Line
Simplest graphic unit; abstraction
Handwriting
Pressure-sensitive; gestural; intimate
Impersonal Line
Unvarying; mechanical; intellect-signifier
Material & Line Qualities
Line affected by material used
Implied Line
Direction established by gestalt (good continuation)
Line as Edge
Sense of linear edge of shape; feathered transitions
Line & Three-Dimensional Form
Line can strengthen 3-D form, actual or illusion; hatching and cross-hatching
Directed Tension
Gives motion; often diagonals
Movement & Change
Essentially gradient; orderly progression
Vertical/Horizontal/Diagonal
Vertical/horizontal= still; diagonal= motion; playing off against each other
Stroboscopic Motion
Overlapping gradient
Time
Visual devices to imply the passage of time: comic strip; multiple images; left to right
Value & Light
2-D illusion of light
Value as Light/Comparing Values
Context and comparison to make judgements
Weight of Value
Darker= heavier; clustering marks (text) gives darker value
Value Contrast
Controlling range of values gives degrees of luminosity
Space & Volume
Tonal gradient gives sense of volume
Transparency & Reflection
Values can create illusions of transparency or projected light; film decreases light - subtractive; lightens - additive
