COMMUNICATIONS ARCH1142

Research on a chosen spatial element

Visual attraction:

· When an image is viewed the viewer’s eye travels over the image a small part at a time. This path depends on a range of things including light, tones, distinctive shapes and subjects.

· Visual elements are used to guide to viewers eye around the image. Generally along the path of a line.

· The movement of the eye throughout an image generates implied lines. An implied line may be defined by the mental connection of two or more elements that are visually attractive, similar shape or in close proximity to each other.

· The attempt to follow the direction of a subject’s gaze in an image to see what the subject is looking at creates an implied line. A moving object implies a line of travel.

· If implied lines enclose an area they define implied shape. Implied line and shapes can carry the same associations as visible ones. E.g. an arrangement of interesting objects in an image may form a circle. Also an arrangement implying a triangle could give a stable feel to an image.

Here are a few examples of implied line, implied shape and viewer attraction:

a) The implied line of the rocks leads you to the hills in the background.

a) The implied line from the boys mouth leads to the forming bubble

a) The implied lines are illustrated by the orange and purple lines.

a) The implied line is leading to the main subject of the image.