Our mind chooses the path of least resistance, perceiving lines as continuing along their established direction. ( View large version)Ĭontinuation dictates how we interpret direction and movement through a composition. The eye is drawn up the street, through the city, to the horizon. We perceive these aligned elements as related groupings more so than we do elements in lines and curves that are unaligned. We tend to follow continuous, uninterrupted movement, following elements that are aligned in straight lines or curves. Every day we experience similar scenes that lead our eyes through them, without even realizing it. ContinuationĪ road stretching into the distance. In the final part of this series, we’ll focus on the principles of continuation and common fate, which involve movement, both implied and animated, to create relationships.Īs in the previous articles, we’ll first dig into how the principles work and then take a look at real-world examples so that you can use them effectively in your own designs. In the first two parts of this series, we looked at the principles of similarity and proximity to understand how elements can be organized by their relatedness to other elements, and we looked at the principles of closure and figure-ground to understand how relationships are formed through the use of positive and negative space. At the foundation of this organization are the gestalt grouping principles.
Creating an effective web design is like putting a puzzle together, with the various parts coming together to tame the chaos and form a whole, well-organized design.
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