Design Elements & Principals

By Julia Burk

Geometric shapes- a set of particular spots that include lines connecting in a closed system. Primitive shapes- non complex geometric shapes.Organic shapes- rounded shapes that are too irregular to be geometric, not a set shape.Form- not flat or two-dimensional, but a three dimensional figure.Shape- how an object is formed.Line- a path created by a point that is explicable.Implied line- lines that are created that give viewers a guide in artwork.Color- when light hits and object and is reflected back to the eye.Hue- color property that that is measured by wavelength of the light.Tint- when mixed with light it is a concoction of color, increases lightnessShade- with black it is mixed with a color, decreases lightness.Tone- a general intensity of color.Line color/outline color- color of the border of an object.Shape color/shape fill- color of the inside of a shape.Primary colors- three colors yellow, blue, and red that can not be created by the mixing of another color.Secondary colors- mixing two primary colors within color area. Tertiary colors- mixing primary and secondary colors together.Analogous colors- three like-colors in the same group next to one another.Complementary colors- two colors that are fit to be exact opposites.Value- with tones or colors, value is the lightness or darkness.Pixel shading- light and dark areas with brightly colored texture.Space- the setting.Positive space- is particular to an object or area of interest Negative space- surrounds an object or area of interest.

Vertex shading- geometric data in a gpu from a graphic card. Visual perspective- the way we see objects through the eye.Vanishing point- on a horizontal line, the spot that indicates where parallel lines seize.Texture- surface pattern.Optical texture- the visual appearance of light from under microscope.