46. Illusion of Motion by Multiple Images

The Illusion of Motion can be established by multiple images. By showing an image in different actions or positions can give the illusion that it is in motion or that is has already moved. This street art uses the image of a monkey over and over, but its motion is changed as it moves along the wall giving it the illusion of motion.

45. Illusion of Motion by Blurred Outline

With the Blur of an outline, it can give the Illusion of Motion. For instance, when you are taking a picture and the object is in motion and causes the picture to be blurry. The same element can be acquired in other compositions by a blurred outline. The edges of this street art seem to be a little blurred giving the composition an illusion of movement.

44. Illusion of Motion by Repeated Figures

By repeating figures you can give the Illusion of Motion. When an object is repeated over and over at different positions of the composition in order to give the illusion of motion. This street art shows the repeated images of an older person and a child in white and black. It is repeated across the wall giving the illusion of movement across the wall.

43. Anticipated Motion

Anticipated Motion is the implication of movement on a static two-dimensional surface caused by the viewer's past experience with a similar situation. In this street art the posture of the person along with the fact that he has something in his hand and the way that he is lunged back gives the anticipation that he is going to throw the object. The action has not happened yet, but by the composition you can tell that it is going to happen.

42. Spatial Puzzles (Equivocal Space)

Equivocal Space is an ambiguous space in which it is hard to distinguish the foreground from the background. Your perception seems to alternate from one to another. The illusion of this street art makes you confused and not sure what is the ground and what is the art. The illusion makes  you think that it is going down but actually it is on a flat surface.

41. Multiple Perspective

Multiple Perspective is established when you can see two different perspective in one composition. For instance, if you were able to see the front view and side view of a building in a composition, although not realistically depicted, it is using the element of multiple perspectives. This street are depicts a multiple perspective because in some parts you can see the side of the blue elements and in others you can see the tops. This gives the illusion that you can see all different angles of this one element.

40. Amplified Perspective

Amplified Perspective is established when an element of the composition is put in a view that occurs when an item is pointed directly at the viewer. Both of these street arts show amplified perspective because it looks like the objects in the composition are coming directly at you.

39. Illusion of Space by Linear Perspective

The Illusion of Space by Linear Perspective is also a spactial system. It is used when parallel lines recede and appear to converge and meet on an imaginary line referred to as the horizon line. This gives the illusion of depth as if you are going back into the distance of the composition. The street art to the right used linear perspective because the picture goes back to a horizon point. This gives the illusion that you can go farther back in the picture.

38. Illusion of Space by Atmospheric Perspective

The Illusion of Space by Atmospheric Perspective is established by the use of color or value to show depth. This street shows the illusion of space by atmospheric perspective because of the background. You can see that it looks as if it is in the woods and the different values help to distinguish a sense of space in the atmosphere as if it goes farther back.

37. Illusion of Space by Vertical Location

The Illusion of Space by Vertical Location is a spacial device in which elevation on a page is to represent that an object is farther away than an object that is at the bottom of the page. This also creates a sense of depth. This street art uses vertical location to give a sense of space. You can tell in that objects in the foreground are larger and as objects get higher on the composition they are shown to be smaller to represent being in a distance related to other objects in the compostion.

36. Illusion of Space by Overlapping

Overlapping can be used to give an Illusion of Space, by putting one object overlapping another can give the illusion that the object somewhat covered up is farther away than the one of top of it. With this, a sense of depth is created. The street art to the left shows illusion of space by overlapping because images are overlapping each other making them look closer than others. For example, the black with red spotted creature is overlapping the yellow figure and the figures on the right are overlapping each other and the yellow figure showing they are in front of it.

35. Scale Confusion

Scale Confusion can be used for fantasy or even to show the importance from one thing to another. It is a play on scale of items making them seem out of place or the wrong size compared to other elements in the composition. In the street art to the right, Alice in Wonderland is depicted. This street art represents scale confusion because the sizes are off. For instance, the cat is huge compared to the tree and the catapillar is huge compared to the mushroom. The street art below is also scale confusion because the obilesque in the back should be smaller than the other buildings because it is suppose to be farther away, but instead it is actually larger than all of the other buildings to depict its significance.

