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Using texture to add emphasis

Using texture to add emphasis

From the course: Design Aesthetics for Web Experiences

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Using texture to add emphasis

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- [Instructor] In this lesson, you'll get to tap into your senses. Texture is the third element of design. You can use texture in your designs to create visual emphasis through a sense of depth, touch, and realism. The simple definition of texture is the surface quality of any shape or line within your design layout. Texture, unlike flat color, affects both our sense of sight and touch. Using them in our work makes our work more immersive and relatable. Think of how a texture looks and feels, such as shiny and smooth, rough and bumpy, or leathery and soft. Consider too, the materials that textures can be made from, including organic materials like cotton and wood, and synthetic materials like plastic and rubber. Our knowledge of what textured objects feel like in 3D can be subconsciously triggered by their two dimensional counterparts in our design. What's more, textures can be combined with shapes, lines, colors, shading, type, and photographs. Designers use textures quite a bit as…

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