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This is a great tutorial on all the four basic design principals. The creator has made remember the principals of design easy by calling it the C.R.A.P design principals. C.R.A.P standis for contrast, repetition, alignment and proximity.

This video goes into the science behind how our eyes flow across a web page and how the lack of flow can make a company loose money from their website. Our eyes are sensitive to color and detail as well as motion and contrast.

This is a copy of pages from a presentation that talks about the repitition element and other design elements that we have discussed in class. These pages are very informative and provides some good examples.

Goes into Contrast, Repetition, Alignment and Proximity when it comes to design.

Once you learn exactly why good design is CRAP, then you, too, will see vast improvements in your designs as well.

For anyone who has not used newbie if you can not figure out something digital check here first there are tons of user generate tutorials to help you out.

For beginning website design newbie is a great tool for any form of digital mediums.

It's not the Robin Williams you were thinking of I was disappointed too but the article is a great reflection of how CRAP design impacts the web.

I decided to share this so everyone could be as disappointed as I was when I found out it was not the Robin Williams I was thinking of. The article has plenty of relevant points though and is worth a read.

Hello everyone, many website owners make schoolboy errors, that makes their website, well, crap. These errors can cause an annoyance to a large percentage of visitors, and can actually drive traffic away. If you avoid all the reasons I have listed below, you are sure to have an outstanding annoying free website! << This source gives 20 tips on making your website CRAP!

"REPETITION is the use of similar or connected pictorial elements." This webpage also gives a clear definition of every element of design.

This is a video where all the elements of C.R.A.P. are defined and explained in a funny and easy way.

Balance is one of the important points the success of a design. Everyone loves the convenience to what they see. Balance in graphic design can be achieved by adjusting the visual weight of each element, both in terms of scale, color, contrast, etc.

I really like this website because it explains different type of alignment. I like that you can move your cursor over objects and the invisible alignment shows.

explains the basic types of alignment and continues to explain it in full with very detailed examples.

Alignment is one of those obvious design concepts that hardly seem worth making a big deal about. << Explains the importance of alignment. 

Ways and methods to create a focal point

There are few Ways to Create a Focal Point: by Contrast, Isolation , Placement. this article gives example of each

"method used to attract attention in the design of a page or work of art is the use of a focal point"

Gives instructions on how to make a flyer that  gets attention! Very informational once again!!

CONTRAST. This website not only gives a short explanation of the concepts of design but it also gives examples from actual websites which portray the elements in use. Extremely helpful for visual learners. 

This is a blog site that discusses the four principles of good design including alignment. Each principle is discussed in depth and images are used to support the discussion.

Chapter 6, Repetition: An analysis of contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity with examples of each in the form of website design. This shows how they all work in harmony and how they impact the design element of a website.