34. Alternating Rhythm

Alternating Rhythm consists of successive patterns in which the same elements reappear in a regular order. Motifs alternate consistently with one another to produce regular sequence. In this street art color patterns are scattered given in an alternating rhythm through the composition from left to right.

33. Progressive Rhythm

Progressive Rhythm includes the repetition of a shape or object but instead of it consistently being the same thing it changes over time. It can change with color, shape, value, or texture. This street art depicts progress rhythm because of the change in rectangular shapes. Some are blue some are black and others are mixures of both. Also the sizes in them vary as well.

32. Absence of Focal Point

Not every composition has a focal point. Some artists use the absence of focal point in order to make the entire composition the focus. They do not put particular emphasis on one specific section of the work in order to allow your eyes to move around the work as you please. Though this street art has a color focal point with the orangish color the composition itself does not have a particular focal point. The design of this street art allows your eye to wander the entire work and not have a focal point.

31. Degree of Emphasis

Degree of Emphasis is when a composition has more than one focal point. One focal point may over power another, but over all your eye will go to a certain specific focals of the composition. In this street art the primary focal point is her face because of the white contrast. The secondary focal point for me is the hair and the background because the gradient of the white to blue on her face leads me upward. Then my eye goes to the bottom to where the patterns are making the tertiary focal point.

30. Emphasis by Placement

Emphasis by Placement can be achieved in many ways. It can be achieved by the direction in which light is being shown, it can also be achieved if lines and other elements are being used to direct your eye to a certain focal point. The emphasis by placement is working in this street art because it depends on where you are standing whether you can see the image or not. If you were looking at this from another angle you would not be seeing this composition in the way that it is shown in this picture, causing placement to be the factor of emphasis.

29. Emphasis by Isolation

Emphasis by Isolation is when an object is separated from the majority of the contents of a piece which causes it to stand out from the grouped objects. Because an object is offset from other elements grouped together, this will make it pop out and more noticable to others that it is a focal point. The child in this street is all isolated by herself, but along with her, her balloon is being isolated away from her and makes emphasis in the art because the balloon is a red heart and makes it stand out.

28. Emphasis by Contrast

Emphasis by Contrast can be made when using two different elemental techniques such as using a light color as a focal point on a dark background. In both of these street art pictures the use of contrast with colors is used in order to add emphasis on an object. In the one to the left the bird is made blue to stand out from the rest of the composition. In the art below the emphasis is on the white objects that stand apart from the color of the rest of the composition.

27. Crystallographic Balance

Crystallographic Balance is an all over pattern. It is the repetition of the same pattern all over creating a balance. This street art depicts crystallographic balance because of its repeating, all over pattern of the fish-type creatures and mixture of colors.

26. Radial Balance

Radial Balance is when all the elements radiate or cirle out from a common central point. This form of balance is not entirely distinct from symmetrical or asymmetrical. Both of these street arts represent radial balance because they both have things radiating from the center object.

25. Asymmetrical Balance

Asymmetrical Balance is achieved with dissimilar objects that have equal visual weight or equal eye attraction. This is also known as Informal Balance. This street art has asymmetrical balance because it looks similar to the eye and gives the illusion that it is symmetrical, but if you look closely, for instance at the faces at the top, you can tell that they are not exactly the same. They are both faces with different expressions, but it still gives the street art a sense of symmetry.

24. Symmetrical Balance

Symmetrical Balance is a mirror image balance. For instance if you take an image and fold it in half and it is the exact same thing it is symmetrical. Another word for it is also Formal Balance. This street art has symmetrical balance because despite a few off features the idea of this is that if you folded it hotdog style the sides and shapes would match up on both sides.

