blog

  • Home
  • blog
  • Design Principles: Compositional Balance, Symmetry And Asymmetry

Design Principles: Compositional Balance, Symmetry And Asymmetry


  

A balanced composition feels right. It feels stable and aesthetically pleasing. While some of its elements might be focal points and attract your eye, no one area of the composition draws your eye so much that you can’t see the other areas.

Design Principles: Compositional Balance, Symmetry And Asymmetry

Balancing a composition involves arranging both positive elements and negative space in such a way that no one area of the design overpowers other areas. Everything works together and fits together in a seamless whole. The individual parts contribute to their sum but don’t try to become the sum.

The post Design Principles: Compositional Balance, Symmetry And Asymmetry appeared first on Smashing Magazine.

LEAVE A REPLY