Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Counterchange in tonal design

Here's a beautiful example of counterchange to achieve drama and variety in a concept sketch for the 1939 World's Fair on San Francisco Bay.

7 comments:

T. Arispe said...

Wow, that is gorgeous. I love the impact the counterchange gives, making the structures look even more monumental.

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Rich said...

let's disregard the former two comments;-)
but I love these counterchange temple buildings here (or whatever those edifices may signify).
I've admired these kinds of changes by clever painters in countless paintings / charcoal drawings.

Eric Bouffard said...

This is a beautiful piece.
Is this a Hugh Ferriss drawing by any chance? It reminds me very much of his work.

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David Webb said...

Leslie Ragan also made good use of this in his 'New York Central System' posters.
Very effective.