Blog Assignment #2

When composing my composition there was many things to put into consideration. You can’t just scatter any image you want on a piece of paper. You have to go through steps of drawing out thumbnails and considering things like balance, dominate elements, subordinate elements, accentual elements, accentual groups, negative space, positive space, and much more.

One main thing I looked at when I was putting together my composition was the dominance in size of an element. The bigger the image, the more prominent it is, and the more meaning it will have over, for example, an accentual image. The larger images are more powerful, and you need to be careful where you place it. You don’t want to place it to where it is taking over the whole paper, or that will be the only thing the element will look at. You want the viewer to look at the whole piece, and keep movement going throughout the piece.

The second thing I considered while juxtaposing images are value and shape inside of the elements. On my composition, I have a black eight ball. If I were to place it on the left side of the paper, I need to be sure to put, for example, two smaller black images on the right in order to keep balance in my artwork. Also, when I was making my first draft of my composition, I had a dice. You have to keep in mind congregated groups of accentual shapes. Shapes inside of each element can lead the viewers eye in a direction as well. You don’t want to take the viewer off the page.