From Scenes to Shapes

Size

Size is used to assist in drawing large objects such as houses and furniture and is used to describe the dimensions of these drawn objects. Size can be used to create visual impact by creating a sense of depth and the feeling of tension. I took this picture of two glass cup with the same pattern but different sizes to show the contrast of how shape can change ones perspective of a particular object.

Shape

Shapes in visual communication can be used to add interest, style, and theme to a design. Shape and form play a large role in photography and video and is often overlooked by amateurs. In two dimensional design, shapes possess width and length. This photo is a bathroom from the RISD Museum. I thought this was a perfect to portray shape because as mentioned before, you can see the different shapes in length and width.

Space

Space can be used to both separate and connect elements in a design. Wider spaces separate elements from each other and narrower spaces connect elements to reveal relationships between them. This is a photo of a table from my befriends house. I thought this was a great way to illustrate space because as you can see, the rhythm, direction, and motion that is depicted in the picture itself.

Color

Color is an important tool for communicating within our communities, in nature, and in advertising and marketing. It’s an element of visual language that people process almost immediately. This is a picture of my welcoming rug outside of my front door. I chose to make this photo color because as you can see the color immediatly jumps out at before you even begin to process what you are actually looking at.

Lines

lines in one of the basic elements of visual communication. lines are used to direct the flow of content, divide space and emphasis on a specific area. This picture is a tree stump that was cut in my back yard, I chose this specific picture to illustrate lines because as you can see, the photo demonstrates the flow of content throughout the picture as a whole.