The Deep Space project uses diminishing contrast between shapes and ground (background), scale, and value to create the illusion of transparency and depth in a 2-dimensional image.

The major steps in achieving depth were as follows:

1) Creating 3 sizes of shapes and multiplying them across a canvas with a ground of 50% value.

2) Rotating the identical shapes to create the illusion of “floating” in space

3) Adjusting the value of the constrasting/overlapping areas of shapes to create transparency.

Understanding the relationships between 2 figures overlapping one another was the most difficult part of the project, but practice from our previous assignment served as a good guide.

To keep consistent values across the canvas, I made sure to keep track of the value percentages of overlapping space as I worked.

Another challenge was making sure the values of the larger shapes in overlapping areas reinforced the idea of the larger shapes were closer in distance, not just large in size.

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