Learn your lines!

LINE

A line is an extension of a point, elongated mark, connection between two points, the effect of the
edge of an object.



line, space, shape and form, 2012, www.uh.edu, 12 may 2012

"Google Images." Google Images. Web. 12 May 2012. <http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1>.

In design LINE can be used for several things... borders, mood, feelings, and defining shape and form.



An IMPLIED LINE is created by positioning a series of points so that the eye tends to automatically connect them.

Lauer, David A. "Chapter 7, Line." Design Basics. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1979. 132-33. Print



"Interior Design: Living the Jane Austen Life." Interior Design: Living the Jane Austen Life. 20 Mar. 2010. Web. 12 May 2012. http://www.elledecor.com/interior-design-blogs/stylemonger/living_jane_austen_life.


Psychic lines is where there is no real line, not even intermittent points, yet we feel a line, a mental connection between to elements.

"UFFIZI GALLERY." UFFIZI GALLERY. Web. 12 May 2012. http://www.museumsinflorence.com/uffizi/16/16.html.


Contour lines vs. Gesture lines

Contour lines follow the edges of a form.. their outline. Gesture lines show shpaes in less important direct form.

CONTOUR LINES

"Euna Kwon: Clock Repair Store - Contour Line." Euna Kwon: Clock Repair Store - Contour Line. Web. 12 May 2012. http://kwoneuna.blogspot.com/2010/06/clock-repair-store-contour-line.html.


GESTURE LINES

"Animal Shapes: December 2009." Animal Shapes: December 2009. Web. 12 May 2012. http://animalshapes.blogspot.com/2009_12_01_archive.html.

LOST AND FOUND COUNTOURS

Lost and found contour lines give us just a few clues as to what the picture is supposed to be of; but doesn't show the complete contour of the line of the figure or object.