Elements of Design

Question 1

Design

Answer 1

A plan
deliberate sequence of images
shapes colors lines textures arranged in to an artistic whole

Question 2

point

Answer 2

a place in space or time, a dot

Question 3

line

Answer 3

a point in motion, a series of adjacent points, connection between points, implied connection between points

Question 4

shape

Answer 4

a flat enclosed area, line= line = line

Question 5

texture

Answer 5

the surface quality of a two-dimensional shape or three dimensional volume

Question 6

value

Answer 6

the relative darkness or lightness of a surface

Question 7

balance

Answer 7

static (not in motion vs. dynamic (alive, chanrged, implied movement

Question 8

visual weight

Answer 8

the inclination of shapes to float or sink or the relative importance of a visual element within a design

Question 9

imbalanced

Answer 9

can be used to cause tentsion

Question 10

symmetry

Answer 10

same on either side of a central axis

Question 11

asymmetry

Answer 11

different on either side of a central axis

Question 12

raidal symmetry

Answer 12

reflections around a point (mandala)

Question 13

approximate symmetry

Answer 13

similar imagery appears on either side of a central axis

Question 14

unity

Answer 14

things working together

Question 15

variety

Answer 15

an assortment

Question 16

proportion

Answer 16

the relative size of visual elements WITHIN an image

Question 17

scale

Answer 17

the size of fa form when compared to reality and / or our human form

Question 18

rhythnm

Answer 18

reaction of elements reception of direction action marks implied action; sense of movement created by repetition of multiple units in a deliberate fashion

Question 19

emphasis/dominance

Answer 19

gives prominence to part of a design 
-emphasisi through isolation
anomaly, breaking from the norm 
emphasis by placement
-emphasis through contrast: contrast, created when two or more forces operatite in opposition

Question 20

economy

Answer 20

getting righ of unnecessary complexity

Question 21

composition

Answer 21

golden mean/ Fibonacci

Question 22

systematic alignment

Answer 22

grids or modified grids

Question 23

figure

Answer 23

positive shape

Question 24

ground

Answer 24

negative shape

Question 25

hatching

Answer 25

working/ drawing using series of straight barrel lines

Question 26

cross-hatching

Answer 26

using overlapping or intersecting hatched lines (this produces grays)

Question 27

stippling

Answer 27

patterns of dots