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This website gives a list of great uses of texture in web design. My favorite is the website for Andreas Fretz. This website is for a landscaping company and uses the texture of plants to help the viewer feel like they are in the right place.

Since I used this example in the RoD assignment this week I thought I would use it here too.

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.

Another example of the Golden Spiral because I found this concept hard to understand at first

This is an ancient example of the use of repetition, I think that sometimes it is important to reflect on our past and realize that many of the elements and principles of design that are learned now were at one point just part of human nature.

REPETITION is the use of similar or connected pictorial elements. For example, similar shapes, colors or lines that are used more than once"

I thought this video was perfect to give an example of emphasis I didn't even think of emphasis as focal point.

This blog had many examples of elements of deign, including emphasis which was read about this week

After reading this weeks assignments I was still a little confused on the study of semiotics, I bookmarked this site because it gives examples as well as links to words they use to explain the definition. This site was very helpful in understanding the study of semiotics. I also made this one my favorite as semiotics was the root of our reading assignment this week.

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

I like what the person in this video said about repetition. For example, mentions to give your project some variety by moving some parts of your project around. Or you could give it a new color or texture in order for it to catch the audiences eye.

"I want you!" Uncle Sam is a great example of a symbolic association, whether viewers see him as a symbol of patriotism or propaganda, he is definitely associated with America as a popular rhetorical device. This might be what I choose to use for my rhetorical design assignment this week...hmm...

This short presentation gave a concise, real world definition and application of rhetoric. The examples in this video were especially effective.

BALANCE. This website expands more on how one can achieve balance in a layout, specifically with symmetrical and asymmetrical balancing. It also provides examples of each balancing act to highlight the methods described in the website.

Gives better examples on asymmetrical balance and also gives a more in depth definition of what this type of balance is.

Symmetrical balance is for more formal designs and Asymetrical balance is for more informal designs.

This webpage gives a good definition of balance and proportion and shows some pictures with examples that can help understand the concepts.

Principle of design using balance in art, shows example of balance used as a means to control gravity (balance) in art work.

BoD Chapter 4: I really like this site because it provides visual examples for all styles of balance.

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. 

Six tabs that show different visual examples of alignment and how it can be used.