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15 seconds of fame. 

The hierarchy flow is mainly due to the centered composition. Here you can see the rings of the sink drain leading in towards (and outwards from) the focal point of the gnat. The gnat is also highlighted with the contrast of the bright reflection of lights behind it. The focal point captures the eye right away and the rings and bright reflections of light within each help guide the eye out (and back in).

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Outer Space.

The bright reflection on the bottom of the mug serves as an entry point into the composition. The spoon, then, leads the viewers eye towards the cookie crumbs which lead back towards the shadows. From here the viewers eye moves with the spoon reflection on the mug back down towards the bright reflection at the bottom. 

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Stay Weird.

The contrast of the type and the weight of the background behind it draw the viewers eye initially. The structure of the windows of the building to the left with the lines of the bars behind the billboard start to move the eye up while the angles of the structures move the eye out as well. The wire also leads the eye out and back in towards the main event of the composition- the type. 

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Reflect.

The eye falls on the figure first, not only because of the high contrast, but because our eyes attract to people first. This leads to the tree which leads up to the arch of the tunnel/cave and down to the reflection. The lines of the water way lead into the cave and the pillars lightly frame the depth within.

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An island for one.

The contrast of not only the color, but the placement lends itself to the overall hierarchy of the picture. The rock structure island stands out first leading out to the curves and lines on either side of it. The jogger stands out next because of the contrast and leads the eye around the curve of the road. The mountains and horizon line brings the eye back towards the rock formation. 

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Bike Watch.

The type on the road leads captures the eye and the lines up and across lead to the yellow diagonal line which takes the eye to the corner of the ledge pointing towards the bike and bicyclist. The bicyclists motion and action leads back up towards to the top curve of the road again and then the horizon line leads the viewer eye back down. All of this aids in creating a nice flow of hierarchy within the image.

Shape Element- Exploring Hierarchy

*all images by me (amindendless.tumblr.com)*

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Yellow brick road.

This image has so many different shapes going on. Not only the silhouettes of objects, but their shadows. It’s a pretty symmetrical piece. Even with the backgrounds right and left side being different (one with a building and trees and the other with just trees). The weight along both sides evens out this formal/static balance.


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City of glass.

For this one, I focused on rectangular and triangular shapes. Not just the physical shape of the buildings but the reflections on the glass and the triangular corner of the ceiling left. I also love the shapes that came out of the sky from the buildings shapes. This is an example of dynamic balance. The buildings maybe taller on the right, but it’s balanced by the triangular shape of the ceiling and the extra reflection’s rectangular shapes.


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The tipping point

Another good example of a shape out of the “negative space” in the sky from the objects. This also has multiple shapes playing off each other with the different kinds of foliage. I also like the sharp corner of the building- creating an almost triangular shape or two planes meeting. An example of both formal and dynamic balances at work- the symmetrical balance of the buildings planes spiced up with the dynamic balance of foliage.


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Moon Crater Coffee

ut to place it in the sink when I looked down and saw these great shape forms and thought it was a perfect moment to capture for my shape elements for balance. It is based in dynamic balance with the smaller circular shapes on the left balancing the larger circular shape on the right.


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Hold your fishes.

I was waiting for sushi when I saw the arrangement of the plate ware and thought it looked fantastic. Although the setup is mostly symmetrical- this is a good example of both formal and dynamic balances at play.


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Connect.

This photo has many aspects that make it have a dynamic/asymmetrical balance. First, the yin and yang of the hands- not just in color, but mainly the position of the hands. Then there is the angle of the hands that help add more to the image. Also, The (invisible) line of the rings add more to the angles of this image.

Shape Element- Exploring Balance

*all images by me (amindendless.tumblr.com)*

The beginning

Of my Visual Design Diary…

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saveflowers1: “ Art by Margaret Ely Webb, 1918, “Aldine Readers, Book Two.” “Lady Moon”, verse by Lord Houghton. ”

saveflowers1:

Art by Margaret Ely Webb, 1918, “Aldine Readers, Book Two.”

“Lady Moon”, verse by Lord Houghton.

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sixpenceee: “An urban jungle located in Taipei, Taiwan. Credit to photographer Andreas Mass. ”

sixpenceee:

An urban jungle located in Taipei, Taiwan. Credit to photographer Andreas Mass.

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“Let go, or be dragged.”
Zen proverb (via purplebuddhaproject)

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fashiondailymag: ““going to the phoenix botanical gardens in a sec ” ”

fashiondailymag:

going to the phoenix botanical gardens in a sec

landscape-photo-graphy:

Poetic Long Exposure Photographs of the Sea by Mehran Naghshbandi 

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stripeycrayons: “I have been deeply in love with the seemingly nonsensical answer for such a long time, this is unbelievable and wonderful and I adore it so much- what a paradigm shift!! ”

stripeycrayons:

I have been deeply in love with the seemingly nonsensical answer for such a long time, this is unbelievable and wonderful and I adore it so much- what a paradigm shift!!

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