
(F39)_Job:12-40337 Title:RP-Design Elements 2nd Edition
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the world of image
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PRESENTATION OPTIONS
Strategies for Composition Composition
in an illustrated image is of great concern.
In creating a drawn image—especially
one that is naturalistic—designers some-
times forget that they are not bound by the
realities of arrangement imposed by the
scene they are rendering. Using the formal
relationships of figure and ground (see
chapter 1, page 32) on an abstract level—
particularly within a realistic representa-
tion—contributes to the illustration’s
power to communicate beyond ...