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Damian
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Date Posted: 16:31:33 02/21/02 Thu
In reply to:
Tina Biddle
's message, "Re: Balance" on 09:41:03 02/09/02 Sat
Thanks for the comments.
I think the http://www.sgi.com/ web site that you mentioned below must have changed recently. The new site really does a good job of forcing you to focus on the Global Developer Conference link. It's almost as if everything else is meaningless.
Disney definitely uses radial symmetry. It's amazing how often my students just naturally make something like this. We are drawn to some sort of balance.
>I found the discussion of symmetry and color
>interesting. When I thought of symmetry I always
>thought more about the shape, not the color. I never
>thought of color or texture as having “weight”. Of
>course, it is obvious when pointed out. The different
>kinds of symmetry were interesting. Radial symmetry,
>although common enough, never had a real name or
>vision for me.
>
>I was struck by the number of techniques there are to
>lead the eye to a focal point. Not only color,
>contrast, symmetry, asymmetry and size, but lines,
>size or ever subject matter (a face, eyes, a glance in
>a direction). This works in reverse, also. You have to
>be careful not to use lines or color, etc. that would
>lead the eye to areas of the page that are not so
>important.
>
>A Disney page is a good example of many of these
>features. (disney.com)
>The page is rather symmetrical as a whole with the
>buttons on top and bottom and what I will refer to as
>the “big graphic” in the center. The graphic displays
>radial symmetry – the central focal point is the oval
>in the middle. The islands (also vaguely oval in
>shape) show a contrast of bright colors on them. The
>use of lines (the roads) always brings you back to the
>middle oval (which contains ads, of course). Your eye
>easily roams around the page, following these lines
>from colorful island to colorful island. The graphic
>itself is an oval on a blue background. The border
>around it is a thin light blue line. You don’t really
>notice it, but it forms a border. Your eye is really
>drawn where the designers want you to go through
>color, repetition of shapes and lines.
>
>
>http://www.sgi.com/
>This site’s home page is a very good example of the
>use of color and balance to lead the eye to a focal
>point. The page has a graphic on the left and text in
>a right column. Your eye is immediately drawn to the
>graphic. It is large and uses bright colors. The
>colors have “weight”. The graphic itself is
>interesting. When you open the page your eye
>immediately goes to the man’s face. He is pointing to
>screen he is holding (bright colors on the screen)
>and your eye follow him finger to the screen. There
>are two circular graphics above the screen. A small
>figure of a man (vertical line) leads you to the
>circle to the right. Your eye follows to the left and
>back to the man again). The focal point seems to be
>the screen. Color, size, and lines make your eye
>follow. I never would have noticed this before.
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