Gestalt - Self Portrait

For my Gestalt image I took a picture of myself that I had taken back in my mustache days and a picture of some trees and over-layed the two. In photoshop I created a layer that would only show the forest image in the shadows and darks of my portrait. This uses the figure/ground theory because you can make out both images. I also exaggerated the whitespace to take out some of the closing lines of my face and arm and added some diagonal white lines to add to the closure effect. For the color I wanted to do a bright green and yellow in areas to make it obvious that it was a group of trees.

Keying in on Gestalt

I toyed with a handful of ideas and ultimately just decided to go with a very simple image that powerfully illustrates Gestalt principles. Here are the principles I used:

SIMILARITY: Each of the shapes are similar in size, shape, and color, so they are perceived as if they go together in a group.

CLOSURE: Even though this picture is only a collection of lines and rectangles, our mind closes the gaps to form piano keys.

Also, I've enjoyed playing the piano since I was a little kid.

Gestalt Principles Assignment: THE FOX

I used the Gestalt Principles of similarity and closure in this graphic of a fox. Although this graphic contains a variety of similar objects, separated by lines, they are grouped together. For example, the eyes and nose are all similar shapes, and portray to be grouped into the form of a face. The second principle I used was closure. This can been seen in the face of the fox. The lines are not completed around the fox's eyes. Instead, our brain finished the picture for us.
Lauren Stolworthy

Gestalt-What we see when we read.

Gestalt: What We See When We Read a Book 

The first Gestalt principle I am playing with is Figure/Ground because there are two images built on top of each other--the eye focuses on the picture on the background because it has more color and is more interesting. Afterwards, the viewer sees the lines on the paper that are used to separate each image and realizes that the lines create a lined paper look. This is not a piece of lined paper--yet the blue lines that separate the different elements of the page give it the appearance of such.

The second principle exemplified here is Closure. Each line breaks up the photo and does not allow the viewer to see what is behind it--yet the brain fills in the blank spot and the viewer sees a complete photo.

Finally, Similarity with the use of Color also plays an important role in this image-but in a different way. While grouping elements together is not as prominent, the groupings of color separate the image from the dark writing text. Similar colors allow the viewer to group based off of tone--thus the text and image, while directly on top of each other, are viewed as separate elements.

Gestalt Principle

My husband and I are putting together a day camp for kids with Type 1 diabetes. I wanted to create something that we could possibly use to represent our camp's name- dia-BEAT-it. I used the principles closure. The object of the fist is incomplete with spaces separating each line. However, we perceive the whole by filling in those missing gaps. I also used the principle of continuation. It occurs because the eye naturally travels up the fist and sees the "BEAT" part of the word. Hence, putting emphasis on "beating" diabetes.

Texas Pride

Home is where the heart is, and the Gestalt principle of closure emphasizes where exactly my heart is: Dallas, Texas.  The burnt orange of University of Texas didn't turn out quite how I liked it, but does add to the overall obnoxious effect. Also, the over-sized heart subtly emphasizes the "everything is bigger in Texas" unofficial state motto. 

Outside looking in

I used the Gestalt principle of closure to portray the phrase "outside looking in." I feel like it simulates half opened blinds and says that someone from the outside might not be able to see the whole story of or understand the person on the inside.