Principles of Design

1. Define design.
2. What is a good design?
3. What are the 3 aspects of design?
4. What is balance?
5. Name the two types of balance and briefly explain each.
. Draw an example of each type of balance.
!. What is rhythm?
". Name the two types of rhythm and briefly explain each.
#. Draw an example of each type of rhythm.
1$. What is proportion?
11. Draw an example of proportion.
12. What is emphasis?
13. %i&e two examples of how emphasis is accomplished.
14. Draw an example of 'mphasis.
15. What is (nity?
1. %i&e two examples of how )nity is accomplished.
Answer Sheet
1. It is the purpose, planning, or intention that exists or is thought to exist behind an
action, fact, or material object.
2. A good design is Innovation, its Functional, and is intuitive.
3. They are the basic units of a painting, drawing, design or other visual piece Including
Color, ses, Attributes, !hape, Category, Texture, !pace And Form.
4. *t is an even distribution of weight enabling someone or something to remain
upright and steady.
5. It is a condition in which different elements are e"ual or in the correct proportions.
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7. #hythm is something you can feel or something you can describe. !uch as art
and music.
8. +wo types of rhythm is art and m)sic, beca)se they are both things we created and
we feel.
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10. $roportion is the measurement around things that are alive or machines that
have weird shapes. That means %umans, Animals, Cars, Cranes, Trains, and &CT.
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12. &mphasis is a principle of art which occurs any time an element of a piece is
given dominance by the artist. In other words, the artist ma'es part of the wor' stand
out, in order to draw the viewer(s eye there first.
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15. The state of being united or joined as a whole.
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)ou want to unite with a partner to do wor' or to unite your lives. In other
words you want to get married* you must unite with that special someone
and live life together, sharing a house and ma'ing a family.