Graphic Design Assignment #1

For our first Lesson in AGED 4243, we learned how to understand the basic principles and theories of graphic design. The 5 basic principles of design are balance, rythm, proportion, dominance and unity. Our first assignment is to search for graphic design examples displaying application, good or bad, of the basic principles of design. We must find and post atleast two images.

This graphic displays good application of continuance. Continuance is the idea that once you start to look in a direction, you will keep lookinh in that same direction until something greater catches your eye. In the picture above, the eye immediately follows the semi-circle of gray characters until it stops at the orange character.

This graphic has good application of progressive rythm. From the slide show that was shown in class, "Rythm is the repetition or alternation of elements, often with defined intervals between them. Rythm can create a sense of movement and can establish pattern and texture." The rythm defined in the above graphic is progressive rythm, because it shows a sequence of forms through a progression of steps. The paint is changing colors and the eye is directed to follow the progress as the colors change into one another.