Dimension, Scale, and Space

        Perspective and dimension are important in both manga and graphic design. By applying depth and space into the composition will allow the  picture to have reality and  the visual message that the content conveyed will be more persuative.  In the picture above, the relative size of the hands and the body act as a cue of depth. It shows the position of each part of the character's body. The shadow on the ground show the distance between the character and the ground which also make the character to be much more real. The flow of the clouds in the sky,and linear perspective and the texture gradient of the ground are working together as other cues of depth and space. Viewers that see those cues will perceive the dimention in the picture and sucessfully put enough emphasis on the character.  Because of dimension and space, the character is effectivly expressed.

Tone and Color

           Illustration, which can be used on book cover, packaging, or the content of books, is a good example of utilizing elements like tone and color. Tone is operating significantly in the illustraion above. Tone helps to define lightness and darkness in the graphic and creates the feeling of dimension. Tone also tells how light is reflecting on the subjects like clothes and statue in the illustration which shows the reality. Tone let people to see the different levels on the image and disguinsh the object.

           Tone is usually interacting with another visual element which is dimension. Tone shows shade and light that help reinforcing the sense of reality and distance. It aids other method sof plotting space to visualize the objects.

          Color is also important in illustraion because color can stimulate emotion feeling and define the characteristics of the subject in the illustrantion. Color can convey messeges together with tone. For example, color tells the material of swords in the image above. Moreover, depending on what kind of color theme that the illustrator used, the illustraion can have different feeling. Using black, grey and deep blue can shows elegancy and seriousness. Color can also used to show the contrast by applying complementary color just like using black and white.

          Color and shape have interesting relationship because shape always have a color, or you may say that color helps define shapes. Since color has strong hiearchy, things that has similar color are more easily seen as one shape. Furthermore, color and shape together can convey more message rather than just by one of them all alone. Circle is just a circle but a yellow round shape can be interpreted as sun or coins.

Web Design

LINE
 












           Line is the basic structure of web design. It can be  frameworks and textbox on the web page or it can be implied as the boundary of two blocks. It also can be border, divider, contour, or decoration.  Even though it may not be seen on finished work, lines can also be important in planning website like grids and columns to provide clear structure whic increase readability . It is also a useful too to connect elements and enhance comprehension of design.




 

SCALE
 










  

      Scale is important in web design when dealing with the lay out of the web page.  Right kind of scale can relieve viewer's eye and help convey the visual messege more clearly.
For example, you do not want your header and your side bar to be too large that make your main content, where you put the most of information, does not have enough space.
Each element should be put in a appropriate scale and proportion according to their function.As architect has the famous "Golden Mean", web designer also apply golden ratio to arrange their contents. They use the ration to decide the size of different columns. Using scale in design can make it aesthetically pleasing.



COLOR



     













         Color is so essential in most of the visual design field and web design is not in the outside of this range. Color creates feeling and there are many color theories in the world. Designers have to choose a good color theme to reflect the site they are designing. It is also important to consider your audience because different colosr convey different messages and connect different emotinal feeling. For instantce, children like brighter color and men tend to prefer cooler colors. Color also has fashion and seasonality , so it is important to consider a color theme in web design.



Reference




http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/other/the-golden-ratio-in-web-design/

The Synatical Guidelines

I found this book cover is not so good because it looks
uncomfortable. The monotone background created the feeling of leveling and the layout of the types are balanced. However, it doesn't tell much about the book and it can hardly catch people's attention. I think the readers would be easily misunderstand the book just by looking its cover.

I belive this one is more appealing and better. The layout of this bookcover is imbalance and it makes a focus to people. The background looks very dynamic since the strokes  creates stress and suggest a feeling of motion. It show the impact of the loudspeaker which relates to title of "Blogging" and its influence. I thnk it conveyed the message more sucessfully.