ENGL307: Digital Writing

This You Tube video is all about color balance. The person in the video took a photo that was already balanced and created different variations of the same photo.

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)

This link is for our 2nd projects. If you are looking for a couple tips on how to proceed, check this page out.

The summary of Interactivity. What is better than a summary of the history behind this design element?!

A video about isometric perspective and how it is used in architectural design in a fast sketch.

The work done in this video is crazy! A great example of isometric perspective. Check it out! 

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

An old picture that exemplifies both perspective and balance. I thought it was really cool that even old pictures follow the same rules that we learn today.

This website gives more in depth information about the design concept of balance. It gives several examples of balance with an explanation of how a particular image is balanced. This website is useful because of the examples it gives since the concept of balance is somewhat confusing.

Here is another tutorial on layout and graphic design.

This is a gentalman showing the importance of layout in a graphic design.

This gives a great definition of interactivity

I thought this was an interesting you tube video about how to organize and layout a project effectively.

This is a pretty entertaining video of how people use different perspectives in their photographs in order to create illusions, it is super cool and related.

This video covers the basic concepts that define balance as a principle of design.

This site gives step by step directions on how to draw the golden spiral, which I found to be the most changeling concept discussed this week. This site is really helpful if you wanted to use the Golden Spiral rule to give balance to an image.

This site gives step by step directions on how to draw the golden spiral, which I found to be the most changeling concept discussed this week. This site is really helpful if you wanted to use the Golden Spiral rule to give balance to an image.

Really engaging! Broke down the process for me a little further.

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 is great information on the topic of color vision and how the eyes and brain work to allow us to perceive color.

I thought this little blog was very useful for understanding rule of thirds as it applies to photography. I was already familiar with the rule from my photography class in high school and I find it is easier to understand in that context as opposed to the digital drawing arena. Basically, because I understand it in the photography context, it allows me to better understand it the way it has been presented in the text.

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.