The Basics Of Art

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Hello everyone!

Today I'm introducing the Elements And Principles of Design. Some of you are on top of the game and aleady know how to use the Elements with the Principles, but bare with me. I may show you some thing that you do not know.

I wrote a version of this In 2011, and I've changed it up some hoping this version will help you understand how to create more dynamic deviations..  

This tutorial is meant for Novice and Beginning Photomanipulators, but, of course, it's here to give information that even the Intermediate and Advance deviant to learn something that they did not know.

Elements and Principles of Design


Introduction

Question: What is meant by the Elements and Principles of Design?

Answer: Elements are the parts of a design, and the Principles are ways to use the parts..

All art is comprised of  the  Elements being arranged following the rules set by the Principles. Knowing the Elements and Principles can help you create more dynamic images. You must know and understand the rules that the Principles are based on before you can break away from them.

I will use the deviation, "Doll In The Attic" to point out the Elements ..




 Doll In The Attic by TheFantaSim



:bulletblack: Color is light reflected off of objects. The three characteristics of Color are Hue, Value and IntensityLight is needed to see color, 

Grey tones are a result of less light on an object. This is why black is the absence of all light.

:bulletblack: Colors that are opposite from one another on the Color Wheel are called Complementary Colors, such as blue and orange, yellow and violet, and green and red.
 
 In this deviation there is a touch of Complementary Colors.. The room can be categorized as having the same Tints and Shades of the same color, but the tea pot has traces of blue. Blue and Orange are complementary colors.

:bulletblack: Line is a stroke from one point to another. Lines are straight, curved, or wavy. They can be broken or continuous. They can go in a horizontal, diagonal or versicle  direction. They can be long, short, thick or thin.

There are several lines in this deviation.There are strong lines  around the hat, horizontal white on the toy house, in front, in front of the the seamstress mannequin, etc,.

:bulletblack: Shape is a line that has been closed. There are Geometric Shapes, Abstract Shapes, and Organic Shapes. Shapes can be made with thick or thin outlines, or have color within the outline, but they are always flat.

Every thing in the deviation has closed lines that indicates their shape.  Since we are not actually shapes, the best example show up in the
wall paper. 

:bulletblack: Form is a 3-Dimensional Shape.. Forms have length, width and depth. Boxes, spheres, and cylinders are examples of Forms.
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Simply put, we are 3-Dimensional forms. Most things around us are also forms, and the same goes with in the example deviation. The hat, the mannequins, the cups, the draperies, and  of course the, "doll", etc., are 3-Dimensional forms

:bulletblack: In addition, Space is the area between and around objects. The Space around objects are called Negative Space while the object itself is taking up Positive Space. Space also refers to the illusion of Depth in 2-Dimensional art.

:bulletblack: The way to get Space and Depth on a 2-imensionsl surface is simple if you follow certain rules:
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:bulletblack: 1.  By Overlapping. When objects overlap, the first object is "seen" by us as being  the closest.


:bulletblack: 2. By using Atmospheric Perspective: Objects in the nearest foreground are always the largest, clearest, and has the most detail. As objects move back into the furthest background, they become smaller, fuzzier, and has less detail.


Hot Air Balloons by TheFantaSim   I wish you were here by dhe-art


3. By using Linear Perspective: Using the horizon line as the focal point, invisible parallel lines move towards the horizon appearing to go from wide to narrow. Large objects appear smaller as they move towards the horizon line, and larger as they go away. Objects above the horizon line appear smaller and lower as they move
"towards the horizon.  Often times, the "horizon" is not far away, like in a room, but the rules are still in affect.


Wherever the Road May Lead Premade Background by Nolamom3507    Shelter by TheFantaSim
 

  
::bulletblack: Texture is how a surface feels when touched, or how it looks like it should feel if it's touched. Smooth, rough, soft, hard, bumpy are all examples of Textures. Both of the deviations above have the "look" of a specific texture.



The Principles


Now we're ready for the for Principles..

Using the "Doll In The Closet" deviation, and the others that are included in the blog,  see if you can identify the Principles and which Elements are being used.
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:bulletblack: Movement is a path through a design that is created with one or more of the Elements. The viewer eyes will catch this Element and move in the direction that it/they take.

:bulletblack: Repetition is repeating an Element at least one time.

:bulletblack: Pattern happens when the Repetition of one or more Elements are done exactly the same over and over.

:bulletblack:Proportion deals with the relationship between parts of a design and how they are related. For example, when drawing the human figure, Proportion can refer to the size of the head compared to the rest of the body.

:bulletblack:Rhythm is created when one or more Elements of design are used repeatedly through the design to create a feeling of organized movement.

:bulletblack:Variety is doing something different to hold the viewer's attention.


:bulletblack:Unity is the complication of the Principles to create the feeling of harmony between all parts of the design. It also gives a sense of "togetherness".



In this last section I want to cover how the Principles are used together to create Unity in the photomanipulation below.



 In Nana's Attic by TheFantaSim


:bulletgreen: The deviation has a nice blend of Symmetrical and Asymmetrical balance.

:bulletgreen: The Light over the little and the objects are as bright as she is.  Therefore that area is the Emphasis,

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In addition, the yellow bear is different, so the eye has a tendency to catch it as it goes about the room..

:bulletgreen: LIttle touched of red here and there, s well as the red of the spools of yarn help create Movement because the eye follows them towards the back of the image.  

:bulletgreen: The Repetition of the Colors help maintain the togetherness feeling of the image.

:bulletgreen: There is Pattern in the screen. .

:bulletgreen: Once again, there is a touch of complementary color. The blue painting, and dark color  yarn greats a bit of Variety.
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Thank you for reading and I hope you learned something new today.
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