Image Essay # 5

For this image essay, I will talk about rhythm. Rhythm in an image is very important. Rhythm is the movement or variation characterized by the regular recurrence and the patterned, recurring alternations of contrasting elements. An image that has a good rhythm gives the viewer’s eyes to move around the image and look around. A person creating a good art piece would not want their viewer’s eyes to stay in one spot, unless that is the intent. The viewer’s eyes must make its way around the image to be able to see what the artist is doing. In my image that I found, there is a lot of circular motion that moves the viewer’s eyes around. It seems to start from the lower right hand side of the image and moves toward the top left and then over to the smaller circles on the top right. In the beginning there are also two rectangular shapes that help the eye move towards the top left side of the image. Even if that is not the way everyone sees the movement, the circular shapes create sort of an explosive feel. That makes the viewer’s eyes to move around the image instead of just staying in one particular area.