The Mystery of Creating Flow in Scrapbook Design Revealed
Flow and the Letter Z
by Julie Kelley, Creative Team Member
When planning your scrapbook pages, you want to have a "Flow." Your eyes want to travel across the page and find all the beautiful pictures and elements that you so carefully placed.
Creating a layout that roughly follows the letter "Z" gives your eyes a distinct path to follow as they travel across the page.
- In this layout, I wanted the photo to be large so that the expression on their faces was clear.
- I set the photo off center, and placed the title, journaling, and accents so that your eye will start at the top left with the set of 3 brads, and end on the bottom right with another set of 3 brads.
- Notice the movement as you scan throught the layout. The first set of brads gives your eye a starting point, then the title gets you across the page.
- The flower accents then lead you to the photo, where the children are looking in the direction of the next set of flowers.
- From there the journaling leads you to the final set of brads to complete the "path."
Credits:
Layout: Julie Kelley
Digital papers and elements: Berna Datema
Fonts: Batik, Lithos Pro, Crappy Joe, Pottery Barn, Music DBZ, 7 hours, Jane Austen and Big FIsh Ensemble.
3 comments:
this was a good tip and easy to follow! tfs!
:) M
v. interesting. tfs. I'm going to try that. I often wonder what makes some lo's great and others so-so. I've just discovered this site so I'm hoping by reading articles like yours that some of the 'pot-luck' my lo's are subjected to will be replaced by knowledge and skill.
Thanks so much for this interesting tip.
I am just learning and of course am taking classes, but they don't teach things like this, and my own lo are not that greta yet. Sure glad I found your site.
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