Types of Pictures

Study Notes

A picture is a visual representation or image, either two-dimensional or three-dimensional, created through various mediums such as painting, drawing, photography, or digital art.

Static images: Still images, such as photographs, paintings, or drawings.
Moving images: Videos, animations, or films that display a sequence of images.
Digital images: Images created or edited using digital tools, such as computer graphics, digital photography, or image editing software.

Line: A continuous mark or outline that defines the shape and boundaries of an object.
Shape: A self-contained area with height, width, and depth.
Form: A three-dimensional volume created by lines, shapes, and values.
Value: The lightness or darkness of a color, used to create contrast and depth.
Color: The property of an object that is perceived by the eye as a result of the way it reflects or emits light.
Texture: The surface quality or "feel" of an object or image.

Rule of thirds: Divide the image into thirds both horizontally and vertically, placing important elements along these lines or at their intersections.
Balance: The arrangement of visual elements to create a sense of stability and harmony.
Proportion: The relationship between the size of different elements in an image.
Emphasis: The focal point in an image that draws the viewer's attention.

Communication: Conveying information, ideas, or messages through visual representation.
Expression: Artistic expression, self-expression, or emotional representation.
Decoration: Aesthetically pleasing images used for ornamental purposes.
Documentation: Recording events, people, or places for historical or informational purposes.

A picture is a visual representation or image, either 2D or 3D, created through various mediums such as painting, drawing, photography, or digital art.

Static images: still images, such as photographs, paintings, or drawings, that do not change or move.
Moving images: videos, animations, or films that display a sequence of images.
Digital images: images created or edited using digital tools, such as computer graphics, digital photography, or image editing software.

Line: a continuous mark or outline that defines the shape and boundaries of an object.
Shape: a self-contained area with height, width, and depth.
Form: a three-dimensional volume created by lines, shapes, and values.
Value: the lightness or darkness of a color, used to create contrast and depth.
Color: the property of an object that is perceived by the eye as a result of the way it reflects or emits light.
Texture: the surface quality or "feel" of an object or image.

Rule of thirds: dividing the image into thirds both horizontally and vertically, placing important elements along these lines or at their intersections.
Balance: the arrangement of visual elements to create a sense of stability and harmony.
Proportion: the relationship between the size of different elements in an image.
Emphasis: the focal point in an image that draws the viewer's attention.

Communication: conveying information, ideas, or messages through visual representation.
Expression: artistic expression, self-expression, or emotional representation.
Decoration: aesthetically pleasing images used for ornamental purposes.
Documentation: recording events, people, or places for historical or informational purposes.