Monday, October 6, 2008

Unity Project Comparison


Mine



Katie O'Boyle

I compared mine with Katie O' Boyle's project. The precedent for my project was an infinity symbol, and her connected circles resembled a figure eight shape which is very similar. We both used full circles to capture a sense of unity, but at the same time our projects were very different. O'Boyle's was on a triangular ray with three little circles encased in three large circles between the angles, while mine were a small and larger spiral with the skewers holding the pieces of paper together. Her paper was smooth while my paper was textured due to scoring (to give it a more geometric shape and make the paper work to be more pliable with the skewers).
According to the Gestalt principals, we used very different techniques despite our outcomes being visually relatable. Our use of proximity was expressed differently--O'Boyle's project demonstrated close edge relation and combination while mine used the element of touching and overlap. Pattern-wise O'Boyle's focused on alignment, mine using continuation. Both of our projects embraced some form of similarity with our circles as a way to highlight unity.

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