Thursday, September 16, 2010

Activity 1

11. What are the different ways line is used?
Lines can be used in nature as a structural feature. Such as striping on a tiger, branches, seashell, or even as a surface design.
2. Describe 6 different ways line expresses emotions.
horizontal lines represent a feeling of repose or rest.
vertical lines communicate a feeling of loftiness and spirituality.
diagonal lines suggest a feeling of movement or direction.
horizontal and vertical lines are a combination that communicate stability and solidity.
Deep acute curves represent confusion, turbulence, frenzy, as in the violence of waves.
Soft shallow curves suggest comfort, safety, relaxation, and familiarity.


3. What are factors affect our peception of shape and form? The position of view point from which we see an object will emphasize or obscure certain features, and therefore it will affect the impression it makes.


4. What kind of shapes change two dimensional space?
A three dimentional shape has depth as well as width and height, it can change the space.


5. Look at the work of M.C.Escher how does he manipulate positive and negative space?
the negative space is represented by the background with the black color and the positive is represented by the brighter background which is the white.

6. What are the tools of creating the illusion of three dimensional space?
Gesture.


7. Describe the following type of movement: Implied, Compositional, Dynamic
implied- edge of forms
compositional- the act of combining parts or elements to form a whole.
Dynamic- pertaining to or characterize by energy or effective action.


8. What is Hue and Value?
Hue- refers to pure spectrum colors
Value- is the relative lightness or darkness of a color.


9. What is color proportions, simultaneous contrast, optical mixture?

Color proportions- refers to the impact of relative quantity of a given hue or value used in color compositions.
Simultaneous contrast- is the phenomenon which occurs when a color appears to change when seen against a different background.
Optical Mixture- is the phenomenon which occurs when small particles of different colors are mixed in the eye ; this type of mixture differs from pigment mixture in that it is based on light primaries.

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