Sketchbook, Notan: Positive & Negative Space Design

Purpose

• Use positive and negative space in an interesting way.

• Understand and use elements of art: shape & space (positive and negative).

• Understand and use principles of art: contrast & balance (symmetry and asymmetry).

Culture/Concept Studied: Japanese concept of Notan

I learned many things while doing to positive and negative space design assignment. I learned about how to use all of the space that is given to me. If you put all of the black paper (negative space) right in the middle of the page, it wouldn't look as good as if you spread it out all over the page. Something else I learned was how to use my imagination. In my final design, I tried to make my design look like a face of some sort. It was okay to make it just be abstract, but I decided that instead I would make mine look like something.