In my first project, I was only allowed to use line and shape tools. Also I can only use colors on the grey scale. For my emphasis I choose to make a circle, make it the darkest thing, and put a certain effect that makes it look worn and tattered. I also choose to put multiple of my lines through this circle as a common meeting point of the piece. I also put two star patterns around the circle in order to give a feeling that it is somewhat framed. The circle is also the biggest single item in the piece. I also made a blend behind the circle and made it very smooth around the circle to make it pleasing to look at. Using the same thought, as your eyes move away from the circle the blend gets more choppy and focuses the focus back to the emphasis, the circle. One last thing that supports the emphasis is that the dark, gapped lines start to disappear as you go down the piece.
The movement starts at the top of the piece. I believe this is the case because not only is the emphasis up there, it is also smooth and more relaxing to look at. From there the slowly disappearing blend and the gapped lines lead the piece down the paper. As it goes down the paper, the stars get slightly smaller as well. Once the lines start to get choppy the movement slows down and once again the smaller details are more apparent. In the details there are still some fading lines that lead eyes down the paper again. The last thing that is noticed in the piece is the black typhoon in the bottom left corner. However I feel that due to the choppiness of the paper at the bottom, the emphasis is once again noticed primarily due to the fact that it is big and dark, but also the fact that the background is smooth and relaxing to look at.
