Principles of Design

1. Principles of Design means of organizing the elements in a work of art Balance Contrast Emphasis Movement Pattern Rhythm Unity

2. Balance Balance is the arrangement of the elements in the photo to create an equal placement of visual weight throughout the image Three kinds: • Symmetrical • Asymmetrical • Radial

3. Symmetrical Balance a type of balance that results when both sides of an artwork are the same or mirror one another

4. Symmetrical Balance a type of balance that results when both sides of an artwork are the same ormirror one another

5. Symmetrical Balance a type of balance that results when both sides of an artwork are the same ormirror one another

6. Asymmetrical Balance the type of balance that results when two sides of an artwork are equally important but one side looks different from the other

7. Asymmetrical Balance the type of balance that results when two sides of an artwork are equally important but one side looks different from the other

8. the type of balance where the elements radiate out from the center Radial Balance

9. Emphasis Dominant Stands out Obvious Importance given to certain objects or areas in an artwork; color, texture, shape, space, and size can be used to create importance

10. Emphasis Dominant Stands out Obvious Importance given to certain objects or areas in an artwork; color, texture, shape, space, and size can be used to create importance

11. Emphasis Importance given to certain objects or areas in an artwork; color, texture, shape, space, and size can be used to create importance Dominant Stands out Obvious

12. Contrast differences in values, colors, textures, and other elements in an artwork to achieve emphasis and interest

13. Contrast values, colors, textures, and other elements in an artwork to achieve emphasis and interest

14. Movement Rhythm That beat that keeps you moving, keeps those eyes going through the image Like leading lines the use of art elements to draw a viewer’s eye through an artwork

15. Movement Rhythm That beat that keeps you moving, keeps those eyes going through the image Like leading lines the use of art elements to draw a viewer’s eye through an artwork

16. Pattern Over and over and over A line or shape or object repeating through the image the repeated use of art elements to create pattern/movement/ rhythm/unity

17. Pattern Over and over and over A line or shape or object repeating through the image

18. Rhythm the repeated use of art elements to create pattern/movement/ rhythm/unity

19. Ryythm often by repeated shapes and colors

20. Unity What is a song without harmony? the creation of unity by stressing similarities of separate but related parts of the artwork

21. Unity HEY, it all works together! It’s all good. It is successful. a successful combination of elements of art to create a sense of wholeness and visual completion in an artwork

22. Unity HEY, it all works together! It’s all good. It is successful. a successful combination of elements of art to create a sense of wholeness and visual completion in an artwork