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  2. Diagonal method - Wikipedia

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    Diagonal method of a 3:2 image. The diagonal method (DM) is a rule of thumb in photography, painting and drawing.Dutch photographer and lecturer Edwin Westhoff discovered the method when, after having long taught the rule of thirds in photography courses, he conducted visual experiments to investigate why this rule of thirds only loosely prescribes that points of interest should be placed more ...

  3. Rule of thirds - Wikipedia

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    The rule of thirds is a rule of thumb for composing visual art such as designs, films, paintings, and photographs. [3] The guideline proposes that an image should be imagined as divided into nine equal parts by two equally spaced horizontal lines and two equally spaced vertical lines, and that important compositional elements should be placed ...

  4. Kōwhai - Wikipedia

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    Sophora tetraptera foliage Sophora tetraptera flowers, foliage and seed pods. Most species of kōwhai grow to around 8 m high and have fairly smooth bark with small leaves. S. microphylla has smaller leaves (0.5–0.7 cm long by 0.3–0.4 cm wide) and flowers (2.5–3.5 cm long) than S. tetraptera, which has leaves of 12 cm long and flowers that are 3–5 cm long.

  5. Twelve basic principles of animation - Wikipedia

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    The principle of solid drawing means taking into account forms in three-dimensional space, or giving them volume and weight. [12] The animator needs to be a skilled artist and has to understand the basics of three-dimensional shapes, anatomy, weight, balance, light and shadow, etc. [ 32 ] For the classical animator, this would be achieved with ...

  6. Pre-Code crime films - Wikipedia

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    Two main types of crime films were released during the period: the gangster picture and the prison film. A triumvirate of gangster pictures were released in the early 1930s—Little Caesar (1931), The Public Enemy (1931), and Scarface (1932)—which were built on the template created by the first gangster movie, 1927's Underworld. All featured ...

  7. Gang sign - Wikipedia

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    Hand signals of the Hermanos de Pistoleros Latinos. A gang sign, also known as a gang signal, is a verbal or visual way gang members identify their affiliation. This can take many forms including slogans, hand signs, colored clothing, and graffiti to indicate that the signaller favors, or is a member of, the associated gang.

  8. Cool S - Wikipedia

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    The Cool S consists of 14 line segments, forming a stylized, pointed S-shape.It has also been compared to the infinity symbol. [4] The S appears to have depth, where the overlap in the center of the S and the appearance of a potential altitude change at the top and bottom of the S make it look like the S connects back to itself in the same way as the infinity symbol does. [5]

  9. The Gangster We Are All Looking For - Wikipedia

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    The Gangster We Are All Looking For is the first novel by Vietnamese-American author lê thi diem thúy, published in 2003. It was first published as a short piece in The Best American Essays of 1997 and was also awarded a Pushcart Prize “Special Mention.” [1] The novel is a fragmented sequence of events recollected by a nameless narrator.