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:

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

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  4. 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.

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  5. 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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  6. Thank you for educating us on art.

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

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