Understanding Design Principles

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Balance/Contrast

• The album cover has a dominant image (girl) in the centre of the photo, with "white space" or background noise on either side that balances the cover.
• The black and white photo is juxtaposed with the the red of the band name in the top left corner.
• The album cover is asymmetrical. 

Rhythm/Repetition (Movement/Pattern)

• The girl in the image is laying down with her hips positioned towards the right of the frame. 
• The girl's dress drapes in a similar pattern to the draping of the blanket in the background. 
• The dark circles of the skeleton heads coincide with the circles in the girls pigtail and the open circles found in the bubble-like text font.

Emphasis/Alignment

• The image that acts as the focal point is the girl who takes up the majority of the frame. 
• There is a small amount of text next to a large image.
• The text in the top corner is both bolded and in the color red.

Unity/Proximity (Unity/Proportion)

• This album uses only two different fonts.
• The cover uses only two colours, red and grayscale.