vickychendraws

I’m so sorry that I’m replying so late omg 😭 but thank you so much!! 🙇🙇🙇

So sorry I’m late to this! 😭

To be completely honest, I don’t really feel like I have a great grasp of composition? I’ve done a lot of notan studies of famous paintings and movie screenshots, but I still have a lot of trouble grasping how to do it well in my own work.

Some principles that have kinda helped are:

- making sure your piece has a strong initial read (good litmus test is seeing if reducing your composition to only black and white shapes still conveys your intention)

- simple value structure (making sure your darks, midtones, and lights are clearly separated)

- simplification (don’t go overboard with the complexity of what you’re trying to convey; even if the piece itself has a lot of elements, the way to make it still clear/coherent is to establish a strong hierarchy and group your objects with value, shape, and/or color; also, constructing a strong flow for the eye in the piece by composing the elements in a way that supports/directs the viewer toward the primary subject)

Honestly, I’m still working on these things and also trying to develop my own sensibilities, so I’m really not a great person to consult for this stuff 😔

But here’s to both of us continuing to work on our composition 🤝✨

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