Alignment Assignment

Here is my alignment assignment. We were told to create an image that looked like one found in our books and make sure to follow the alignment and layout of the image. I used an image I found on stockvault.net to put in the colored blocks on the side. Then I aligned the title with its different fonts and length words so that they would match up and be visually appealing. I then created a big S and used loremipsum so have words to act as paragraphs.

Shapes

For this picture, I found an image of fruits and then created a heart shape around it and filled it with black. I selected the shape and then inverted the selection so that you could see the fruit image through it.

Here are my visuals of shapes and different effects on those shapes. I used texture to create the different look on the flower shape. I then used the styles item to change the pattern on the paw print. The grassy shape, I used just to adjust its color. I put a green color all over and then decided to do a fading color to make it look better visually.

Gestalt

For this assignment we were working with gestalt. Gestalt is a word for shape and it is used in visual literacy to refer to the concept of wholeness or togetherness.

Continuity represents a progression of many elements that make up a connected whole. I used a the circular shape that was already lined into four sections and then used the arrows to make it seem as though the areas are continuing from one side of the circle, through it and then to the other side.
Similarity is referring to things that are similar to each but not the same, and then put into the same area or shape. The arrows are the same but in different directions, and in the same shape. The other shapes have similar points, but also are put into the same shape next to each other.
Proximity means closeness or nearness. I used the same individual shape but them put them into different whole shapes, and lines. The space that is between them is showing the proximity and making them visually appealing in different ways.
With closure in visual literacy it means using shapes to create another shape or a closure. With the stars a shape is created within them and with the other arrow like shapes a diamond is created in the middle.