Creative Design Exercise One Nonobjective Composition with a Circle, Square, and Triangle Design nonobjective compositions by combining basic geometric shapes of the circle, the square, and the triangle. Invent any shape. See how creative you can be in taking these shapes, designing new shapes and arranging them in a unified composition. The shapes will have no reference to figurative image or recognizable pictorial subject matter. Referencing the abstract paintings of Vasily Kandinsky for ideas may provide a possible departure point. You will submit four compositions based on three basic geometric shapes: circle, square, triangle. 1. First compositon design will be based on the circle. Create a compositon of circles and abstracted shapes based on the circle. This compositon will be black and white. 2. Second composition design will combine any two of the basic geometric shapes. (circle and square, circle and triangle, or triangle and square) This design will be grayscale. 3. Third composition will be based on a combination of all three geometric shapes: circle, square, and triangle. Combine and abstract the shapes to compose a unified composition. This design will be grayscale. 4. Four composition will be another design based on a combination of all three geometric shapes: circle, square, and triangle. This design will be in an analogous color scheme. Selection tools - add, subtract, and intersect will be helpful in creating and inventing different shapes. Use the entire space so that all of the image window area is considered. Note that open spaces between the shapes are also compositional forms and should be carefully planned. Decide where your extreme darks and lights will be. These areas will hold other compositional ideas together, an aspect of the unity of your compositions. File submission specifics: file size - 800 X 800 px. (pixels) resolution: 72 ppi (pixels per inch) file format: gif information on analogous color scheme The following images are works by Vasily Kandinsky for a departure point in developing compositional design ideas: