The objective of our first computer graphics project was to design an arrangement of the design principles Emphasis, Contrast, Balance, Flow, Alignment and Repetition. That creates one unified design conforming to the rule of thirds. To do this I put the principle Emphasis across the top two points of the grid to catch the viewers eye. The principle Balance I placed on the bottom right point so it’s the next place your eye will go. Then the principle Contrast is at the very bottom of the page catching your eye after Balance. Then your eye goes to the principle Alignment witch is at the top of the page. The last principles your eye goes to is Flow and Repetition And flow witch are at the bottom right point but it is dark so it is the last principles to notice. My design leads the viewers eye clock wise around the page.
I believe my design fits the objective very well. For the principle Emphasis I used a hand rendered design that I drew that I thought visually caught the viewers eye and would visually communicate the principle of emphasis. I scanned it into photoshop and edited it to fit into my design. For the principle of Contrast I decided to type the word contrast twice one on top of the other using the photoshop font stencil std because I think it really stands out. Then I used a grey scale gradient over the words going opposite directions. So dark is over light and light is over dark I thought this communicated the meaning of contrast very well because the grey scale gradient over the letters. For the principle Balance I typed the word balance and used a symmetrical design so the the outer letters B and E are the biggest and gradually got smaller as it gets closer the middle. I thought this fit the principle of Balance very well because I used symmetrical balance in the design. For the principle of Flow I used a hand rendered design that I drew it of the word flow inside of a circle of arrows I thought is was a really good way to visually communicate the message of flow because it leads your eye around the circle. For the principle of alignment I made the A big and put LLIGN on top of MENT and aligned them with the A. For the principle of Repetition I integrated it into the design of flow by putting the word Repetition on each of the four arrows around Flow.