23. Unity with Variety

Variety is used to make a difference. It allows something in the art to pop out and not be the same all the way through. This street art is using unity in that it is repeated the same head three times, but it shows variety because the artist does not use all the same looks for the face. Instead the artist uses a variety of effects for the face while actually keeping the outline the same for all three.

22. Unity through Continuity

 Continuity refers to the visual relationship between two or more designs. A grid is used by many artists in order to achieve this. Unity through continuity is used in both of these street art examples because of the repetition of their objects in a grid-like pattern.

21. Unity through Continuation

 

Continuation is when you can tell that something still continues even after you can no longer see it. In both of these street arts the artist creates unity through continuation because the images flow from one side of the builing to the other but at the end it doesn't stop. You can still tell that the image will and can still contine on to the other side of the building or somewhere else.

20. Unity through Repetition

Unity through repetition uses the same object or pattern over and over again to create a sense of unity. In both of these street arts repetition is depicted. In the right the referees are repeated over which make it show that it is together. With the art below the artist is using the same creature repeatedly in order to show a unity of them and thus creating a larger composition.

19. Unity through Proximity

Unity through proximity is putting objects closely together in order to make them seem unified. This street art is a prime example because all of the televisions are closely piled together making the art unified and compact.

18. Visual Texture

Visual texture is texture that can't actually be felt, but you can see that it would have a texture and you can imagine how it would feel if it were 3D. If you look closely at this street art you will be able to see quite a bit of visual texture. In the humans you can get a sense of what their skin would feel like as well as the testure of their clothing. You can also tell that the tree has visual texture, it looks as if you could actually touch it and feel the rigids. Same with the leaves they also look like they have a texture, but they are more smooth than everything else.

17. Tactile Texture

Tactile texture is texture that you can actually feel with your bare hands. This street art is an example because it is actually made up of tactile pieces that you would be able to feel with your own hands if you were to see it in person, but in the photo you can't really tell that it is tactile.

16. Value as Emphasis

Value as Emphasis is the technique of using light and dark features to contrast and make a focal point. In this street are the artist uses bright, bold colors in the bottom left in contrast to the black and white figures at the top in order to make the lady and the bird his focal point.

15. Value as Pattern

Value pattern is the right mixture of light and dark values in a composition. In this street art I believe that there is a good balance between the dark, harsh black and the bright, bold colors that it is balanced out.

14. Curvilinear Shapes

Curvilinear shapes are ones that contour lines are dominated by curves and are flowing. This street art is an example because of the curves of the womans body. There are not a lot of straight, strict lines that make up this woman. The artist used curvilinear lines to give her womanly features.

13. Rectilinear Shapes

Rectilinear shape emphasizes right angles and rectangular planes. This street art represents rectilinear shapes because it is composed of many black rectangles. It uses rectangles with sharp, straight edges giving it a crisp look.

12. Nonobjective Shapes

 Nonobjective shapes are those that have no object reference and no subject matter suggestion. Both of these street art pieces are good examples because you can not clearly make out any objective items. They are just scattered and randomly placesd lines and shapes not meaning to make up anything particular.

11. Abstraction

Abstraction implies a simplification of natural shapes to their essential basic character. In this street art you can tell that it is suppose to be a face, but it is not shaped like an average face. Instead the artist used abstraction and used shapes to compose the face of this person in an oddly unique way.

10. Idealism

Idealism reproduces the world in the way that it should be seen, not in the way that it actually is. To me this street art represents idealism because it seems to portray what love should be. You should believe in it and it should be intimate. This couple is kissing and they are happy and that's the way that it should be.

9. Distortion

Distortion is caused when the artist changes or exaggerates the forms of nature. These are both examples of distorition. The first photo is the word "Faith", but at a glance you can not tell what it say immediately. They artist has distorted the word making it harder to interpret. The second photo is ditortion in that the head of the fly is too big for the body and is not proportional.

8. Naturalism

Naturalism is what most people call realism. It is described as "naturalistic". They are images that are proportionate and gives the illusion of volume and three-dimension space. This street art is an example because it literally looks like it is happening. It looks 3D but yet it is on a flat wall.