by Debbie Hodge | Apr 7, 2011 | Art Journaling, Composition, Design Principles, DinaWakley
By Dina Wakley I always say that one of the reasons I love art journaling is that there are no rules. Anything goes. You can do what you want. The process of putting paint on the page is more important than the finished outcome. So, why care about composition? I...
by Debbie Hodge | Apr 28, 2010 | Design Principles
by Debbie Hodge What is asymmetry? Asymmetry means “without symmetry.” Nothing is mirrored or centered. You could have an odd or mismatched number of differing elements. Designing with an absence of symmetry, does not mean there is not balance. Since there is no...
by Debbie Hodge | Apr 9, 2010 | Design Principles, Design Your Story, Journaling
by Debbie Hodge Justification is all about how you’re going to line things up—or, rather, align them. Read more about alignments in Strengthen Your Scrapbook Page Design with Alignments. left-justified journaling Sometimes I left-justify my journaling. Actually,...
by Debbie Hodge | Mar 8, 2010 | Design Elements, Design Principles
by Debbie Hodge The straight line is a basic element of design. This post shows you how to use it on your scrapbook pages to guide the eye and set tone. Use horizontal lines to guide the eye across a page. Connect the two sides of a two-page layout with horizontal...
by Debbie Hodge | Feb 26, 2010 | Design Principles, Embellishments
Embellishments can be used with other page elements to guide the viewer’s eye through the page. We all routinely scan our surroundings – even when we focus on a spot, we eventually change our field of vision. As we make this change, we do a quick scan of the...
by Debbie Hodge | Feb 18, 2010 | Design Principles, Embellishments
by Debbie Hodge Think about racing stripes on a car, earrings on a woman, roses on china. Each of these are embellishments. Wikipedia defines an embellishment as something that enhances appearance without having any functional purpose. I say “not so” when it comes to...
