Contrast

Contrast is my favorite design principle. It can be simply defined as difference. A few examples of art elements in contrast are light/dark, big/small, sharp/blurry and rough/smooth. Generally speaking the greater the degree of contrast, the more dramatic the impact.

I took this snapshot while walking to work. The sight of a kid’s shoe abandoned on top of the gray rock caught my eye. Though the list below didn’t manifest itself in my brain, at some levels these observations were recorded.

• Kid’s sneaker on top of a rock
  • Soft/Hard
    • Shoe/Rock
    • Green Leaves/Rock
  • Playful Patterns/Undistinguished Surface
  • Light/Dark
    • Shoe/Rock
    • Sunlit/Shaded
  • Colorful/Drab
  • Small/Large

Use of contrast is a common theme within the descriptions for my portfolio.