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Janneke
Smit
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The
Elements of Design - Texture
Texture is the quality of an object which we
sense through touch. All surfaces can be
described in terms of texture. We usually think
of texture only as rough, bristly or hard, but
in fact anything we can feel is a texture. Wet,
dry, soft, smooth, warm and cold are all
textures as well. Many artists and designers
make use of texture as a dominant design element
in their work, for instance in craft media like
wood, metal, fibers and glass. There are two
kinds of texture; tactile texture and visual
texture.
Tactile
texture is the actual feel of a surface. Tactile
means touch. The actual surface needs to
be felt or seen with light raking across its
surface to make the texture visible. Because of
the use of textured papers and other three
dimensional materials, traditional scrapbook
pages, especially collages and pages with
layering, have much tactile texture.
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Design
note:
I love to
use a lot of layering on my pages. I printed
the dragon as a powerful detail on a
transparent sheet. The colors of the flower
and the button with a little bit of bling on
it fits perfectly on this layout. The
letters GARDEN are printed in Word in a
matching letter type. Because of inking the
edges of the pictures they seem to pop up
from the page.
Journaling:
Hortus Haren, Okt. 2007.
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Chinese Garden by Mariska Hofmann. Supplies:
Paper: BasicGrey, Rusty Pickle, Cardstock:
Bazzill Basics Paper, Overlay: Hambly,
Flowers: Prima, Chipboard: K&Company,
Marker: Edding, Sketch: Pencil Lines, Other:
buttons, waxcord, staples, transparency
sheet.
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Design
note:
The
title subject, security tape, feels smooth
and flat. To emphasize this texture I made a
digital page which I printed out on glossy
photo paper. The tactile texture of this
layout is smooth and flat as well; you only
feel the photo paper.
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Security Tape Mummies by Janneke Smit.
Supplies:
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS2, Font: Quick
Type II Condensed and Bold.
Journaling:
When Larissa was done taping Darren, of
course Hans could not resist taping the kids
together.
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Editor’s note:
Although this is not a traditional paper page, it is a
good example of a layout with soft texture due to
the woolly carpet in the photo, soft papers and felt
embellishments. This kind of texture is called visual
texture and we will discuss this further on the next
page.
Journaling:
Bath Time … Kicking Free.
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Kicking Free by Katey Green. Supplies:
Digitals kits: Papers from Chambray Spring
by Sue Wood Designs, Spring Fresh and Spring
Soft by Handmaid Designs, Elements from
Crafty Arts - Scissor Templates, Winter
Warmer and Spring Soft Felt Adornments by
Handmaid Designs, Font: fidgety.
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