Figure and Ground

Figure and ground are two things that every composition must have and for the most part are easily identifiable, but sometimes they can trick the human eye. Figure and ground have a pretty simple explanation. The figure of a composition is the object or form being shown, and the ground is the space around it. If we were to look at a portrait photograph of a person, the person would be the figure and the background whether it be the outdoors or a plain sheet would be the ground. It is important in visual communication to have figure and ground relations, because without it communication and design would be at a loss, there would be no focal point. To ask myself how I will use these in my own work is kind of a silly question, because I already use them in my work and will continue to do so in the future. In most of my current layouts the black is the figure and the white is the ground

Whoops accidently posted to my other blog! so here it is.