DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND ELEMENTS
Background Study of Design Principles and
Elements
1. INTRODUCTION
In this Individual
Assignment, I’m going to describe about the basic principles and elements of
design and how it will helps us in the application development for project later
on.
Perfect design, it’s
all about the understanding of the basics. Principles and elements of design are the
building blocks to create a complete and wonderful work of art. Example, the designer
who understands well about the principle and elements of design knows where to
begin and can analyze the work in terms of form, lines, texture, shapes,
alignment, repetition, contrast, proximity and balance.
Design
Principles or also called as rules of design help the designer
to create an effective composition or design with use of the elements. Using
the principles of design will help us to avoid design disasters and allow us to
communicate with key term. There are
many types of design principles that being used even in simple projects. Five
basic principles are: alignment, repetition, contrast, proximity and balance. There
is a huge difference between the normal composition and a strong composition.
It is definitely dependent on the designer’s understanding and how well the
designer applies them in the composition or design.
Design
Elements or also called as tools of design. Within the
elements, there are lines, shapes color, form, size and texture that will help
the designer to create a better and effective work of art or compositions.
2. PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
Designer or an artist
can use several types of principles to design a strong composition. Five basic
principles that the author going to describe about: alignment, repetition, contrast,
proximity and balance.
ALIGNMENT
To create
visual connection with each other aligning elements allow them. The contrived and do
away with the untidy consequence which comes when items are set
haphazardly it tightens. In close propinquity with each other aids to furnish and
contrive aligning elements which are not. Order and
organization among the elements, it allows us to create. Major alignments are
edge alignment and center alignment.
Edge
alignment:
With
flat edge can be used for edge alignment any object. For this since they have
four flat edges to align rectangles are especially well suited. A sense of
order to a composition applying them their right angels also give.
How
it is possible to align one or more edges of a rectangle in the example above
shows. The rectangle appears to be in a stronger gestalt with the encircling
shapes when more edges are aligned. Between shapes is a factor in how strong
the gestalt appears also billet how the distance.
Center
alignment:
Center alignment any shaped items can be
organized applying. Their centers so the alignment is easier to detect simple
shapes work best because it is easier to judge. To some extent on any axis but
it best with a vertical axis center alignment will work. Best to our sense of
balance and symmetrical this is because the vertical axis associates.
Examples of
good and bad alignments:
REPETITION
By tying
together individual elements, repetition strengthens a design. It helps the
designer to create the composition
Elements can
be as easy as color, shapes and other principles in designs.
CONTRAST
Contrast helps the designers to accent and
foreground components with in the contrive and it is created when two elements
are total opposites. To be colors either this doesn't necessarily have. A
crucial component part in the organization of info on a page contrast plays. Help
the reader to read clear and obviously.
Examples of
good and bad contrast of color in design:
BALANCE
Stability and coordination to a contrived
and it is the mass exist in the contrived by the uses of the elements balances
furnishes. To be of the same size the elements don't necessarily need. Many components
on one side of contrive and fewer amount elements on another side can be deliver
the good output by applying in the balance.
Balance: Symmetrical-Balance or
Asymmetrical-Balance.
SYMMETRICAL:
Of the contrived is even, gave a center line symmetrical balance is accomplish when
the mass of the elements on both half’s.
ASYMMETRICAL:
Of contrast and a dark component will need to be balanced by fewer elements
asymmetrical balance is achieved by the applied. Examples of Symmetrical
(Formal):
Examples of Asymmetrical
(Informal):
3.
ELEMENTS OF DESIGN
LINE
Of the simplest conceptions to describe line is one. Things with
strong, defined lines in the contrived basically, it is including. Like the
edge of buildings, railroad train tracks, and sidewalks examples are things.
Line light and shadow, with a clear edge between them, can create. To the right
or go footpath or a footpath that winds between the roots of large trees, as
well many photographs have curved lines, such as roads as they bend.
Lines there are five types: Vertical, horizontal, curved,
diagonal, and zigzag lines.
Example of lines in design:
SHAPE
To including things that appear two
dimensional, and have a specific descriptor to them shape cites. The most used
shape is circle. That in arched doorways we can see. In almost any coastal
photo the moving ridge is another strong shape, found. The triangle, and
foursquare, are less shapes commonly used in photography.
Geometric Shapes
·
Can
be described applying mathematical footing.
·
In
man-made does things because they are easier to reproduce and do things with
they are more often found.
Free-form or Organic
Shapes
- are difficult to explain using definitions
- are irregular or uneven
- In nature are more often found.
FORM
A different feeling in your photographs form is very similar to
shape, but different enough to create. Spheres, cubes, and cones are the examples
of forms. Each indentation, each curve, each bulge, and each edge the object's
form the idea behind form is to demo.
Us as viewers to recognize the different objects as being in
different lays, instead of overlapped right on top of each other space is the
most commonly used component in conjunction with form, allowing.
TEXTURE
Of an object texture is simply the tactile quality. A viewer's
interest, as it brings ups more than simply their sense of sight texture is an
extremely good fashion to capture. Very easily, thus adding another dimension
of interest to the photo it appeals to the sense of touch. With value and
repetition with very good consequence texture can also be easily used.
Photographs where texture is the main concept, you should light the object from
the side or from the back when taking.
4.
CONCLUSION
The
author described here are point, line, shape, descriptor, space, color, and
texture and the author gathered info about various contrive principles in
conclusion, this assignment 1 background study of principle and elements
of contrive. For a decorator these elements and principles can be the basic
cognition and analytically frame work.
The author to apply these
principles in application development in assignment 2 this assignment really
aided. In assignment 2 is balance, contrast, and alignment the main principles
the author would like to apply. To a contrived and it is the mass distributed
in the contrived by the settlement of the elements balance furnishes balance is
the stability and structure.
The second one is Contrast.
Interest to the page and furnishes a means of accenting what is important or
directing the reader's eye it adds. Third is Alignment; to create visual
connection with each other aligning elements allow them. The contrived and do
away with the random, untidy consequence when comes when items are placed haphazardly
it tightens.
In close propinquity with each and another
aids to furnish an out of sight connection between the items and it is common
and important principles of contrive aligning elements which are not. Order and
organization among the elements, it allows us to create.The
author will try her best to use all the elements of design to design a
wonderful and catchy artwork in her Assignment 2.
5.
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My comments are:
ReplyDelete1. Good to organize the content with numbers, good for reading
2. No citation in your report? Why? Please read the Harvard referencing guideline in Blackboard LMS, get it fixed, and show me
3. Avoid using 'you..' 'we...' 'I...' , should use 3rd person writing in literature, do you know how?
4. No figure number, no caption in the report? Do you know how to add this? Show me
5. Avoid writing in point form, report writing should be in paragraphs with proper structure of sentences, do you understand?
6. Good to see many examples are used in explaining, but more details should be added in the writing, lack of time?
7. Conclusion is appropriate, but should add on with your reasons and more understanding.
8. In Assignment 2, you need to have a section to explain how these principles are applied, emphasize it in your presentation.
9. Do not use a. b. c. d. to arrange the references, do you know the right way of presenting these?