Podcast # 1 Elements of Design

Podcast #1 Elements of Design

Watch the podcast. Answer the review questions below. Keep the question italicized and the answer regular.

What does it take to create good graphic design?

An understanding the elements and principles of graphic design

What is the difference between elements and principles?

Elements-Things you add to a design

Principle- Tells you how to organize the objects

Name the six (6) elements of design.

Line shape space texture value color

What can lines aid in, when alone or combined with  other lines or shapes?

readability and message of a design

Which lines suggest a feeling of rest? Why do you think?

Horizontal lines because of their relation to gravity.

Vertical lines communicate a feeling of what? Why do you think?

They suggest a feeling of loftiness because the suggest an overpowering grandeur

What lines suggest a feeling of movement? Why do you think?

Horizontal lines because they are more unstable relation to gravity

Soft, shallow curved lines suggest what? Why do you think?

They suggest comfort, safety, or relaxation because they are not straight which creates a feeling of grandeur

These lines suggest confusion and turbulence? Why do you think?

Deep acute curved alines

What element defines a specific area of space?

shape

What is the difference between two dimensional shapes and three dimensional shapes?

There is depth in 3 dimensional shapes

Describe the difference between geometric shapes and organic shapes?

Geometrical are usually symmetrical shapes, however organic shapes are more abstract and natural

What are abstract shapes?

Theyare stylized or simplified versions of natural shapes

Which basic shape projects an attitude of honesty or equality?

Squares, triangles, and circles

What do triangles suggest?

It suggests action and stability

Circles convey feelings of what?

protection

Describe positive space and negative space?

Positive – Area which contains all of the elements you have added ito your deisgn. 

Negetive – Shapes around and between those objects and elements and gives a place for the eyes to rest

What is texture?

actual surface of a design with the reader actually being able to feel the texture of the paper and materuals in the printed design

Incorporating texture into a design can help do what?

It will help create a feeling of richness and depth

What is value?

Degree of light and dark in a design. It’s the contrast between black and white

What is another name for value?

Tone

What can the element of color do when incorporated into a design?

It can convey moods, create images, attract attention, and identify objects