ME 1770 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Negative Space, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe

• School: Georgia Tech
• Department: Mechanical Engineering
• Course: ME 1770
• Professor: Dorozhkin

Document Summary

Line is created when two shapes meet: horizontal structure or calm, vertical reverence or balance, diagonal dynamic, movement, curved soft, organic. Shape is a self contained defined area comprised of lines or edges: 2d flat, geometric vs. organic, positive shape vs. negative shape. Form is three dimensional shapes that have length, width and depth: 3d volume (in sculpture) or the illusion of volume (in 2d work, bas relief, shading: light/shadow. Color: hue: where the color is positioned on the color wheel, value: general lightness or darkness of a color, saturation: the intensity or level of chroma of a color. Texture: surface quality or feel of an object smooth, rough, soft, may be actual or implied.