I am always thinking about how the viewer would interact with my prints. I often want to draw her in for a closer look and to reveal subtle layers and marks.
First, I have to catch her attention. That is where the big design elements come in, like value and division of space.
I sometimes talk to myself and say things like,
- put the focus off center,
- save some light whites
- add a dark dark
I think that my focus for this year will be on simplifying my prints and embracing some of the the basic elements of design:
- Value
- Shape
- line
- texture and
- space
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