SymmeTricaL and asymmetriCAL Balance

Balance is the most significant element in design, it can produce equality, emotions and important parts of the artwork. I started studying about it in DIM 2 class and I found out that I have to experiment a lot in order to work well in that field. I tend to look at other authors' art work, see how they present their ideas using balance.

To me, symmetrical balance is the easiest concept to realize in design because of its simplicity and there are many illustrations using this concept in the world of art.

Elisabeth E, Space Variation, viewed on March 24th 2007

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This image looks like a combination of 4 stone stairs located in 4 corners of the frame. It's easy to see that there are vertical and horizontal symmetries.

More than that, to me, it creates a mood of protection to the center where the thing looks like an eye was put.

Asymmetrical balance is quite harder than the concept of symmetrical balance, at least, to me.
However, artworks which are designed in symmetrical balance is often more interesting and more creative.

JudyBooty, Before Rome Fell_Part II, viewed on March 24 2007

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This poster was designed for Before Rome Fell band. I didn't know this band and also the purpose of the author when creating it, I took it just because it looks asymmetrical. The most of the design (the man and the flower) is placed in the right side of the image and look unbalanced compared to a small branch located in the left side. However, the whole image still fine.

Cbugster, BrainGame, viewed on March 24/3/2007

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Again, although the complex part of this work, the flower, was put in the right below corner, the big word on the left top made whole image look balanced asymmetrically.

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