The Landmark Writing by The Egyptians

We are in an era where pictures can be seen around the world in a matter of seconds. Personally, I have always been intrigued with ancient art encrypted by the Egyptians, especially the designed and structure of their artistry. I have found the ancient Egyptians to be fascinating people. They brought to the world a cutting edge of writing style, mathematics, and art through hieroglyphics which is a combination of words and images. In superior with their own language, the Egyptians were excellent graphic artists in their architecture framework, creating a distinctive style by using hieroglyphic etching in human and animal like figures. This particular picture represents the writing style by the Author communicating to his people.

This next image, was also done by hieroglyphic writing and drawing, that allowed the artist to present the most important figure which usually represented their King or God. In the photo show below, I will apply the four elements of design starting with contrast: The contrast of this picture represents colors alike, which consist of an array of multiple colors (red, tan, green, white and black) which bring out the true representation of the God and Goddess. Repetition in the picture is using the same colors which are demonstrated in the writing tablets and on the man and woman. Now we will look at the alignment of the photo. The alignment directs our vision to the vertical hieroglyphic tablets. The woman and the man are position in the center of the hieroglyphic wall. Lastly we have proximity; proximity in looking at the picture, we can see that the woman is sitting directly in front of the man, their position is considered face-to-face and in proximity of one another.

Understanding the four elements of design helps the viewer to understand what exactly is being communicated through contrast, repetition, alignment and proximity.  It has always been known that a picture can tell a story. 




EDLD 5366Digital Graphics, Animation and Desktop Publishing