Foundations and Patterns
Patterns themselves are the foundation. Ever ask yourself why all human beings are so inclined in seeing patterns and foundations? Especially faces! There are books about it too. Do you fit a pattern? How aboutContinue Reading
Variations in Content
Variations in content can and do exist. One can use the same story presented in Beowulf and just change the content of the character variations to suit the present. Even a story from the BibleContinue Reading
Rhyming Wine and Cheese
Rhyming wine and cheese is all about memorability, form, and content… Ever wonder what makes the pre-propaganda we all know and love so much? What came before is always important to consider in all cultureContinue Reading
Moving Pictures
Moving Pictures Visually in a Narrative offers all cultures a way to express their histories and stories through images and art. Visual literacy spans across all mediums. There are three basic types of visual narrative:Continue Reading
Contrasting Communication Perspective
Contrasting Communication Perspective can move us in different ways. This next post only provides a small sample in Contrasting Communication Perspective with elements of Visual Literacy. Hopefully it’ll leave you with a better understanding inContinue Reading
Tricks of the Light
Texture tricks of the light are major components… …in creating physical and emotional responses in all artwork. All Visual Texture tricks of the light simulate our sense of touch in a visceral sense. Synthetic texturesContinue Reading
Colors in Communication
Communication and Colors! Colors in communication are used as perceptual tools that people use to communicate danger, happiness, and caution. It helps interpret identity and cultural norms. Color also helps us to establish rules. ColorContinue Reading
Elements of Visual Literacy
The elements of visual literacy resemble the rules of grammar. Here is the basic syntax: Line, Shape, Form, Value, color, Texture, and Space A Line is a path of a moving point. Shape is anContinue Reading
Visual Montage Perception
Visual montage perception in advertising might prove to be interesting. With that in mind, we’ll start with the classics… Mimesis (/mɪˈmiːsɪs, mə-, maɪ-, -əs/;[1] Ancient Greek: μίμησις mīmēsis, from μιμεῖσθαι mīmeisthai, “to imitate”, from μῖμοςContinue Reading
Visual Influence Literacy
How much of the visual world influences your decisions? People make visual choices every day that determine how we experience ourselves and each other. Our world is built upon our visual influence and literacy inContinue Reading