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Lloyd Godman
the use of shapes in visual design - Basic
Shapes - Triangles
Triangles are of much more useful in photographic
design than rectangles. There are a number of reasons for this.
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They are far more common,
this is because they are simpler to visually construct or imply in
a scene. |
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They need only three points for
the apices and these do not need to be in any particular order. |
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Having only three sides, they are
also the most basic of all shapes |
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Also the convergence of parallel
lines is a natural graphic effect of single point perspective that
we encounter all the time in photography. |
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Triangles
also have the advantage of being both dynamic because of the diagonal
lines and sharp corners |
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