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To make better compositions, strive to simplify and strengthen them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. Simplify colors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
For example, simplify the colors. 2-3 colors seem to be the most effective. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Good to study Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein for their simple use of colors, shapes, and forms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. Deconstruct and simplify compositions <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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When studying the works of the masters, strive to simplify their compositions to better understand and internalize them. Lovely compositions by Hokusai. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Keith Haring as making simple yet strong evocative political and social commentary in his artwork via simple and effective visual arts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
4. Simple and powerful photos are memorable and effective. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Bruce Gilden photos, from his \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Go\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Japan street photography book:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
To make better compositions, strive to simplify and strengthen them! 1. Simplify colors For example, simplify the colors. 2-3 colors seem to be the most effective. Good to study Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":143868,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_ek_photo_artist_note":"","_ek_photo_thesis":"","_ek_photo_camera":"","_ek_photo_place":"","_ek_photo_human_moment":"","_ek_photo_sequence":"","_ek_photo_question":"","_ek_photo_canonical_claim":"","_ek_photo_ai_summary":"","_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/F18D2253-FBD6-402D-B767-4BDE0669BCDC.jpeg?fit=1349%2C1983&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143862"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143873,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143862\/revisions\/143873"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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