Assignment 2A)Composition of Principles of Design

Date:30/9/14
Name: Joey Wong Li Wen
Principle of Design
Assignment 2A)Composition of Principles of Design


  In this assignment, we were required to read through the slides that Ms.Lisa gave us and understand the six principles of design.

   The six principles of design are: balance, contrast ,dominance, proportion and scale, rhythm and repetition, and unity and variety.

   These are my final work:

Balance:

For balance, we were allowed to choose from symmetrical balance, asymmetrical balance or radial balance, I had chosen radial balance .

Contrast:

I had chosen the option of large vs small for this principle. For some reason, I had the series "Alice in Wonderland" in my mind when I did this work, so I drew a boy and a small rabbit.

Dominance:

For dominance, there must one element that stands out among a group of same element. I filled the paper with green roses, and drew one pink rose,and it is the only one that was slightly coloured.

Proportion and scale:

for this, I divided the paper into half , and continued until the space is too small to be divided. I think this is the easiest way to show proportion and scale as all the rectangle are proportioned.

Rhythm and repetition:

Among regular repetition, flowing,and progressive, I chose regular repetition. This work was also inspired by "Alice in Wonderland", I designed a picture of a rabbit wearing bow tie, and repeated this design all over the paper.

Unity and Variety:

In unity and and variety, these is always a variation of things that are united by one element, it could be colour, lines or size and shape. I have always like fashion design, so I designed 4 sets of clothings, and united these clothings by colouring them using the same colour palette.

   After finishing this assignment, I realised that understanding the principles is sure easy, however, applying them in design is sure not easy.The actual time I spent on coming out idea of my own art style that uses these principle is longer than the time I spent on doing these drawings, but this assignments is certainly helpful and I will remember to apply them in my future works.