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Good article on controlling where you want your viewer to look by emphasing objects and the different ways to accomplish.

this page gives a lot of information on differetn aspects of using emphasis dominance subordination contrast color/value size shape placement isolation proportion

This site went into great detail. Like the book, the site described that the bigger something is, the more important it must be. It also makes an argument for the center being the most important of placing. But could that really be true if something bigger and more noticable was off center?

Emphasis in Design

This website brought to light some very interesting concepts in a humorous way. Similar to the first site that I bookmarked with Diigo, this site talks about the different ways in which emphasis can be achieved: by placement of the main topic of the site (middle of the page for main information and then information that is the next in importance be in a variety of places - isolated? continued in the line of sight provided?), through contrasting colors, and by changing the proportion of images within the text to make them standout.

This webpage gives visual examples of emphasis and a brief explanation of why each example works to capture our attention first.

I stumbled on this page while looking for information on dominance in a web page. As it turns out this whole site has a cornucopia of supplemental information that would probably help out later on in the term. But this page in particular is great because they show simple black and white, literally, diagrammed explanations of how the idea really works.

This web page discusses the concept of focal points, which is covered on page 26 in (Graham, 2005).

This fact sheet on resolving conflict is a great example of ch. 5.  Points out how and when it tends to arise. It also includes the 5 most dominant styles people use to deal with conflict. If you feel as if you are at a dead end with your group member(s) there is a conflict worksheet to take you step by step through fixing your issue.

I like this site because it discusses all of the principles of design mentioned in chapter 1 of our textbook. It also discusses other principles that are not mentioned in the textbook such as continuance and alignment. Overall, very informational and helpful.

I thought this was a good site just because with all the priciples it describes it gives diagrams or drawings as examples to demostrate what they are talking about.

This page decribes similar or the same principles as the text. Aside from expanding on the explanation of each princple this page offers diagrams and drawings to try and help demonstrate what the princple is describing. Principles listed on page: *Balance *Rhythm *Proportion *Dominance *Unity Even though the principles may have different names than the text the way they describe them easily relates to the ones presented in the book.

I felt like this page had some great visuals and definitions of what balance is. I love how they describe that colors can actually "weigh" more than others. I like that they offered new terms like radial balance and mosaic balance (chaotic balance). They gave examples of every concept that they talked about and in a wide range of designs. The writer also does a silly example of making a formula for balance.

Here is a more general article about balance. It uses physical balance as an example to help explain what balance in design is using both the vertical and horizonal axis. The article discusses visual weight in design elements, explaining how each element can effect balance. It also addresses the types of balance: symmetrical, asymmetrical, radial, and mosaic balance.

I liked this article the best because it was short, simple, and straight to the point. It covers all the main points of balance and symmetry. It describes symmetrical balance, radial symmetry, exact, axial, and asymmetrical balance. Two new terms this article presented were approximate symmetry and occult. Approximate symmetry is an overall balance of color, objects, font size, ect. Occult is when the background is the dominant feature of the design. The article gives 3 art radial designs and an art picture of exact symmetry

For those interested in abstract art and photography, this is a great page. It covers the principle of emphasis by providing excellent examples of art.

I really liked this website because it showed how emphasis is necessary for artist creating paintings! Emphasis not only applys to composition and graphic design but also in art!

This website is more about art and paintings, but is a very good example of emphasis and focal points. The page gives good examples on how to create a focal point from focal area, color dominance, value contrasts, visual movement, difference, and shape. Each section has different paintings from various artists but very good examples and ideas of how to lay out things and where the person observing will focus according to your layout.

This page goes over similar material covered in Chp 2 with an emphasis :) in webs design. Brief but interesting.

Trying to make everything on a Web page stand out means that nothing will stand out. Good designers learn to use emphasis wisely so that the important parts of the layout dominate without overwhelming and there is a visual hierarchy that leads the reader through the Web page.