Visual Techniques

-Transparency
-Economy
-Stasis
-Simplicity
-Consistency
-Subtlety

-Active

-Variation

-Intricacy

-Spontaneity

-Boldness

-Opacity

     As I am interested in the field of graphic design, there are various visual techniques that can be utilized in getting a message out towards the audience. These two images portray a similarity in the sense that they are both trying to reach out towards their target audience, yet they have quite contrasting visual techniques to do so. In the first poster image, we see a use of transparency with the blue and red circles in the middle. This contrasts with the second image in which it contains opacity with its many objects overlapping one another on top of the woman's head. Simplicity and economy is evident in the first image because it is frugal with its use of elements. The same font is being used throughout the entire poster and the use of intricate design is nonexistent, unlike the second image which contains a variety of decoratives. The first poster image lacks a sense of movement, a technique that is found within the second image. The colorful rainbows and musical notes both shoot out in varying directions to indicate such movement. While the first poster is subtle with its design, the second is more bold and spontaneous which is likely to grab more attention from its viewers. In conclusion, while each image contains opposing techniques, they are share a common concept of utilizing visual techniques that adapt to a certain theme or idea. The first poster is trying to get people to attend an event that may not be as flashy as a "musical engima" that is being expressed in the second image.