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  2. Texture (visual arts) - Wikipedia

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    In the visual arts, texture refers to the perceived surface quality of a work of art. It is an element found in both two-dimensional and three-dimensional designs, and it is characterized by its visual and physical properties. The use of texture, in conjunction with other design elements, can convey a wide range of messages and evoke various ...

  3. Elements of art - Wikipedia

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    Mark making is the interaction between the artist and the materials they are using. [1] It provides the viewer of the work with an image of what the artist had done to create the mark, reliving what the artist had done at the time. [1] Materiality is the choice of materials used and how it impacts the work of art and how the viewer perceives it ...

  4. Textures: A Photographic Album for Artists and Designers

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    Textures: A Photographic Album for Artists and Designers is a compendium of 112 texture photographs by Phil Brodatz. It was published in 1966 by Dover Publications. The texture images are grayscale and taken under controlled lighting conditions. Each texture is accompanied by a brief description of the contents and the conditions under which it ...

  5. Glaze (painting technique) - Wikipedia

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    Glazes can change the chroma, value, hue and texture of a surface. Glazes consist of a great amount of binding medium in relation to a very small amount of pigment. [1] Drying time will depend on the amount and type of paint medium used in the glaze. The medium, base, or vehicle is the mixture to which the dry pigment is added.

  6. Optical illusion - Wikipedia

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    Op art is a style of art that uses optical illusions to create an impression of movement, or hidden images and patterns. Trompe-l'œil uses realistic imagery to create the optical illusion that depicted objects exist in three dimensions.

  7. Bitmap textures - Wikipedia

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    They are commonly used to give texture to models, renders, or environments in animation or video games. [1] These textures are created by artists or designers using bitmap editor software such as Adobe Photoshop [ 2 ] or GIMP , [ 3 ] or simply by scanning an image and, if necessary, retouching it on a personal computer .

  8. Texel (graphics) - Wikipedia

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    In computer graphics, a texel, texture element, or texture pixel is the fundamental unit of a texture map. [1] Textures are represented by arrays of texels representing the texture space, just as other images are represented by arrays of pixels. Texels can also be described by image regions that are obtained through simple procedures such as ...

  9. Image texture - Wikipedia

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    Artificial texture example. Natural texture example. An image texture is the small-scale structure perceived on an image, based on the spatial arrangement of color or intensities. [1] It can be quantified by a set of metrics calculated in image processing. Image texture metrics give us information about the whole image or selected regions. [1]