Harmon Intro Design Principles - Response

    

Stage III The Inhibition Experiment 

        An artist creates asymmetrical balance by balancing a large form by smaller forms. For example, the artist will usually make the larger form more important and attention grabbing by balancing it out with two smaller forms.  In this piece, the artist drew the heads of the human figures abnormally large. They are balanced by the smaller figures around them. Repetitive rhythm dominates the work.

     Several ways used to unify an art work is through colors, lyrical patterns, and repetitive theme or rhythm.  This is done so that the unity of the art work is balanced as a whole. Bits and pieces are all brought together to make the art work a whole. In the art work above, the same colors of red, orange and yellow are repeated through the piece. Then there is a reflection of the image underneath the figures, which shows the same figures over again. It is like a reflection of you in the mirror or a river almost.

    Scale is the most important decision an artist makes when planning an art work. Simply because scale gives an art work a whole new feeling and expression using scale. Scale can make the characters of the art work feel humorous, gloomy and even vulnerable. In the piece above, scale is used to make the art more humorous and fun in a way. It seems that the artists want to grab the attention of the viewer by having characters more expressive.