Optical Line Design

 

Four Panel Optical Line Layouts

This is the completed versions of the optical line designs. Each panel had a specific guideline for creating the lines and were meant to be abstract. The upper left panel (from the picture angle) was curvilinear lines which was my favorite one to do and the design I am most pleased with. I thought about covering in mostly all  the negative space but decided to stop where it was at in efforts to keep the kinesthetic rhythm flowing. Going around clockwise to the upper right panel was shape and line. This design I fell could look better by adding different shapes and more contrast. I will possibly go back in and alter the piece or try a new version that is more aesthetically pleasing to me. The bottom right panel was architecture and I was hesitant to do more then what is being seen in the above photograph. After viewing other students work I feel I have too much negative space and plan to go back in and add texture and or depth. The panel to the bottom left was thick to thin lines. This was the panel I started with, at first I was unsure how I felt about it but in the end I feel that it is simple but has a layered look which I like. After the lines were complete our teacher has us scan them onto a usb. From there we opened the images in photoshop where we altered the contrast slightly and then selected a panel to make a copy of and pasted in a new window. Afterward we made a copy of the original layer and then flipped the image vertically and matched up the lines. Then we made a copy of that and flipped the image horizontally and again matched up the lines. We did this with each panel and then printed four copies of each panel to expand our patterns even more. I will post a picture of the final prints once I have the the sheets put together and mounted.