Motion and Value

  Motion

Relative Stillness- While these images appear like still figures, there are still aspects of them that convey motion.
Anticipated motion- The implication of movement on a static two-dimensional surface caused by the viewer’s past experience with a similar situation.

3 Ways to suggest motion

- Repeated figure- A compositional device in which a recognizable figure appears within the same composition in different positions and situations so as to relate a narrative to the viewer.

                        - Cropped figure- enhance the feeling of movement. heightening the sense of the player bursting through the confines of the frame.
                        - Blurred outlines- A visual device in which most details and the edges of a form are lost in the rapidity of the implied movement.

By looking at this photo you can see that the car is moving. The speed from the car is also causing the flowers to move.

 
 Optical movement- static art and design forms such as drawing, painting, prints, and graphic design can’t actually move—but the eye can move, or the image on the retina can flicker, and graphic elements can induce these movements.

Value 


Value- A measure of relative lightness or darkness.

Value Contrast- The relationship between areas of dark and light.
Value patterns- The arrangement and amount of variation in light and dark values independent of any colors used.
Value as emphasis- Use of a light-and-dark contrast to create a focal point within a composition.

This photo shows emphasis in the way the white flowers play on the dark background, and how the black flowers play on the white background.

Chiaroscuro- The use of light and dark values to imply depth and volume in a two-dimensional work of art.

The grey background brings the white characters and black bridge to the forefront and gives them value.