

Journal #10: Bird Painting
I'm not sure who the painting below was created by, but I really do like the style. The artwork is very realistic, not that art has to be...

Journal #9: Space
Space can be sorted into two categories: negative space, and positive space. Negative space refers to the unfilled part of a design,...

Journal #8: Value & Texture
Texture is the way a design appears to feel. It primarily relies on your previous experiences with textures and how they look to...

Journal #7: Form & Color
Color can be used many different ways in design. Color can be used to elicit a certain time or place (white for snow; warm tones for a...

Journal #6: Line & Shape
Lines are continuous marks with various lengths, thicknesses, and shape/direction. Lines are essentially the backbone (to me, at least)...

Journal #5: Repetition & Rhythm/Movement
Repetition and pattern are similar, but they are not the same thing. A pattern is a set of identical pieces of an image that come...

Journal #4: Pattern & Harmony/Unity
In a design, a pattern is a more or less identically repeated texture. Using a pattern can sometimes make a design difficult to look at...

Journal #3: Hierarchy & Scale
Hierarchy can be used to ensure that the viewer notices a certain part of your design first, because hierarchy is the arrangement of...

Journal #2: Proximity & Balance
Proximity is the closeness of objects. The example below (source) represents two different types of proximity, tagged as fragmented and...

Journal #1: Contrast & Emphasis
Contrast is the state of being strikingly different from something else, typically something in juxtaposition or close association. My...










