Alignment Exercise

Poster Design

At the beginning, I decided to use a picture of animal to describe the pureness and truthfulness of friendship. So, I chose a picture of two cats and re-draw it using pen tool. Personally, friendship is about color, happiness and joyful to me,therefore I use different color for every single word and a classic font type on my typeface to represent the happiness and joyful that my friends give to me.

Balance

Radial Balance

Radial is when the picture has a central point and the elements inside 

the picture is turning into the central point.

This is radial because all the fruits in the picture looks like it is turning into the centre from outside and the centre of the circle has a darker colour which looks like a central point of the picture.

Another example of radial balance, the staircase looks like it is turning into the central point of the picture, and by that, it also created a circle as a central point at the centre of the picture.

Symmetrical Balance

Symmetrical balance is acheived when the element in the picture 

at the left is same or similar with the element at the right. Also, the picture 

will look the same when it is cut equally into half.

This is example of symmetrical balance because the picture is balance at 

the left and right side. Both left and right side has the same thing when it is divided into half equally.

Another example of symmetrical balance, this picture has 

the balance element at both left and right side. The picture will look the same 

when it divided into half equally.

Asymmetrical balance

Asymmetrical balance picture has does not have the similar element at both side 

but the colour of the picture is match. Both side of the picture will have 

darker and softer colour to balance up the weight of picture.

This is an example of asymmetrical balance, the dog at the right is bigger and has

 a dark colour compare to the small and with a light colour dog at the left however, 

this picture still reach a asymmetrical balance because the background of the white 

puppy has a darker colour compare to the dog at the right which has a lighter colour.

Another example for asymmetrical balance, the picture achieve a 

balance even though the element in the picture are different. The women face at the 

bottom right created a weight at that part of the picture and on the other hand, the 

3 buses at the top left also created weight for the picture. So when both element 

come in one picture, it is a asymmetrically balance picture. 

References:

Picture 1:-

Thumbtack,(N.D). Retrieved from http://www.heartland.edu/muse/vox/files/vox%20spring%202009%20files/kussman%20KRadial%20Balance%20Matted.jpg

Picture 2:-

Balance in Composition, (Sept 2012)  [Online Picture]. Retrieved from http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TwmRDZhCk_c/UGHVRj4I4I/AAAAAAAAADI/9AUyEyp6M4U/s1600/4293333117_f7e796798a.jpg

Picture 3:-Symmetrical vs. Asymmetrical Design, That is the Question! (N.D)  [Online Picture]. Retrieved from
http://allgraphicdesign.com/graphicsblog/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/symmetrykaleidoscope.jpg

Picture 4:-

Principle of Balance (N.D)  [Online Picture].Retrieved from http://tgj4m-blkd.wikispaces.com/file/view/symmetrical-balance.jpg/258333194/symmetrical-balance.jpg

Picture 5:-

Animal Abuse Photography, (N.D)  [Online Picture].Retrieved from http://imangoss.edublogs.org/files/2010/02/photo3.jpg

Picture 6:-

Single Point Perspective, Symmetrical Balance, Asymmetrical Balance,(Feb 2012) [Online Picture].Retrieved from

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/zEitoEM1O5Y/TVtaa0_sCfI/AAAAAAAAABQ/7HrI7nNe1sM/s1600/symmetical+proof+gray.jpg

Contrast Tutorial Exercise

Contrast with Shape

At first i draw a line from left to the end of right and draw another 

line back from the point to the original point to create the long rectangle 

and color by purple. The same thing goes to the long rectangle colored

by pink. Moving on, I used different shape to create the 

shapes in between the two long rectangle. the purpose of the two rectangle

is to make the shapes in between both to stand out.

Contrast with Typeface

I used two different typeface to represented two different 

mood of the day. I chose the same color for the two different 

typeface because I want audience to pay attention on

the feeling that the typeface provided.

Contrast with Color

At first, i came out with one circle shape and used the pen tool to make 

a dot as the eye of the face, I changed the size of the pen tool

so it become thicker and round shape. Then, I used pen tool to 

create the mouth by pen tool and set the color

to transparent. I group the eyes and mouth and the circle together and 

multiply it by copy and pasting it. And, I created one with a smiley face

with the face color yellow and the others

with blue to represents a different mood the color could provide. 

Contrast with Size

At first, I draw a circle and followed by the petals of flower by pen tool and

multiply it using coy and paste method. I used the function of 

"send front" on the circle so the circle will cover up the extra part of my 

petals. I used the pen tool to create the root and also the ground.

I draw the sun as the background of my image 

and I decided to make it smaller so the  audience would have 

an idea of how close is the flower and how far is the sun. 

Contrast with Tunnel Visual

At the beginning, I draw the circle by the shape tool and I changed the shape of

the circle in to vertical oval and I copy that shape and make a smaller

one inside the big vertical oval so it will look like a bowl. I created the body

of the bowl by pen tool. I used gradient to create the shadow and i changed the

angle of the gradient from 0 degree to 90 degree, and i changed the aspect ratio

from 100 degree to 300 degree to changed the gradient to look 

vertical in order to create a darker area in the bowl. Then I used gradient on the 

body of the bowl to created shadow. After that, I used pen tool to 

create the shadow of the bowl. I decided to create a background

so the object will be more solid and 3D, I draw the circle by pen tool and 

also created the shadow by gradient to match the shadow of the bowl.