Shapes aren't sexy because of their form , of course you can always make them look sexy like in the picture above, but how they're used in a design. You can use shapes to help drive a message or a mood. Here are just a few basic shapes and their meaning:
Circle-
Represents: Unity, wholeness, and Infinity
Triangle-
Represents: Things in 3s like "mind, body, and soul", "past, present, future", or " father, son, holy ghost". It's always good to use a triangle when your're trying to represent 3 different things.
Square-
Represents: Things that come in 4s like the four seasons of the year, fall, winter, spring, summer, or the four physical elements of the world , fire, water, air, and earth. A square represents tangible elements on earth.
These are just a few meanings of some basic shapes that you'll use in your ever day design work. I didn't go over all the basic shapes , because that would make this post to long haha. If you want to learn more about the meaning of shapes please check out the links below. When using shapes in your design work play around with them seeing what you make with them. In the link list below I'll include some cool tutorials on how to use shapes to build some awesome stuff . However right now it's Video time!!!! Here is an artist who uses basic shapes to create something really cool.
Credits:
Reference article: http://altreligion.about.com/od/symbols/ig/Geometric-Shapes/
Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKz1GuVbcBY
Tutorials:
Make a geometric pattern: http://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/create-a-colorful-geometric-pattern-in-photoshop--psd-37055
40 Shape tutorials using Illustrator: http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/illustrator-shapes-tutorials/
Photoshop shape tutorials: http://www.photoshopessentials.com/basics/shapes/
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