Category: Work in Progress

Please Read the Lecture: COMD 3313 Intro to Composition

(Only read up to Part 7, Directing the Viewer.)

Share an illustration that makes great use of Composition.  Explain why:

• Deconstruct the illustration:   Who created it and what process and media do you think they used?
• What does Compositional Techniques does the illustrator use?
• Why do you consider them effective?

Be sure to read eachother’s observations BEFORE posting your own. Remember… ITS A DISCUSSION. 🙂

Note how many options there are when playing with just 3 values!

Read this post on Composition Basics: By Dan dos Santos.

DO: After reading this post, choose an illustration which you feel makes strong use of value structures and tonal organization. Share it along with a few sentences about why you chose it, who the artist is, and how the artist uses value.

• Deconstruct the illustration:   Who created it and what process and media do you think they used?
• What does Compositional Techniques does the illustrator use?
• Why do you consider them effective?

Be sure to read each other’s observations BEFORE posting your own. Remember… ITS A DISCUSSION. 🙂