of depth on a flat surface. All parallel lines in a painting or drawing using this system converge in a single vanishing point on the composition’s horizon line.

Question 18

one point perspective

Answer 18

only one vanishing point is used, looking straight on at an object.

Question 19

Two point perspective:

Answer 19

two vanishing points, being able to see two sides of an object

Question 20

three points of perspective

Answer 20

three vanishing points are used. you can see three surfaces of an object

Question 21

vanishing point

Answer 21

on the horizon line, where things appear to disappear

Question 22

horizon line

Answer 22

synonymous with your eye level

Question 23

what can add to a composition

Answer 23

messing with perspective