2D Design

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Design

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to organize visual sensations and assign an order/meaning to them. (synonyms: plan, organize)

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Line

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A mark whose length is considerably greater than its width.

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Line quality

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The appearance of a line, depending on instrument, substrate and hand of the artist

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Outline

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Real or imaginary lines that describe shapes and their edges or boundaries.

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Implied line

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real or imaginary line that divides space and directs the viewer's eye around the composition. (synonym: psychic line)

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Contour line

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Line that adds interior detail to an outline and provides clues about volume and describes real edges within and outline

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Gestural line

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dynamic, free-form line used to convey action

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Value line

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line used to create value. examples: hatching, crosshatching, stippling, screening

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Shape

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1: An enclosed area that is identifiably distinct from its background and other shapes

:2a figure that appears to be flat (2D)

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Form

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1: Refers to apparent solidity or three-dimensionality of a drawn or painted object

2: a figure that appears to be 3D

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Edge

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a boundary along which two different areas, or surfaces meet

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Mass

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apparent solidity of a form (synonym: positive space)

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Volume

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apparent space around a form (Synonym: negative space)

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Geometric shape

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mechanical shape created by mathamatical formula

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organic shape

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shape based on shapes found in nature

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Invented shape

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shape that does not contain context or order

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abstract

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to simplify an object down to its essential elements

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overlapping

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implying shape by obscuring part of an image by another one that seems to lie between it and the viewer

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Abutting

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implying shape by arranging objects so that they share a common edge (synonym: juxtapose)

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interlocking

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implying shape by fitting one object's edge into an adjoining object like a jigsaw puzzle

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texture

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describes sensations received tactiley

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visual texture

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sensations received visually but interpreted tactilely

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actual texture

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the superficial look/feel of a surface

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local texture

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an attempt to visually depict actual texture

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interpretive texture

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an attempt to capture the essense of actual texture

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collage

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a composition formed from found materials glued or sewn onto a service.

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impasto

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use of thick paint with a brush or knife strokes that show as textural effects

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spatial

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pertaining to or creating the illusion of space

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foreground

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in a 2D work, the area that seems closest to the viewer.

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middle ground

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in a 2D work, the area that appears to lie in a middle distance between the foreground and background

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background

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in a 2D work, the area that appears the farthest from the viewer, also creates an illusion of three-dimensional depth

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horizon line

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the distant point at which sky and ground appear to meet

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vanishing point

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point toward which all lines, aside from viewers normal to viewer's sight line, will recede or converge

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value

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relative lightness or darkness of an object. influences perception of space and emotional response

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value gradations

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gradual stages between light and dark

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Why do we design?

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