shapes project workbook

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Shapes Project Refined IdeasART 13 - INTRO TO GRAPHIC DESIGN

Use this template file to sketch additional ideas and refinements from your first

weeks work for the shapes project. All of you will need to do additional sketches

before jumping onto the computer. Think about the rule of thirds and focus on afew of the principles first. Principles to focus on in your sketches: Alignment, Scale,

Focal Point. Remember to use overlapping and implied shapes as well. Make some

shapes larger than the artboard.

Select your two best compositions based on class feedback and instructor

recommendations in the video file posted in the Instructors notes section of

the week 04 folder. Create many additional sketch variations of your best ideas

from last week on the first sketch page in this template file. Scan your two best

ideas and place these into adobe illustrator. Create 3 computer variations of each

idea based on those scans. You should have a total of 6 variations to show this

week, 3 for your first choice, and 3 for your second. Place your illustrator artwork

into this InDesign File within the Digital Variations Pages. Select your single

most successful direction and place it on the last page of this template with its

accompanying original sketch. Finally, export this file as a Smallest file-size PDF.

Also export JPG images of the images pages of this file to post to our class blog for

critique. Make better and more meaningful comments for a better participation

grade.

STUDENT NAME:Amanda Wallis

ELEMENTS OF DESIGN:

- Shape

- Line

- Value

- Texture

- Color

- Time (mostly applicable in motion graphics

and interactive design.)

PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN:

CATEGORY 1: UNITY AND VARIETY

- Grouping

- Containment

- Repetition

- Proximity

- Alignment

- Lost & Found

CATEGORY 2: DEPTH- Linear Perspective

- Atmospheric Perspective

- Overlapping

- Size Variation

- Definition

- Location

CATEGORY 3: VISUAL PACE

- Pattern

- Movement

- Visual Pace / Rhythm

CATEGORY 4: BALANCE

- Visual Weight- Gravity

- Symmetrical Balance

- Asymmetrical Balance

CATEGORY 5: SCALE AND PROPORTION

- Scale

- Proportion

CATEGORY 6: EMPHASIS

- Focal Point

- Contrast

- Isolation

- Hierarchy

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SHAPES PROJECT PART 2:So far the most challenging thing about this part of the project was to come

up with different variations of an already drawnn out set of shapes. It is one

thing to come up with a picture of shapes and another to try and recreate it in a

different and more visually appealing way while also applying the principles of

design. Ive so far learned a lot from this project and it has really challenged me

to push my limitations by repetition and progressing to make the pictures ofshapes look better and more professional as they go along. When first starting

this project, my first drawings were nothing to be proud of...yet. My amature

first drawings helped me start to develop my own style and experiment with

the shapes and how they work with the design principles. Even after the first

part of the shapes project I thought that I was at the end of my rope and

couldnt possibly come up with any more unique designs to turn in, but what

caught me on that with this second part of the shapes project was making

the digital versions of my designs in InDesign. It was easier to visualize and

experiment with the shapes when they were already presented and didnt need

to be drawn and filled in and I was able to really see just how the principles of

design applied and come up with even better variations of my designs. I ended

up changing some of my drawings while working in InDesign several times,

but thats what made it all the better was to be able to easily adjust the shapes

to where I wanted them to go rather than have to erase them on paper or else

start over. When making digital versions of my designs, the options were limit-

less.

LEARNING SUMMARY:Write a summary of learning in this area. Simply replace this description with

your own summary of what you learned about the principles as you completed

this assignment. You may find it helpful to answer the following questions in

your learning summary:

1. Alignment keeps everything intact. It shows that although the shapes are not

always close together, they connect in some way. By following lines connectedbetween the shapes you can see their relation to eachother and things measure

up. When shapes are alingned they look neat and organized. It seems that

everything has their place and fits somewhere when there is alignment within

the picture.

2. Quite a few of the drawings have shapes in the corners and in the middle.

This is because sometimes the bigger shapes in the corners provide a back-

ground for the more important shapes that provide focal points going along

with the rule of thirds. The shapes in the corners fill in the spaces so that all

the shapes are brought together rather than just be isolated to the four major

points in the rule of thirds. It gives the whole picture a structure that otherwise

would not work if some shapes were not in the corners. As for shapes in the

middle, the

y can work the same way providing a sort of background for the

more important shapes or else smaller shapes that stand out more and become

a focal point by contrast.

3. I think the square shape was probably the most difficult to work with, but Im

not exactly sure why. It was usually the last shape that I used in my design and

I wasnt usually sure where to put it. Once I started tying the square shapes into where the lines where going, I started to see some nice alignment and flow

with where they were going. Before when I didnt know really where to put

them or what to do with them, it was probably because they are boxy and you

cant really fit them into small spaces, or big spaces for that matter, before you

dont recognize what shape it is to begin with. If I were to put a big square that

overlapped the page and had only one of its corners showing you might think

it was a triangle. With a square you have to show most of the sides tell what it

is, so I think that was one of the reasons it was the hardest shape for me to fit

somewhere in my designs.

4. I think that the scale of shapes pulls the picture together. It completes it by

giving you a taste of a shape and then showing you what the shape looks like

again, either bigger or smaller. Also scale provides great contrast. When a piecehas good contrast it really brings the viewer in and it catches their eye. Another

thing that the scale of shapes can do is provide a sense of depth. By seeing the

different sizes of shapes in a picture, you can get a sense of how far away they

might be from eachother and that allows the viewer to look beyond the 2D

picture and see the dynamics of the piece.

5. Flow is important when creating a picture with shapes because it will allow

the viewer to focus not only on the focal point, but get a chance to see the

image as a whole. Focal points can be created as easily as placing a small white

circle within a large black circle. Your eye is automatically drawn to the smaller

circle because of the contrast and because it is such a concentrated point. My

focal points were usually made by either placing a small shape in front of a

larger shape using the rule of thirds, or else I would use the cross shape or two

intersecting lines to create a focal point and draw the eye in to that area. The

way to lead the eye away from a focal point could be to create a sort of path

with the shapes that lead up to maybe another focal point or else another

shape or object that could be another point in the path. It is effective if the pic-

ture guides your eye through it so that you look at the whole thing rather than

having a dead end and almost being forced to stop and look at the focal point

with nowhere else to go.


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ADDITIONAL SKETCHES | STUDENT NAME:Amanda Wallis.


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DIGITAL VARIATIONS | STUDENT NAME:Amanda Wallis

ORIGINAL SKETCH ORIGINAL SKETCH


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FINAL SELECTION | STUDENT NAME:Amanda Wallis.

ORIGINAL SKETCH

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