OUIL404- Visual Language- Composition

This week in Visual Language we looked at composition of image. I really enjoyed looking at how images are consciously constructed by professional illustrators and the though process that potentially goes on whilst they craft the image. The main features of composition we looked at were line of sight, depth, scale and frame. All of this elements can help to exaggerate and draw the eye to certain components, as well as draw the eye away from others.

Smart composition can make the world of difference to an image, and is definitely something worth thinking about when creating images. Although this is never something I have ever really thought about, I usually simply 'feel' where and how things should be placed in an image, but I think thinking about why I'm doing what I'm doing will definitely bring in new depths to my work.

I have produced a total of 5 roughs, including the same elements, a figure, an object and a landscape, however all of the roughs utilise a different compositional method. Thinking about composition definitely made me think much more in depth about my images and massively influenced the final outcome.