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  These pages from Sandman by Neil Gaiman provide us examples for Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips’ concepts of objective and subjective scaling in Graphic Design: The New Basics. According to the authors, objective and subjective scaling refer to the … Continue reading →

This image here has several points, lines, and planes. The word ‘MARCH’ is a point and a plane. It is a point because it is placed dead center of the page and is the first thing you look at when … Continue reading →

Lupton and Cole Phillips’ chapter on “Scale” from their Graphic Design: The New Basics ostensibly spells out the importance and pragmatism derived from the way certain objects are placed and how they appear in contrast to another according to size. The … Continue reading →

This photo here is an example of framing and how it can be used in graphic design. In this picture, the artist used several frames of various shapes and sizes to separate the images and provide a sequence that allows … Continue reading →

Formstorming, an act of visual thinking. Designers use many ways of formstorming for inspiration and creativity to spark. Form storming can be used as a type of creative vessel to transport an idea into an actual composed art piece through … Continue reading →

SCALE: Scale is the size of an object or the actual image itself. The scale of an image is crucial for the context of the image. The bigger the scale, the more it is the focal part of the imagery. … Continue reading →

FRAMING:   Frames for an image are everywhere, the outskirts of what you see is essentially a frame. The surroundings of an image can add a lot of meaning. A lot of designers now take a minimalist approach and barley … Continue reading →

POINT, LINE, PLANE: Point, Line and Plane the fundamental building blocks for design.  All three of these factors together combine as a perfect synergy that builds relationships to each other to form visually enticing textures and patterns. These three aspects, … Continue reading →