Day 4: Color Theory - Color Wheel

Color Wheel is a tool for combining colors. It was first created by Sir Issac Newton in 1666. The traditional Color wheel is based on Red, Yellow and Blue colors. There are different variations of color wheel as well.

Day 4: Color Theory - Hue, Tint, Shade, Tone

Hue is the basic element of Color Theory. When we ask "What is color is this?", what we are actually asking is Hue. These hues are dependent on the dominant wave length of light which is emitted or reflected from an object. Hue is pure color - like yellow, red, orange, blue etc.

Tints, Shades & Tones
These are different variations of hue. If pure Hue is made lighter by adding more white, it is called Tint. If black is added to pure Hue to get a darker version, it is called Shade. If gray is added, the result is Tone.

Hue:

Tint:

Shade:

Tone:

Day 3: Task - Create a New Brush in Photoshop

The Task:
Learn to create a new brush in Photoshop. I found a video tutorial to show you how to do the same.

Day 3: Task - Wallpaper Design

The Task:
To create an abstract wallpaper design by using only brush, smudge, dodge, burn, blur, sharpen tools.

Following is what I did, I recreated the following painting at home, took around 25 mins to do it.

Day 2: Principles of Design - Unity

When the design elements in a composition works together harmoniously to give the viewer a feel of relationship, it gives Unity to the design. Unity in a composition is important to good design.

Unity helps you to create a sense of order in the design and gives the individual elements a sense of completeness    that they are related to each other.

Day 2: Principles of Design - Dominance

Dominance relates to emphasis and visual weight in a composition. Eye is led to the most dominant element in the design. We can use different contrast methods to increase an element's dominance.

There are three levels of dominance:

1. Dominant
2. Sub-dominant
3. Subordinate

Day 2: Principles of Design - Contrast

Contrast occurs when two elements of a design are different. The greater the difference, greater the contrast. It is a way to emphasize what element is important in that design or directing users attention to a particular element. Contrast makes a design interesting thereby grabbing the attention of the viewer to the design.

Contrast can be achieved by using variety of:

• Shape
• Size
• Color Value
• Fonts/Type face
• Texture