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Outlines

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Welcome to Basic 2D Design

This ever evolving* website is your study guide for learning the vocabulary used to discuss the formal properties of art work.

The Outlines: Various art images illustrate terms and concepts familiar to artists and designers. Of the four sections--Content, Style, Element, and Extension--the elements are our focus.

The Assignments: Excersises for the "eye" and the hand, as well as evidence of your mastery of the basic visual concepts of 2D design.

* this link goes to a later version of the outlines on the gd1 site