Color Me Surprised

For this composition I used the element of surprise using nostalgia. When thinking about the emotion surprise, one's mind is drawn to surprise birthday parties as a child. Using a bold red background, I draw the viewer in. The colors cyan, magenta, yellow and green contrast against the background, which sharply strikes the eye. Sporadically putting the rectangular figures on the page, I rotate some of the rectangles to create change. The larger, darker red rectangle coming from the corner of the page gives the illusion of a tube where the confetti is popping out of; just like a sweet, unexpected surprise. 

Black and White and Gray All Over

For this composition, black textiles serve as the focal point. At the top of the composition lies a spectrum of squares and rectangles that begin with a solid black and lead the eye in the right direction, ending with white. The textiles connect the aforementioned shapes to the circular shapes in the lower left-hand side. Because the above shapes are darker colors, the circular shapes even out the colors because of the cooler grays and smaller, solid blacks circles.