ELEMENT OF DESIGN - TEXTURE

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TEXTURE

    Texture describes the body and surface of fabric. Textures may be rough or smooth, coarse or fine, crisp or clingy, soft or stiff, thin or bulky, opaque or sheer, shiny or dull, heavy or light, or any combination of these characteristics. A texture is usually described as smooth or rough, soft or hard, coarse of fine, matt or glossy, and etc.


Textures might be divided into two categories, namely,

  • Tactile—how an object feels.

  • Visual—how an object appears to feel.

TACTILE


  • Tactile texture or Actual Texture also known as real textures are the physical textures or the patterns which appear on the surface, and when you touch you can feel it the way it appears.

  • Tactile texture is the real thing. It is the actual way a surface feels when it is felt or touched, such as rough, smooth, soft, hard, silky, slimy, sticky, etc.

  • If you are seeing a leather texture when you touch you will get the rough, uneven feel when you touch it.

VISUAL



  • Visual texture is not a physical texture, but an illusion of physical texture created on a two-dimensional surface using other elements of art like line, shape, form, color, space, and value.

  • Some things look like they are rough but are actually smooth. Texture that is created to look like something it is not, is called visual texture.

  • Visual textures are found in paintings or drawings.

  • Visual textures appear to be real, but when you touch expecting a different feel, it may either be smooth, or it may give you a different touch result.

  • They are created using other elements of art.

    TYPES OF TEXTURES


    1. Fuzzy, loopy, or shaggy surfaces are usually thicker and bulkier. They increase visual size.

    2. Stiff, crisp textures also increase the illusion of size because the fabric stands away from the body. They can, however, help conceal some body features.

    3. Soft clingy fabrics reveal the body’s entire silhouette.

    4. Smooth, flat textures give the illusion of decreased size.

    5. Shiny textures reflect light and emphasize body curves. They tend to add the illusion of weight or size.

    6. Dull surfaces tend to decrease size because they absorb light.



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