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This photograph is an example of using color to provide emphasis, that is only the tiger is left with color in the image to allow the audience to focus on the tiger.

Every week it never fails, any site with more visual examples of the design element is the easiest and sometimes quickest way for to fully grasp the concept of it.

A short article that goes into patters and repetition in art and design.

Week 8: repetition. Helps to solidify the different types of repetition out there in design.

The Association Principle: Association is an advertising technique that involves drawing a mental link between a product and desirable qualities of various kinds that may include attractiveness, wealth, success, family, patriotism, security, happiness, youthfulness, health, adventure, independence, love, romance, sex, etc. If the ad contains:

I was inspired by the storyboard example in the textbook. So this is Toy Story 1 storyboard read.

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.

Although this webpage isn't reallf long, I think it is simple and imformative about what alingment is. It also discusses the use of grids in graphic designs and it also explains the types of text alignments that are discussed in the book. Overall this website is short, simple and sweet but helpful.

The about.com page on alignment

The about.com page on alignment

CHAPTER 5:ALIGNMENT I liked this website because it shows how alignment is used in web page layouts which i think would be very helpful in this class and in this digital age

Some more advanced principals of design that can be used to attract readers. This particular page goes over how elements in web page design can be put in balance to create greater (or lesser) impact to an audience.

The about.com page on balance in design.

I think this is a great resource because it caters directly to digital writing in that it is aimed at how balance works and can be achieved in web design. (10/14)

all about emphasis & its importance

this had clear bolded instructions, making it clear

BoD Chapter 2: This page contains an outline of emphasis techniques to create visual hierarchy. It also includes links to more information on web design and links to templates for web publishing.

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 Three: Very in depth analysis of contrast in web design that also applies to contrast in other forms of design and publication.

A web design is made of many different elements, each having varying levels of importance and some demanding prominence over others. << more detailed information on the importance of contrast.

Contrast types descriptions and alot of good examples of each type of contrast

This is a really really good website that talks about the design element of balance. It not only gives good definitions about the different types of balance, it also provides very good pictures that clearly demonstrate what balance is and how it is used in art as well as graphic design.

This page gives a good definition of the principle of balance and gives good examples.

This site gave some great additional insights into how balance can be used in design. It was nice to get another perspective in addition to the book. It explained it effectively and in simpler terms. Definitely worth the read!

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.

Ch 7-BoD Flow This site illustrates the concept of visual movement of flow in web design. The picture shown on the page provides hands-on examples of visual elements through text blocks which create "flow."

CHAPTER 7:FLOW This site gives tons of examples of great flow in websites and I found it very helpful in brainstorming ideas for project 2.

This site has lots of great examples it critiques after a breif summary of flow.