Design Elements

By Kristen

Texture

http://akvis.com/img/examples/sketch/wolf-color-sketch/bw-sketch-default.jpg

This sketch is of a wolf. The texture of the wolf seems to be furry, but it is just lines on paper.

This is called implied texture. Texture is the surface quality of a shape.

Lines

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.tutorialmagazine.com/img/square/112.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.tutorialmagazine.com/tutorials/view_detail/trendy_geometric_lines_design_tutorial_88&usg=__NGvmR9pJyrlv8msO1YPlHgM3rM8=&h=300&w=300&sz=42&hl=en&start=2&zoom=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=KhULYFYcHvpokM:&tbnh=116&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dlines%2Bdesign%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DN%26ndsp%3D18%26tbs%3Disch:1

The arangement of the lines give this picture a futuristic quality. The lines of this picture gives it the balance, movement, and action.

Direction

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.easyvectors.com/assets/images/vectors/source1/rainbow-and-circles1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.easyvectors.com/browse/other/rainbow-and-circles&usg=__m9yNmD7D2IZOpXNOAxu0gygRtNk=&h=292&w=400&sz=50&hl=en&start=11&zoom=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=ooeYACerPQchKM:&tbnh=91&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddirection%2Bdrawing%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26tbs%3Disch:1

 The direction in this picture decribes movement and seems almost to be moving

across the picture.

Shape

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.art-made-easy.com/images/dog-drawing-4.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.art-made-easy.com/drawing-with-shapes.html&usg=__xMk_EOhIbD_u83MmmyXYgcmJiEM=&h=469&w=407&sz=21&hl=en&start=10&zoom=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=OZZqe5DXiThLAM:&tbnh=128&tbnw=111&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddrawing%2Bwith%2Bshapes%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26tbs%3Disch:1

This dog is made up of a few shapes with addes details. Shapes are self contained areas that are made up of lines. For instance the dog's ears are triangles. The head and muzzle are circles. The body is an oval. Shapes can make many things.

Size
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.bungie.net/images/Games/Halo2/Gallery/Concept/concept_ivorytower_persp.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.freewebs.com/hypnotichippo/pictures.htm&usg=__zwfKYToBd1h8v3pbbIK50-QMtps=&h=710&w=800&sz=306&hl=en&start=121&zoom=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=YQ13WPgQ8L4f-M:&tbnh=127&tbnw=143&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dperspective%2Bdrawing%26start%3D108%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DN%26ndsp%3D18%26tbs%3Disch:1

The person in the front looks bigger than the people in the back due to perspective. Size is simply the relationship of the area occupied by shape to that of another.

Color
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.tuxpaint.org/gallery/antonis/Color_Smudges.png&imgrefurl=http://www.tuxpaint.org/gallery/%3Fshow_artist%3DANTONIS&usg=__uQhTV26ndgChkmHr9Mu-TlNH1_c=&h=376&w=448&sz=293&hl=en&start=7&zoom=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=LXCZR_D3kHjVuM:&tbnh=107&tbnw=127&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcolor%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26tbs%3Disch:1

Color is the hue. This picture has many colors.

Value

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://images.travelpod.com/users/prieststrip/1.1260818993.tones-of-blue-in-iceburg.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/prieststrip/1/1260818993/tpod.html&usg=__5NIvz7gsLNsvfGxVluWaiSzXtRo=&h=367&w=550&sz=47&hl=en&start=5&zoom=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=rxmBBMorSGatUM:&tbnh=89&tbnw=133&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtones%2Bof%2Bblue%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26tbs%3Disch:1

Value is just tone. This picture shows many tones of blues, or many different shades of blue.