Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Shape Assignment Vocab


Geometeric Shape: Regular shapes most often found in human-made objects, machines and architecture. Circles, ovals, squares, rectangles, and triangles are common geometric shapes.
Organic Shape: Shapes that we see them in nature and with characteristics that are free flowing, informal and irregular. Examples are leafs, seashells, and flowers.
Symmetrical Balance: Equality and correspondence in size, shape, color, relative position, etc. on opposite sides of a dividing line or axis.
Asymmetrical Balance: The placement of non-identical forms to either side of a balancing point in such a way that the two sides seem to be of the same visual weight.
Radial Balance: the balance as the result of components that are distributed around a center point or spring out from a central line.

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