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You, Take Two.
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Compositional Devices
How to organize your space to
interact with your viewer
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Angles
Straight on
(connects the
viewer to theimage)
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Angles Worms-Eye
View (makes
the viewer feel
less than the
image
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Angles
Birds-eye View
(makes the
viewer feel
important, feel
large, or feel
empowered)
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Consider Distance
Conversational
(1-4 feet); like a
personal bubble
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Distance
Zoomed In (In
your FACE!;
extremely close)
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Distance
Zoomed Out (to
include multiple
objects
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Distance toA
chieve! NEAR/FAR
(2 important
aspects in
which one is
close, and one
is far)
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Set-up checks. Have you .filled at least
75% of the space
with your main
elements?
.. Cropped off 2
or more sides inthe composition?
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How to Involve the viewer..1st person vs. 3rd person perspective
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The challenge:
Pick a random object and written
prompt.
Create a composition with multiple
views of yourself (near and far) drawn
from observation which tell a story. The
story is based on your written promptand includes your selected object.
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Steps:1 Create thumbnails of composition
possibilities
2 Begin sketching in pencil
3 Work in more values using black oil
pastel, thin with solvent for grays
4 Lastly, use selective color to add
emphasis to the focus of your
composition
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