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You, Take Two.

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Compositional Devices

How to organize your space to

interact with your viewer

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Angles

Straight on

(connects the

viewer to theimage)

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Angles Worms-Eye

View (makes

the viewer feel

less than the

image

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Angles

Birds-eye View

(makes the

viewer feel

important, feel

large, or feel

empowered)

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Consider Distance

Conversational

(1-4 feet); like a

personal bubble

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Distance

Zoomed In (In

your FACE!;

extremely close)

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Distance

Zoomed Out (to

include multiple

objects

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Distance toA

chieve! NEAR/FAR

(2 important

aspects in

which one is

close, and one

is far)

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Set-up checks. Have you .filled at least

75% of the space

with your main

elements?

.. Cropped off 2

or more sides inthe composition?

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How to Involve the viewer..1st person vs. 3rd person perspective

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The challenge:

Pick a random object and written

prompt.

Create a composition with multiple

views of yourself (near and far) drawn

from observation which tell a story. The

story is based on your written promptand includes your selected object.

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Steps:1 Create thumbnails of composition

possibilities

2 Begin sketching in pencil

3 Work in more values using black oil

pastel, thin with solvent for grays

4 Lastly, use selective color to add

emphasis to the focus of your

composition