Grid part 1

Book Covers

Quick Sketches

Bad Book Cover Vs. Good Book Cover

Homework 7

1. The surroundings of an object make up its value, thus it is relative.

2. A high contrast makes a works readability clearer, which is important to commercial artists.

3. Value can suggest where a light source is coming from giving the illusion of volume, space and depth.

4. There are three different devices to show depth one-point perspective, two-point perspective and three point perspective.

5. A vanishing point and a horizon line must be present in order to understand linear perspective.

6. One-point perspective has only one vanishing point, where as two point perspective has two.

7. one-point perspective is what we usually see in photography, because usually our eyes only go to one focal point at a time.

8. Use depth when you are trying to communicate space, when you do not want to communicate space do not use depth.

Homework 5

1. What kind of lines can communicate motion? Stability? Energy?
2. Why are human beings able to see "implied" lines?
3. How might a graphic designer use lines differently than a fine artist?
4. How is visual rhythm different than musical rhythm?
5. What must be present for rhythm to exist?

1. Diaganal lines can communicate motion, horizantal lines can communicate stability and vertical lines can communicate energy.

2. Humans are able to see "implied" lines, for we like to see unity around us.

3. A graphic designer may want to usse more dinamic lines than a fine artist would.

4. Visual rhythm is created through a repitition of lines or images. Musical rhythm is created through meter and tempo.

5. repitition must be present for rhythm to exist.

Homework 4

1. How is visual weight different than physical weight?
2. What happens to objects when they get close to the edges of a composition?
3. Why are human beings more comfortable with balanced compositions?
4. What happens when there is imbalance?
5. Is there a place for purposeful imbalance? Give some examples.
6. Why is symmetrical balance so popular in architecture?
7. Can different types of balance be used in a single composition?
8. How many ways are there to achieve asymmetrical balance? Name them.
9. Is radial balance always symmetrical? Why or why not?
10. 1. Visual weight is different than physical weight in that pysical weight can be weighed with some kind of scale, where as visual weight cannot be. 2. When objects get close to the edges of a compsition the images become more unstable.
    

11. 3. Human beings are more comfortable with balance in that we like our lives to balanced. Balance also can give off a calming effect which humans tend to like.
    

    4. When there is an imbalance in an art work then the work becomes chaotic.
    

    5. There is a purpose for imbalance, such as when you are trying to make a person feel uneasy or confused.
    

    6. Symmetrical balance is so popular in architecture because they want their buildings to be stable.
    

    7. Differant types of balance can be used in a single composition.
    

    8. There are many ways to achieve asymetrical balance such as using a large shape close to the center and a small shape is placed away from the center, multiple shapes that are together can balance out a larger shape, a solid image can balance out a transparent image, and finally different textrues can balance eachother out.
    

    9. Radial balance is not always symmetrical, if a spiral variant is used in a picture then the result is not symmetrical.