Chapter 4: Scale and Proportion

Size does matter.

Don't let anyone tell you it doesn't. Design can be big or small, but the way you present it can make a all the difference.

Scale and Proportion refer to size, but it is also a measure of the two together that create the feeling of the piece.

Photo.  2007-2009. Web. <http://www.dogs4dogs.com/truth4dogs.html>

Today we are going to look at Scale & Proportion.

 

1  Rogers, John.  "Gibson Guitar Art"
Photo. 23 March, 2010.  Web.
<http://johnrrogers.com/tag/gibson-guitar-art/>

2 Gonzalez, Kelsey.  "Our son in front
of his favorite peice of art in Austin, TX"
Photo.  25 Oct. 2010.  Web.
<http://www.totsandtravel.com/2010/10/2607/
austin-childrens-museum-texas/> 

In photo 1 we see a guitar statue.  With no true point of reference we may assume this guitar is a normal size.  It is in front of a building, but the angle doesn't allow us to really see the proportion.  In picture 2 we now have a point of reference for the same exact guitar.  The child gives us a new look at the scale of the guitar, compared to his size.  The Guitar itself is part of a wonderful public arts project organized by Gibson Guitars in conjunction with the city of Austin.  Gibson placed thirty-five, ten foot, Gibson Les Paul's all around the city of Austin, to show off the idea of Austin being a guitar city, as well as proceeds and donations granted to local charities.









Scale and Proportion are forever intertwined.  Without them, I would be deathly afraid of spiders.

Derbyshire, David.  "Creepy Crawly".  Photo.  5 Oct. 2009.  Web.
<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1217709/Do-conkers-drive-spiders-bonkers-Royal-Society-Chemistry-tests-old-wives-tale.html>