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Elements of Art
Elements principle
line
Line has length, position and direction and is either visible or invisible.
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Lines can take on a variety of shapes and functions:
Connectors and separators
Outlines
Graphs and grids
Symbolism
shape
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Shape is anything that has width, shape or depth.
Shape is anything that has width, shape or depth.
Geometric (triangles, squares, circles)
Natural (animals, plants, human)
Abstract (simplified versions of natural shapes)
size
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The primary roles size plays in design:
Function (the age of the audience – older people would need type set larger to aid help in reading)
Attractiveness (add interest by cropping or scaling the elements)
Organization (make the important element the largest and the least important the smallest)
space
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Using simple principles can control the relative position of every element:
White space
Overlapping elements
Value
color
Color is the hue of pigment or light and is produced by the subtraction or addition of primary and secondary colors produced from light.
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There are different uses of color:
Attract the eye
Produce visual stimuli
Organization.
Provoke emotional response
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value
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is used in black, white and grey, but also in colored network.
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