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CHAPTER 6-REPETITION I liked this site because it showed examples of repetition using websites and I thought it was very fitting to look at for project 2

This site is awesome! It's dedicated to galvanizing design elements, trends, and problems in web design.  However, it not only makes the audience aware of the problems, it offers solutions on how to effectively fix design/elemental misuse issues.

This page is about 25 different examples of emphasis

25 Examples of Emphasis Applied in Web Design

This website provides several examples of how emphasis can be used in web design. It shows how proportion, contrast and physical relationship can be added to create this sense of emphasis. The easiest method of creating emphasis seems to be contrast. It is very easy to create contrast by simply using different, contrasting colors.

Blog about the "when to" of graphic design - implementing images.

When you should use images in web design

Examples of using Images in web design appropriately.

20 Effective examples of using images in web design

"Proper alignment of elements and text on your website greatly impact the overall design."

great definition of typography. Along with many of the other key terms from this chapter

Not only covers the line element of design, but several elements of design to help me in the future and past readings!

This website discusses the types of font that most often work well in web design

Examples of good balance in design

Website devoted to exposing web pages with designs that suck. This site has many examples and some even explain why they suck if it isn't already obvious

A website that specializes in media design. I found it relevant and useful because it is real life application of what we are learning about and shows that people need specialists to get a certain emotion or point across. 

Interesting thoughts on rhetoric of design

Interesting thoughts on rhetoric of design

This is a fantastic resource because it refers to and combines several design fundamentals. Dots and points can have a lot to do with lines, implies or otherwise.

This website lists repetition as being one of the 4 principles of good designs for websites. This shows how useful repetition can be when used in the creation of a website. It is a fundamental tool that should be used by designers when appropriate.

This website provides some inspiring examples of typography being used effectively in web design. These examples are incredibly useful for anyone interested in designing a website because they show you how to properly utilize typography. Each of these examples chose the perfect type to build there website around and the typography really adds to the overall site.

These are some cool examples of geometric shapes being used in web design. My favorite is the Yuna website. I don't know why, but I have a thing for really simple designs that use basic geometric shapes. I think there's beauty in simplicity.

breaksdown symmetry into subcatorgories

Balance is concerned with the distribution of visual interest -- what is where in a composition. << This source gives further understanding for balance and shows how symmetry is related to it. 

Another article with more details and a more clear layout to understand different sections of balance within design.

CHAPTER4- BALANCE This website dives into the principle of balance and the different types. It also explains what can influence balance. (size, texture, orientation, etc.)

An article about balance in visual design that has a break down of different elements of balance.

"Balance is the equal distribution of visual weight in a design. "

This site gives complete tutorials on several wordpress functions.

This site gives complete tutorials on several wordpress functions. The site offers 26 different step by step design and layout tutorials. These tutorials teach you how to design unique and fun layouts for your blog and website.

Another great Design Layout and emphasis page. specifically for it's use of original examples although the commentary is a bit lacking

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"