1. Balance Contrast Emphasis Movement Pattern Rhythm Unity
Principles of Design
Balance
Contrast
Emphasis
Movement
Pattern
Rhythm
Unity
means of organizing the elements in a work of art

2. Three kinds: • Symmetrical • Asymmetrical • Radial
Balance
Three kinds:
• Symmetrical
• Asymmetrical
• Radial
Balance is the arrangement of the elements in the photo to create an equal placement of visual weight throughout the image

3. Symmetrical Balance
a type of balance that results when both sides of an artwork are the same or mirror one another

4. Symmetrical Balance
a type of balance that results when both sides of an artwork are the same or mirror one another

5. Symmetrical Balance
a type of balance that results when both sides of an artwork are the same or mirror one another

6. Asymmetrical Balance
the type of balance that results when two sides of an artwork are equally important but one side looks different from the other

7. Asymmetrical Balance
the type of balance that results when two sides of an artwork are equally important but one side looks different from the other

8. the type of balance where the elements radiate out from the center
Radial Balance
the type of balance where the elements radiate out from the center

9. Dominant Stands out Obvious
Emphasis
Dominant
Stands out
Obvious
Importance given to certain objects or areas in an artwork; color, texture, shape, space, and size can be used to create importance

10. Dominant Stands out Obvious
Emphasis
Dominant
Stands out
Obvious
Importance given to certain objects or areas in an artwork; color, texture, shape, space, and size can be used to create importance

11. Dominant Stands out Obvious
Emphasis
Dominant
Stands out
Obvious
Importance given to certain objects or areas in an artwork; color, texture, shape, space, and size can be used to create importance

12. Contrast
differences in values, colors, textures, and other elements in an artwork to achieve emphasis and interest

13. Contrast
values, colors, textures, and other elements in an artwork to achieve emphasis and interest

14. the use of art elements to draw a viewer’s eye through an artwork
Movement
Rhythm
That beat that keeps you moving, keeps those eyes going through the image
Like leading lines
the use of art elements to draw a viewer’s eye through an artwork

15. the use of art elements to draw a viewer’s eye through an artwork
Movement
Rhythm
That beat that keeps you moving, keeps those eyes going through the image
Like leading lines
the use of art elements to draw a viewer’s eye through an artwork

16. A line or shape or object repeating through the image
Pattern
Over and over and over
A line or shape or object repeating through the image
the repeated use of art elements to create pattern/movement/ rhythm/unity

17. A line or shape or object repeating through the image
Pattern
Over and over and over
A line or shape or object repeating through the image

18. Rhythm
the repeated use of art elements to create pattern/movement/ rhythm/unity

19. often by repeated shapes and colors
Ryythm
often by repeated shapes and colors

20. What is a song without harmony?
Unity
What is a song without harmony?
the creation of unity by stressing similarities of separate but related parts of the artwork

21. HEY, it all works together! It’s all good. It is successful.
Unity
HEY, it all works together!
It’s all good.
It is successful.
a successful combination of elements of art to create a sense of wholeness and visual completion in an artwork

22. HEY, it all works together! It’s all good. It is successful.
Unity
HEY, it all works together!
It’s all good.
It is successful.
a successful combination of elements of art to create a sense of wholeness and visual completion in an artwork