Verisimilitude
Verisimilitude is the appearance or semblance of truth.
Verisimilitude is depicted through the realistic-looking characters at the wax museum.
(Source: "St Pauli Wax Museum." Weblog post. TravelPod. Web. 24 May 2012. <http)
Collage
Collages are created by assembling a variety of materials together.
Tactile Texture
It is the use of materials to create a surface that can be felt or touched.
tactile texture is present on these printing blocks.
Pattern and Texture
- Pattern is the repetition of a visual element in a regular and anticipated sequence. It is like a “dress pattern” or template, but it has a more general meaning referring to repetition of a design motif.
- Texture is an element of two-dimensional and three-dimensional design and is distinguished by its perceived visual and tactile sense.
non objective shapes
Shapes with no object reference and no subject matter suggestion.
“PULP,” 2010, oil on canvas,
(Source: moderndallas.wordpress.com)
Natural / Idealism / Distortion
- Natural shapes are known to have reasonable proportions, which creates a sense of credibility in a design.
- Idealism reproduces a design not as it is but as cultural worldview says it should be.
- Distortion are exaggerated shapes. These shapes are altered and stretched in proportion.
Here are a few examples.
naturalism-Gustav Klimt
Idealism-Fernando Botero
Distortion-
Biomorphic Shapes
Abstract shapes which allude to natural, organic forms.
“hundreds of Styrofoam cups making up organic shapes on a ceiling”
(Source: journal.davidbyrne.com)
Figure + Ground
a.k.a. positive and negative space!
Our visual perception is dependent on our ability to
recognize borders and boundaries that separate figure from ground.
Shape
Shape is a perceived area created by an enclosing line
or by color and value changes defining the outer edge.
(Source: "Taking Shape." EZ Scrap. Web. <http)
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