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Principles of Design |
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| Limit the number of objects, colors and shapes |
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| Repeat objects, colors or shapes |
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| Use Related colors, objects, shapes |
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Dos and Don'ts of Composition |
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| Avoid Symmetry |
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| Don't Point To The Corners |
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| Don't Grow From The Edges |  |
| Put Stuff Directly In The Center |
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| Don't Parallel The Borders |  |
| Don't Include Too Many Unrelated Objects, Colors and Shapes |
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| Don't Stress Only One Direction |
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The Principles of Design |
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| Unity
refers to the cohesion or overall relatedness of a design or layout’s parts. |
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| Balance involves equalizing the weight on one side of a vertical axis with the weight on the opposite side of that axis... symmetry and asymmetry. Dark things weigh more than lighter, color weighs more than B & W, brighter objects weigh more than lighter, irregular objects weigh more than regular. The further away from the vertical axis, the more weight an object has. @ |
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| Emphasis involves standing one element off in a layout. Every design needs a major item, a dominant element, a focal point, a strong graphic lead. The eye is unsure of where to land, and goes into a holding pattern — but not for long. |
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| Use contrast to make things show up. In Wheatfields with Ravens, Vincent van Gogh used high contrast colors to make the yellow wheat fields stand out against the dark blue sky. |
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| The principles of design include rhythm |
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| The principles of design include proportion - use the golden rectangle principle to achieve proportion. |
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| The principles of design include variety |
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| The principles of design include harmony |
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| The principles of design include sequence - helping the viewer's eye to follow events in your composition |
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Color Wheel And Colors |
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Cool Colors |
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Cool Picture - Lilies by Monet |
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Warm Colors |
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Warm Picture - Sunflowers by Van Gogh |
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