For this project, we were taught all about the principles of design and how they can make a drawing unique. Our goal was to make five drawings based on the principles of design, and attempt to "personify" them through artwork. This was our very first project in our design class, and I am fairly proud of how it turned out! The principle pictured above took movement into account. I used the principles of repetition (seen in the circles) and knockout (seen in the white space where the circles touch).

In this drawing, I had the popular design principle of contrast in mind. To help show this better, I utilized both contrast in orientation (seen in each rectangle being flipped in different ways around the scene) and overlap (shown in two places, both being in the larger shapes in the scene).

Balance is one of the most notable design elements in the industry, and it can easily be seen at work within this drawing. Both pattern (as seen in the switching of the cubes all the way down the page) and repetition (similarly seen in the same way as pattern is). What I like about this is that the pattern continues off of the page to signify it goes forever.

My fourth drawing, which covers the principle of rhythm, is most likely my favorite as I feel it communicates the purpose very well. Focal point (all the triangles pointing to the center of the page) and negative space (an overwhelming use of white space throughout the canvas) are very easy to spot here as well.

Likely the cleanest looking drawing that was produced by myself during this project, proportion can very obviously be seen as the principle being represented by these two triangles. Contrast in value (white on black versus black on white) and contrast in size (small triangle on top of larger triangle, not to mention large versus small triangle) are being used to the advantage of the principle.

Here are all of the sketches that could have become ideas put onto paper. The quick sketches that are starred on each page are the ones that I chose to make into my final pieces. We were told to spend just a few minutes on each of these sketches, so they are not very detailed. There were many of these ideas that I wanted to pick but did not because of the mastery level it could have taken in order to execute them on a larger piece of paper. As this was my first project, I carefully considered my options before choosing the level of challenge that I was up for.