graphic_ss_picture-this.pdf

1PICTURE THIS HOW PICTURES WORK by Molly Bang Do I feel anything for this shape? 2How can I make her feel less overwhelming and more huggable? How can I keep her large but give Little Red Riding Hood prominence in the picture? 3What do I feel about the mother now? It has shown some of the ways that shapes and colors affect us emotionally. 4I wanted to stay as simple as possible. But these are too close to the shapes of Little Red Riding Hood and her mother. 5This sense of depth is accomplished simply by arranging the pieces so that the thinner they are, the higher up on the page their bases are placed. What can I do to Little Red Riding Hood—ONLY to the triangle—to make the picture feel scarier? 6Why does it feel scarier when she is proportionally smaller? I need to make room for the wolf… 7But the picture didn’t feel as scary as before. Why not? How can I make the trees feel more threatening? Diagonal lines give a feeling of movement or tension to the picture. 8Why do these triangles look so scary? I feel very differently when the wolf is made much smaller, 9or the points are changed to curves, or the wolf is made from a paler color. 10 What are the features of wolves that make them so frightening to us? What else does the wolf need in order to look more wolfish? 11 But even though wolves’ eyes are often pale blue, it didn’t look right. What happens if the eye is made exactly the same color and shape as Little Red Riding Hood? 12 The picture feels very different, and yet all that has changed is the shape of the eye. What feature could I add to the wolf to make it yet more frightening? 13 When two or more objects in a picture have the same color, we associate them with each other. Why does the picture feel more threatening? 14 What has happened now that the teeth are white? THE PRINCIPLES Make note of the principles printed in red. 15 1. Smooth, flat horizontal shapes give us a sense of stability and calm. 2. Vertical shapes are more exciting