- contrast is shown through differences in comparison
- figure-ground is a relationship between any kind of object (person, shape, even sound) and the background
- color includes hue, saturation, and value
- size consistency is making sense from apparent sizes and scales of objects we see, using comparison to familiar things or surroundings to calibrate our sense of space/distance
- scale is proportions in space
- proportional or in proportion means a thing has harmony in size in relation to other objects, but to proportion is to change size without cropping or altering height-to-width ratios, and proportions in general are consistent relationships among parts of a whole
- proximity is how near, far, wherever you are
- focus is visual emphasis or selective concentration on one point, shape, aspect, etc. while not really paying attention to the rest
- layering fakes depth with overlap
- symmetry are like visual twins, asymmetry is twins with an imbalance
- closure completes visual or metaphorical circles so you read a full story/image from start to finish
- continuity is apparent or imagined similarities across time and space
- series is a collection of things that share something in common, while sequence is more a story of one thing through time
- pattern is repetition with style
- rhythm and pacing, appearance of movement and the speed or rate at which it seems to travel
- motion is the process of changing position
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