Definitions for Balance Assignment

Organic Shape: Things pertaining to living organisms or something from the natural world. In art, organic shapes are derived from natural forms.


Geometric Shape: regular shapes most often found in human-made objects, machines and architecture. Circles, ovals, squares, rectangles, and triangles are common geometric shapes.


Symmetrical Balance: The near or exact matching of left and right sides of a three-dimensional form or a two-dimensional composition.


Asymmetrical Balance: placement of non-identical forms to either side of a balancing point in such a way that the two sides seem to be of the same visual weight.


Radial Balance: the balance as the result of components that are distributed around a center point or spring out from a central line.

Best of Balance Assignment

This is one of my favorite photos that shows symmetrical balance and geometric shapes. I really like the strong diagonal through the picture that splits it in half, and how the photo is actually balanced. Also the shapes are geometric so they are balanced as well.

This is another of my favorite photos, and it shows asymmetrical balance and organic shapes. I like this photo because it shows balance without having to be symmetrical, and the full shapes of the bushes fills out the picture and makes it balanced.

Diptych & Triptych

This is my triptych. I took photos of the sculptures at different angles and zoom views at the park in the Pearl, and then put them together.

This is my diptych. It's a picture of the slats on a bridge and a close up of a bench. I chose these pictures for my diptych because they both have very strong lines and symmetry and the colors and shapes are very similar.