In this assignment, you will be given the opportunity to also test your idea sketching skills. It is important to start working with basic ideas on paper and develop your concept from there on out.
- On an A4 landscape page, draw four equal squares. Create 4 more pages in this way. So, you’ll have 5 pages with four squares on each.
- Draw one or two squares or rectangles in each empty square to achieve the visual effects that you see on the first page of module 3 in Graphic Design School textbook. You can work with the interaction of rectangles and squares to make the balance or imbalance more evident.
- Entering left
- Movement to the right
- Movement to the left
- Movement downwards
- Movement upwards
- Balance
- Tension
- Symmetry/asymmetry
Produce at least two different versions of each effect, recording your results each time. Explain in one or two sentences what you wanted to achieve (as shown in your manual).
Entering left: Here I used two different sizes where minimum one is touching the outline, I felt this makes it look like it actually coming in to the frame rather then exiting.
Movement to the right: I placed these shapes, so it looks likes it is exiting on the right side by using a bigger shape to the right, and also just by using one single big square.
Movement to the left: It’s the same principle as the previous, but here is it placed on the left side.
Movement downwards: On the first I used two different sizes, where the largest is nearest the bottom to make it look like its falling/sinking down. On the second one I’ve used to equal sized rectangles to make the same effect.
Movement upwards: It’s the same as the downwards, but I’ve rotated the rectangles, so they are vertical to make it look like it’s floating upwards. I feel the vertical makes it look lighter.
Balance: Here I’ve placed two equal squares with the same margins on the sides and the same top and on the bottom. I have also made just one square where it is centered in the middle.
Tension: Here I made the squares/rectangles touch or overlap each other to make tension between them.
Symmetry: A small square in the left and right corner, placed the same pace to make it symmetrical.
Asymmetry: Two different sizes that is not lined up to each other.