Visual Grammar 101, 102, 103

Christian Leborg, in his very compelling book, Visual Grammar, says that it can help you speak and write about visual objects and their creative potential, and better understand the graphics that bombard us 24/7.  

Consciously and subconsciously,  knowingly or unknowingly we are constantly influenced by the visual world that surrounds us. Every individual has created their own visual dictionary influenced by these outside elements juxtaposed with our inner personalities. A red circle can symbolize 'stop' for most, but to me, it also signifies the Indian 'bindi'. 

Basically, to understand the working of this visual language, the best method that has helped me immensely was  to do meticulous studies of lines, circles and squares till I went googly eyed! The relationship between them, the effects on variations of thickness, colour, orientation.... I can go on and on... 

Here are some examples of my studies :

Lines, circles and square of varying sizes

Adding a little bit of variation by changing thickness, size or colour changes the visual language quite drastically :

Keeping the lines, circles and squares within a grid, but playing with colour, subtraction, placement or orientation.....