When I was in college I got pneumonia and had to move home for a month and a half.
I sat in a recliner the entire time and through the help of strong prescription medication I would get my laptop out and click around in photoshop and a couple other design programs.
I never turned into a graphic designer but I learned a lot.
One of the main thing I remember is how framing and outlining changes the entire look.
It changes the way you see the thing being framed.
The thing being framed is the focal point, the attention getter, the point, the purpose…but take away the frame and it doesn’t catch they eye the same way. It doesn’t draw you in the same way. It looses the thing.
The mistake is thinking everything you do is a focal point. Some things have to be the frames.
Success comes when you know what to frame (thereby not framing other things) and what to frame it with (going all in on what you are framing).
***In a very literal sense…next time you see some artwork notice how many times the focal point is outlined.
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