Among the other elements of design, point, is the very basic component of every visual. Every other elements of design is composed of points. Although there is no exact definition of point, here we can say, point is a geometric element that has position but no extension. While sometimes it can be seperate or alone, sometimes we can see it as a part of a whole.

We can see points in almost every visuals. In many cases, when you take a closer look, you will realize that the picture is made up of points. Even the gigantic things, when you look from very far, become points. Here is the picture from the space. Those points are actually very very big stars.

We stated the points as a part of a whole. They just assume different colors and only when they come together they make beautiful sense. Mosaik is a good example of this. Those pointwise mosaiks constitutes the basics of this picture. I wonder is it the marble giving that cold sense or the colors.

We said points are everywhere, of course in nature too, On a large block of color whatever small you put, becomes a point. Here this bug has nice points on its reg wings. It gives you the feeling that some points are burnt on a red, smooth surface.

And sometimes points not only assumes various colors, but they also assumes meanings. points are the language of graph. This graph for example has pages long information in it.

This picture is of blood cells. Those points on the picture do not give us the exact shape of cells but gives us the existence and the motion of them. We feel the red liquid and warmth. It is like energy flowing through vessels.

ONLINE EXAMPLES

As an online example I would like to mention about the Pointillism.

Pointillism is a technique of painting in which a lot of tiny dots are combined to form a picture. The reason for doing pointillism instead of a picture with physical mixing is that, supposedly, physically mixing colors dulls them.

First Example is George Seurat

He was born on December 2, 1859 in Paris. His father was a native to Champagne, and his mother was a Parisian. Seurat spent his life studying color theories and the effects of different linear structures. He developed the style of painting known as Pointillism. He had 500 works of art of his own and he was proclaimed to be a master. But it isn't just the number of his works that make him an expert. His magnificent pointillist pieces in make him the famous artist that he is today.

http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?aid=431892&item=126273

Second example is Beth Hanna

What separates her artwork from other pointillism artists, is that she uses color! Vibrant, shimmering, glowing tones, hues and shades of every color in the tradition of the great Georges

http://www.bethhanna.com/Because%20He%20Doesn't%20Large.htm

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1 - The Artcyclopedia: http://www.artcyclopedia.com

2 - The Art - Wow: http://www.art-wow.com

3 - The Alphabet of Art: http://www.guidance.com