Thursday, February 24, 2011

Evaluating Composition (C.A.P.)

Connection
Can Adjustments be made (large or tiny) to create more relevant connections between elements?
Large scale- I think if I named the posts better the blog as a whole would seem more organize and better connected. I think doing a better job describing what the assignment was would help make a more relevant connection to what the picture is and what it is trying to achieve.
Small- I think I could have done a better job on the grouping assignment. I think the celebration, anarchy, and isolation are only describe what the words are after you read what I did and why. I thing that someone should be able to read the list of works and then look at each of the diagrams and be able to tell what each one is. The cropping in picture one is not very different from the original picture. I should have made more distinction in the cropping so it showed the element I was trying to represent.

If this is a multi page design is there strong visual and thematic connections between the pages?
No, the only thing that is consistent is the black background and whit text. 

Alignment

Do I have a clear answer for any question that a client might ask me about the alignment and placement of each component?
No, I place most of the items where I did arbitrarily without any particular reason.
Are conventions of alginment (flush-left, Flush right, centered, ect.) being consistently followed throughout a piece?
All of the pictures are aligned in the blog because Blooger puts them in the center. Some of the text is left aligned and some of the text is centered. I need to do a better job of making sure everything is consistent on the next project. I think if the items in the blog were aligned better it would make things seem more organized and better put together.
Are there areas of trapped space that could be eliminated? Yes there are areas in the grouping section and in the Picture 2 section. I also did not add spaces uniformly thought the blog. I think it would look better if I added one line of space after each picture or paragraph of writing. That way everything would be the same.


Priority

Is there clear and appropriate hierarchy between elements?
Everything in the blog is organized according to most recent post. Whatever was posted last will be at the top of the blog. There is no hierarchy for order of importance.
Should any large elements be larger or any small elements be smaller?
I think that the grouping exercise the word that is being shown should be a little larger. I is currently a little bit difficult to read.
Is there a pleasing sense of visual flow through?
No, I do not think by blog is very appealing visually. I have never been very artistic and nothing I do or design is ever very visually appealing. I was hoping this course would help me with this. I think for the next checkpoint I might change the colors or try something new to see if it looks better.
Does the eye feel pulled in an opposing direction or pulled off the page by the composition?
I do not think the eye is really drawn anywhere. I kind of have a jumbled mess. I need to work on organizing better. I said earlier that I think having better titles for the posts and having better descriptions of the assignment would help the organization.

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