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how you arrange the elements in your picture area

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- picture area
- rule of thirds
- cropping
- tangents
- balance
- depth
- perspective

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- picture area
- all elements desired in your illustration

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you can change scale, placement, focal point, and arrangement of all elements in your picture area

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your first most important consideration to composition

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- must be defined
- match the type of illustration for your proportions and size
- what is the genre?
- what is the use?
- how will it be printed or displayed?
- what is the narrative??

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- where to place objects and how large
- where do you want focus?
- all elements being the same size makes for a boring image
- bigger element isn’t always focal point

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- two person compositions are hard to pull off

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- doesn’t have to be a figure
- sky could be dominant in an illustration

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- scale is important

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- divide a canvas into thirds horizontally and vertically
- place focal point on one of the crossing points
- doesn’t need to be exact to work
- doesn’t always need to be done
- “Never split composition in half” is rule you can break when needed, but should have a reason

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bad places
- at joints
- at head/neck

good places
- mid shin
- between knee and hips
- between hips and waist
- under shoulders

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elements of illustration go off sides of picture area
(artist is @smimimi on instagram)

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- have elements going off the canvas
- you can break this rule
- helps eye move around the picture area
- you can crop to add too your narrative

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- look awkward if hit right at edge of picture area
- can be used to draw viewers attention to a certain point

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- visual weight

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- symmetrical vs asymmetrical
- add a frame or framing elements
- overlaying elements

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(artist is @0073.uv on instagram)

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- atmospherical perspective
- dark to light
- saturated to desaturated
- warm to cool

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- placing dark objects over light objects to create contrast and dominance
- limiting values

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placement of camera

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- can help tell the story of the illustration
- birds eye vs worms eye

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(artist is @smimimi on instagram)

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focal point, hole in side of head, follows rule of thirds
(artist is Norman Duenas)