Visual Techniques - Week 12

Tokyo Police Club Concert Poster

created by

Delicious Design League

transparency, asymmetry, intricacy, singularity

Lord of the Rings Online 

Image of Interface  

Developed by 

Turbine

Juxtaposition, balance, repetition, transparency

Both designs make use of transparency.  In the band poster the designers are making use of a byproduct of silkscreening. While in the interface design it is done out of a necessity for a user to be able to see the game world.  The juxtaposition of party icons and the minimap pop out more than the other elements due to their opacity.  The Interface also uses economy in an effort to keep the screen and game world clear.  In contrast the poster uses Singularity with the elephant head to draw in the viewer.  Then the use of intricacy to hold the viewers attention on the poster.  Repetition on the lower bar of the interface separates the circle buttons on the left from the square action buttons in the middle and the circle bag buttons on the right.  The circle square circle also gives a base of balance to the interface with the minimap and quest log on the right and the party icons and chat log on the left.

Implied Motion in Design

mazdaraceway.com/pages/news-item?r=R1FPJWFIN1

In this Bill Paterson's poster art for the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion.  The poster is for racing and needed to portray speed and movement. Motion is implied initially with the diagonal orientation of the car across the page. The long brushstrokes that make up the ground are set in the same direction building upon the dynamics of the diagonal.  Other brushstrokes pull off of the back of the car and the tires implying the blur of a speed faster than the human eye.  The blurry shape of the building in the background also implies this motion and speed.  the front of the car is crisp and clear and blurs ever so slightly as you follow its shape to the back of the car.  I find the image is very striking and successful portrayal of the speed and motions of racing.

http://www.rugby-en-iledefrance.com/

This is a photograph of a rugby match by Ross Land.  Motion in this image is shown through the unbalanced state of one player tackling another.  The green player is in mid air grasping the blue player.  We expect him to come crashing into the ground at any moment because of his unnatural position. The blue players center of balance is leaning to the left of the frame.  Only his toe is touching the ground.  His in the fore ground may show blur from movement or could be out of focus.  It is not clear.  The green player in the back show less motion with his left foot firmly planted in the ground as he chases the other two.  I find this image some what less successful the race car.  Perhaps if there were more diagonals cutting across the page...