Principles and Elements of Design

Presented By Matthew Gauger

Line Element

• Line, the basic element of all design has unlimited forms. It is an entity in itself.

Open Line

• Open line can overlap itself and not create a shape.

Parallel Line

• Parallel line emphasizes a textural or pattern aspect.

Gesture Line

• Gesture line is quick, continuous movement in which value is increased by closeness and pressure of overlaps.

Variety Line

• Variety line is rich with thick, thin, emphatic, broken and invented marks delineated from other tools.

VideoYouTube - The Line Tool - Photoshop Tutorial

Work Cited

• www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/Files/elements2.htm •

www.mmwindowtoart.com/foundations/foundationsline.html