Three Color Compositions

After last class, I felt like I got a better understanding of what I wanted, and how to balance the figure ground. Also, Luke had mentioned that if you were to turn off one layer of the composition, meaning one color, and were to only look at one layer at a time, each individual color would be able to work as a separate composition, and that then together the composition should work as well. I took those things in mind, and tired to consider them as I created my first composition. Out of the three compositions, this is by far my favorite. I feel it is balanced, and the different curves with the bold lines work well together. I also tried to create a little dimension by having some part be over the bold lines and others underneath it. I'm not sure how that turned out, but I am very satisfied with this piece and excited to try doing something similar with 4 colors.



This Composition, I was thinking about fall, and the leaves. I'm not sure if it works. I wanted the leaves to not be perfect, but I wanted them to look more like they were blowing. I'm not sure I that ended up happening.

And this last one, I used primary colors, and just made it really quickly. I also don't really like it. But I think it works better then the second one. I think I like things that are more curvy then box like.

2 Color Compositions

For the 2 color compositions, I decided to think about why I was a graphic design major and what I wanted to do with the knowledge I gained. One of those things is to offer invitations announcements. This top one is a theme that I am really drawn to, the curly parts anyways. After I finished that, I thought, I needed to add something else, but I wasn't quite sure what. I knew if I was making this for someone it would have text on it, so that's were the weird line pattern came from. I feel I got carried away , and added things that didn't really fit, and didn't know when to stop. If I could remove somethings, I think I would enjoy this composition more.


This Composition, I tried to be more free with, but it just became a pattern, and didn't really look at the page as a whole. Sometimes, if I don't pay attention, then I forget about important things like figure ground.


This Composition, I tried to create energy with the lines, and dots off the lines, and added another aspect to the page with the larger circles. I again forgot about the figure ground, and fell that this could become something if I paid more attend to the background, and how I place things.

One Color Composition

My first composition, I wasn't sure were to start, so since it was in black and white (or one color) I went back to what I had learned in my 2 design class. We did something similar to this is class and I liked the technique. Its hard when your not given very many guidelines. I spent the most time on this composition, and liked the way it turned out.



The second I did the same technique, but when for a larger scale, I was trying to use sharper lines, and balance the black and white, but I think I ended up leaving more white then black.



This third one, I tried to do something completely different, and so I freehand my signature (First initial and last name K DON) and placed it on the bottom of the page. I liked that this one has more movement in it, but again I left a lot of white background, and feel it would work better with all the extra white space cropped off, and some of the green going off the top of the page and coming back on.