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Design
Square The Elements
of Design: Color Janneke
Smit
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Red, orange and
yellow are the warm or active hues of the
visible spectrum; now let’s take a look at the
passive or cool hues.
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Green in its
positive mode suggests nature, life, growth,
stability, restfulness, health, naturalness.
On the other hand, green in some tones or
certain contexts might instead suggest
decay, toxicity and artificiality.
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Blue suggests
coolness, distance, spirituality, strength,
importance, intelligence. In its negative
mode, we can think of the "blues"-the
implication being one of sadness, passivity,
alienation, or depression.
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Violet is the
color of fantasy, playfulness,
impulsiveness, and dream states. In its
negative mode, it can suggest nightmares, or
madness.
Understanding the
emotional responses people have to colors can
help us create layouts that communicate a
certain feeling.
This article concludes the series “The Elements
of Design”. Remember what they are? The elements
of design are Point, Line, Form, Movement,
Texture, Pattern and Color. Stay tuned for next
month when we will start the related series “The
Principles of Design”.
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Design note: I
filled most of my page with the photograph
to emphasize how magnificent these redwood
trees are. I wanted to make it look like a
magazine article or advertisement so I used
a plain white background, just some
informative text and a couple of green
semi-transparent boxes as decoration.
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Avenue of the
Giants by Janneke Smit. Supplies: Adobe
Photoshop CS3,Fonts: Century Gothic, Bradley
Hand ITC, Journaling source:
http://avenueofthegiants.net.
Journaling:
This world-famous scenic drive is a 31-mile
portion of old Highway 101, which parallels
Freeway 101 with its 51,222 acres of redwood
groves. It is by far the most outstanding
display of these giant trees in the entire
500 mile redwood belt and is accessible to
all with convenient services provided along
the way. The Avenue of the Giants is
surrounded by Humboldt Redwoods State Park
which has the largest remaining stand of
virgin redwoods in the world. Take time to
picnic, camp, hike, swim, fish, raft or bike
ride in the cool hush of these ancient
redwood forests.
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Design
note:
The blue from the water in the pictures was
so inviting that I really wanted to make the
layout captured that feel. I created
journaling lines in Photoshop to make sure
that when I cut the strips, they were even
and no letter was cut off during cropping.
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Little Fish by Brianne Nevill. Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper, Bling: K &
Co, Stickers: American Crafts; Font: Big
Fish.
Journaling: When we took our trip to
MO, little did we realize that we were
"diving" into a wonderful wet, watery
adventure! You and daddy swam for almost an
hour that first night and almost 3 hours
that next day, on and off. You were
FEARLESS in that pool, little man. Even if
you are technically a "goat" sigh
(Sagittarius), you certainly are, as well,
our little fish.
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Design note: The
purple paper in the digital kit was a great
match for the purple dog toy, I used it with
a clipping mask for the frame and floral
stamp.
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15 seconds by Di Hickman. Supplies:
In Bloom Digital kit, Shimmery Negatives:
Shelle Pukas (Designs by Shelle),
Font: Sexsmith (Larabie Fonts).
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