Elements of Design Flashcards
Design
A plan
deliberate sequence of images
shapes colors lines textures arranged in to an artistic whole
point
a place in space or time, a dot
line
a point in motion, a series of adjacent points, connection between points, implied connection between points
shape
a flat enclosed area, line= line = line
texture
the surface quality of a two-dimensional shape or three dimensional volume
value
the relative darkness or lightness of a surface
balance
static (not in motion vs. dynamic (alive, chanrged, implied movement
visual weight
the inclination of shapes to float or sink or the relative importance of a visual element within a design
imbalanced
can be used to cause tentsion
symmetry
same on either side of a central axis
asymmetry
different on either side of a central axis
raidal symmetry
reflections around a point (mandala)
approximate symmetry
similar imagery appears on either side of a central axis
unity
things working together
variety
an assortment
proportion
the relative size of visual elements WITHIN an image
scale
the size of fa form when compared to reality and / or our human form
rhythnm
reaction of elements reception of direction action marks implied action; sense of movement created by repetition of multiple units in a deliberate fashion
emphasis/dominance
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
economy
getting righ of unnecessary complexity
composition
golden mean/ Fibonacci
systematic alignment
grids or modified grids
figure
positive shape
ground
negative shape
hatching
working/ drawing using series of straight barrel lines
cross-hatching
using overlapping or intersecting hatched lines (this produces grays)
stippling
patterns of dots
