INTRO TO GESTALT

 Most of you by know would know what Gestalt Principle is, but do you really understand what role it plays? 

 

Let me start with Figure Ground. Basically it talks about when our eyes differentiate an object form from it's surrounding area; a form, silhouette or shape is naturally perceived as figure(object), while the surrounding area is perceived as ground (background) When two fields have a common border, our visual system will interpret the image as two different perceptions, A figure is what we look at and a ground is everything else that forms the background.

 

Closure on the other the other hand, occurs when an object is incomplete a space is not completely enclosed although when a certain object is not complete, it is enough for the eye to complete the shape. When the viewers perception completes a shape, closure occurs. See how the text up there actually forms a glass?

 

Proximity is simple and straightforward. It happens when elements are places close together, they tend to perceived as a group!

 

You could say Similarity is also perceived as a group/pattern. It occurs when 1 object looks similar to one another. Sometimes similarity can also be categorized as proximity.

 

Continuity happens when the eye is compelled to move through one object and continue to another object. Viewers see elements that form a smooth continuation.

 

Lastly (fuh) Alignment! Basically lining up objects to form groups :D Such shapes can make a a difference like what you see up there. The triangles form some sort of a mountain.

Tuned in for for since there's quite a number of projects that relate to this principle. One of them is a group video and the other one is Tessellation (which I'm guessing will take a while)