Unusual Lighting

analogous, complimentary, triadic and quadratic color scheme

This garden with a triadic color scheme has Prairies Sun rudbeckia, Evolution salvia and Tidal Wave Cherry petunia.
The analogous color scheme uses colors next to each other on the color wheel. Typically one color is more dominant. Red and orange, orange and yellow, or yellow and green are examples of this scheme.

Point Line Plane

Point, line, and plane are the building blocks of design. From these elements, designers create images, icons, textures, patterns, diagrams, animations, and typographic systems.

Lines are drawn with a pen, pencil, brush, mouse, or digital code. They can be straight or curved, continuous or broken. When a line reaches a certain thickness, it becomes a plane. Lines multiply to describe volumes, planes, and textures.

Illusions

Illusions are fun. They draw people into our discipline, they inspire new algorithms, they fill us with wonder. They are the children of our professional lives. And like children, illusions are a bit unruly. They do unpredictable things and defy a simple organization.

Law of Continuity

Law of Continuity — The mind continues visual, auditory, and kinetic patterns.

Sometimes the law of continuity gives us the mistaken impression that lines continue when they do not.