Module 04

“Working within the constraints of a problem

is part of the fun and challenge of design.”
– Ellen Lupton

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DESIGN PRINCIPLES USED DESIGN PRINCIPLES USED DESIGN PRINCIPLES USED

1. alignment 1. alignment 1. lost and found

2. scale 2. scale 2. alignment

3. repetition 3. lost and found 3. contrast

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PONDER | MODULE 04
My favorite pet was named Linzi. She
was a red heeler that we got 10 days
before I had my third baby. Her name,
Linzi, loosely means ‘protector’ in
Swahili - a language commonly spoken
in East Africa, where my husband served
his mission. I loved it when she tried to
herd my kids into the house.
Lots of lines...
FINAL COMPOSITION PRESENTATION
In the Shapes Composition I created a design that
used a circle, square, triangle, cross, and a line. The
three principles of design I used to create a successful
composition are lost and found, scale, and alignment.
ERIKA CARDON
Lost and found is used with the diagonal white line as What was the most helpful thing you learned this
it is seen on the black and then is lost when it passes week about Adobe Illustrator?
through the white. It helps with both defining the edge I figured out how to proportionally scale my images
of the large white triangle parallel to it as using the
well as creating some definition to the top I felt like the more time I spent on black arrow
half of the composition. The other place
lost and found is used well is with the thin
my final project the worse it got. A and holding
shift. This is
vertical black lines that get lost in the tip number of times I had to walk away much faster
of the large triangle. This, is conjunction
and come back later - and then try for me than
with the small black circle on the tip of switching
the triangle, create a focal point that to simplify whatever I was doing. to the scale
draws the eye in. button.
Scale is used most dramatically with the large white
What do you still want to learn about Adobe
circle on the bottom right and the tiny black circle
Illustrator?
on the tip of the larger triangle. These drastically
different sized circles help create visual interest as I am really enjoying Adobe Illustrator and feel pretty
well as some depth to the composition. comfortable in it. I would love to continue learning the
short cut keys as well as use it more with my graphics
Alignment is used with both the large and the tablet.
small triangles as well as many of the lines. The
larger triangle is aligned with, but not on top of, the CONCLUSION
edge of the black rectangle it is on. This creates a In conclusion, as with the others, I quite enjoyed this
sense of unity with those edges being parallel. The assignment. I felt like I really had to stretch with the
smaller triangle is aligned with the lost edge of the sketching. I feel much more comfortable with digital
thick black vertical line behind it. It helps define, or media, even though I understand the importance of
suggest, where the missing part of that black line being able to sketch. I felt like the more time I spent on
would lay. my final project the worse it got. A number of times I
had to walk away and come back later - and then try to
In conclusion, lost and found, scale, and alignment, simplify whatever I was doing. However, in the end I feel
assisted in creating a successful composition by like I came up with a project that has some interesting
creating a focal point and visual interest. It also use of the design elements we have learned so far in this
brought unity to the composition without making it too class.
balanced or symmetrical.
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