PictorialCompositionsIntroductionAs an artist or illustrator, you exercise total control over a picture area byusing the basic principles of composition and dot, line, tone, direction,shapes, motion, color, texture, and scale. No other format offers suchlimitless control of content.Picture depthin pictorialcompositionsIt is impossible to include in a flat two-dimensional picture all you canperceive about an object. When working in pictorial compositions, each two-dimensional representational image is the result of many decisions. One ofthe early decisions to make before beginning final artwork is whether or notto portray an object in two or more dimensions. Study the works of M. C.Escher, a master mathematician and draftsman. No other twentieth-century.artist displays such mastery of image interdimensionally and illusion.TWO DIMENSIONAL: Two-dimensional images have height and width butno depth. Two-dimensional images are often called decorative images. Theimages float superficially on the substrate surface and do not invite theviewer inside.THREE DIMENSIONAL: Three-dimensional images have height, width, anddepth. Referred to as plastic representations, shapes in three dimensionsappear to be in-the-round. The viewer perceives three-dimensional images asmore realistic.FOUR DIMENSIONAL: Four dimensional imagery contains height, width,depth, and the element of time. Computer-generated imagery mayincorporate time as an element in image creation or image evolution.INFINITE DIMENSION: Images drawn in infinite dimension appearendless. The picture plane acts as a window through which the viewerobserves the subject.SHALLOW: Shallow images are sometimes called Limited depth imagesbecause you can control the visual elements and limit the amount of depth inthe picture area.Continued on next page1-24
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