A few months ago as I was teaching the Introduction to Illustration at Northern Vermont University, I realized that the use of design principles plus how one composes an image equals the feeling and story. In essence Principle + Composition = Feeling/Narrative.

I am sure I read it somewhere, but it finally hit me in a way that it never has before. It seems simple and yet there is so much in it.

The image is the randomness of my writing on the board during class.