Yesterday I received a comment that I am more than happy to respond to..... "I have noticed in the past that you and many others talk about how elements should lead the eye around a block..... But in this block you have placed the blue bird which is a fairly strong element flying right on out of the picture .... would you mind commenting on that please?"
Well when I placed this bird my eye was following the contour and the thrust of the bird which is upward.....not outward..
In fact in my eye every element of this bird goes up ...not out.!!!
And so to me it
was completing the path in the block.
To be flying right out of the block the bird needed to be tipped forward for the contour to aim it in that direction. Note that the most important directional element of the bird is along the back...When placed side by side I hope you can see the difference... Of course Angela could tip the bird even further upward or place it closer to the rocks......
I am happy to answer questions at any time...
I can see both sides of this. The bird does appear to being flying off the side, when I look at his beak and the fact he is facing the side of the block. But, when I look at the tilt and the curves created it does lead your eye upward.
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