DESIGNS PRINCIPLES ✿ EXERCISES ✿

 Exercise 1

In Exercise 1, we need to choose 2 from 9 design principles, Gestalt Theory, Contrast, Emphasis, Balance, Repetition, Movement, Harmony & Unity, Symbol, and World & Image as examples. After a day of understanding, I chose Movement and Repetition as examples, which are relatively simple, because I am not an art student, so I can only learn from the simplest.

Movement

As far as I know, movement is to let the viewer automatically look at the work from a certain direction. It seems to be near to far, so I thought of the road.

Figure 1

https://wallpapersafari.com/w/ixEduH

This road perfectly interprets movement, it slowly goes from a short distance to a long distance, and the viewer will follow the direction of the road.

So I choose to use highways to represent movement.

Figure 1.1

Although it represents near to far, it still cannot fully represent movement. So I choose to optimize it.

Figure 1.2

While it's much better than the previous one, it still lacks detail.

Figure 1.3

The Final Project.

Repetition

After some understanding, repetition is to express a work by repeating an element, for example, color, pattern, font, image, texture, etc. So I tried to re-use various elements to express repetition.

Figure 2

Through observation, it can be found that this design keeps repeating the letter "A", so I tried to use other elements to make my own work.

I wanted to try using stairs for a repeating effect, but I didn't find it suitable.

The stairs.

Figure 2.1

Afterward, I thought of works with a more New Year atmosphere, so I drew a rabbit holding Spring Festival couplets, but I felt that the number of repetitions was too small, so I gave up this idea.

Figure 2.2

Rabbits I gave up.

I thought of using a robot to do repetition.

Figure 2.3

The robot I found it on WeChat.

Figure 2.4

Because it is too monotonous, I added a larger robot in the middle to highlight this work.

Figure 2.5

The Final Project

Reflection

After completing the first exercise, I learned that design is a very interesting thing. Although I am not good at drawing, I learned a lot about the principles of design and tried to make my own design. I also believe that I can go one step further to complete a better design.