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Lloyd Godman
the use of Lines in visual design
The arrangement
of several points can suggest a line. This brings us to the next visual
strategy - LINES.
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The dominant feature of this image is the single line of the pipe. |
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This image of the tree trunk and the jet trail contains 2 lines on a plain background of the sky - |
Where as
in graphic illustration a line might be the first mark made on the page,
in photography it is less obvious and often occurs by implication.
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On
the left of this image are a series of white points or small lines,
look how the eye links these to create a longer and bolder line
within the image.
we see this in other
areas of the image also. |
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Once the
eye follows a line it has the tendency to carry on the line and
it searches to continue the line on. In Gestalt theory we call this continuation. |
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Once
the eye begins to follow a line it has a tendency to carry on
and line to some other visual element close by pointing in a similar
direction. |
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If
a line appears to leave the edge of the frame, the eye wants to
follow it in a similar direction - in some cases this might suggest
that it continues on to infinity -
However
- if the line visually intersects with another imaginary line
outside the frame we have a reference to join the two and create
closure.
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For instance - in
this image we have an indication to the height and the width
of the chamber - but no reference to the length
We can use this
technique to suggest spaces an other visual elements are larger
than they are in reality.
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