2D design class: April 2010

these first images show the illusion of motion. The image of the kitten is an example of anticipated motion. The kitten is in mid run or bound and your mind tells you that gravity will be taking over any second now. The kitten will hit the ground and presumably continue to run, this is the essence of anticipated motion. The Picture of the martial artists (In the upper right) shows motion with blurred outlines. Notice that the teacher is vary crisp looking (with clean edges) and the students are barely recognizable from the blur of sudden motion. The contrast between teacher and student clearly shows the illusion of motion through blurred outlines. The last picture of motion is the orbs in the checkered hallway (bottom right of this paragraph). this image shows motion through figure cropping. The orbs are off the page on the outside edges giving the feeling of motion. However I am not sure if the orbs are traveling towards or away from the viewer because there is no line or texture to show direction.

These Images show the illusion of space. The pic with the subject on the stairs shows space from an aerial perspective. You are looking down on the subject and the vanishing point is in or near the center of the image. There is also a bit of an overlapping sense of space. The spiral stairs overlap the ground and base stairs and the pole overlaps the spiral stairs. The pole and "cage" surrounding the stairs also creates something of a linear perspective. they all point to the vanishing point. The image below (smurfesque.com) shows space with overlapping elements. The drop shadows and layering make each piece seem like it is floating above the last. The image in the upper right (checkered hall again) shows space through size variation and linear perspective. The checkered walls and floor create lines that all travel to a vanishing point in the center of the page. The orbs in this "checkered hall" grow smaller as they get closer to the vanishing point furthering the illusion of space.