When we made our plates last Friday, I needed extra eyes to judge if I have created the right illusion. Design exercise #3 specifically made me feel blind! I thought it was just my eyes acting up on me, but it was really the illusion the lines made.
According to The Free Dictionary, an illusion is "the condition of being deceived by a false perception or belief." This lesson made me realize that as designers, we can fake these perceptions just to be able to satisfy customers in the look they want to achieve. I've had a previous knowledge on vertical and horizontal stripes, but my previous knowledge was fed with more knowledge. Horizontal stripes can also make someone look thin instead of wider, and the same with vertical stripes. I now know what patterns would make someone appear taller, slimmer, fatter, and all others, so I know what patterns I would use and what I would avoid.
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