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Scrapbooking as an Art Form: Ten Principles of Design & Composition
A scrapbook is more than a photo album with a few cute stickers. It's a
visual recording of your life and loves. A way to communicate with generations
to come.
It's also the basis of a multi-billion dollar industry - and it's an art form
all in itself.
Here are ten basic design principles to guide your own creativity and lend
natural balance and flow to your scrapbook pages.
1. Designate your focal point, first thing, by choosing your layout's main
photograph. Ask yourself, "Where do I want the viewer's attention to be drawn
first?" Then you can choose your supplementary, supporting photographs, if
appropriate.
2. Group accents and small embellishments in groups of three or five.
Aesthetically, we are drawn to groupings that contain an odd number of items.
3. Place related accents close in proximity so the eye processes them as one
unit.
4. Create a triangle on the page, placing photos or embellishments at each of
the triangle's three points. Our eyes like that, too.
5. Create sections in multiples of two. Two sections or four sections are more
aesthetically pleasing to our eyes than 3 or 5 sections.
6. Apply the "Rule of Thirds." Think of your page as a grid, divided into thirds
horizontally and vertically. Place your focal point on one of the convergences
of these lines.
7. Maintain balance with the size of your elements. Consider both the size and
complexity of your page elements as you distribute them in your layout.
8. Achieve a natural sense of flow by placing the photographs so that the eyes
of your subjects turn toward the center of the page - or toward your focal
point.
9. Use repetition. Repeat shapes, textures, sizes, colors, or other attributes.
10. Sketch your favorite layouts in books and scrapbooking magazines. Try to
determine which design principles are at work to create such visual appeal and
work to incorporate those principles into your own layouts.
The first rule of art, of course, is not to be bound by rules. Now that you know
the basics of what our eyes are naturally attracted to, see what kind of beauty
you can create.
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