a peculiar parallelism

In our daily observation we can’t help but relate seemingly unrelated things together. In order to make sense of new surroundings and experiences, our brain draws on familiar symbols to “categorize” new unformed meanings. This graphic design challenge will utilize your Photoshop skills to develop a convincing correlation between nature and the man-made. To begin, perform a photographic study of a single found object in nature and a single found man-made object. Choose wisely. The objects must be small enough to isolate from their environment. Using the principles of design as guidelines (line, shape, form, balance, progression, hierarchy, movement, etc.), graphically ponder, suggest, juxtapose, or investigate the formal correlation between the single found nature object and the single man-made object. Purposely imitate one of the graphic layouts that you analyzed for class.

Anna Roe produced a fun and well done composition. Her blog reveals a logical progression in her design process. The ad (bottom image) inspired her composition layout.