After an introduction to the idea of Gestalt Theory, as a class we were assigned to generate a black and white version of our own symbolic representation of one of the following; grow, danger or unity.
Being awkward I chose to work with the concept of unity, pulling on the infamous Ying Yang icon as my inspirational base. The following icon was developed using Illustrator C6.
Then, using these silhouettes, we were to create figure-ground compositions - a concept which took a few moments to process.. one which was stable composition with white icons and a black backgroun. One stable composition with black icons and a white background, and one ambiguous or reversible composition.
Finally for this project, we were to make a scroll combining these three compositions which had a transition in figure-ground. The second image shows my final scroll, tweaked after our crit.
FACT: Die Gestalt is a German word for form or shape. It is used in English to refer to a concept of 'wholeness'
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