7 Elements of design, 1 ring to rule them all.  Exciting stuff isn't it?  This photo I have reminds me of a ring, and exemplifies repetition in a natural way.  The beauty alone is hypnotizing.  Maybe I should have used this photo each time, and hypnotized the readers to believe it was every principle of design!

Repetition is not just a random repeating element in a photo or design.  But a pattern that is natural to the photo that draws the viewers eye to  a specific detail within.

Look at this photo, notice that the ripples converge onto the splash.  Large ripples seem to close in on the small circles, all drawing to that simple detail.  Now to the viewer who likes to think outside the box (or criticize an artist by being the only rebel without a cause...) the droplets converge begin the ripple, therefore the eye is drawn to the large ripple that spreads off the image, leaving the feeling of something unfinished.  This can be good or bad, depending on the authors intentions.

The next image is a clear cut use of rhythm to create emphasis on a single point on the image.  Rhythm is the natural flow of a design, usually adding a sense of unison in that it all seems to belong together.

Notice the use of the same color palate, Red and different variations of it, with a dark maroon to offset the photo a little, but still maintaing the natural rhythm.  This graphic also contains line containing the rhythm to draw the viewers eye to the eye in the center of the photo, the focal point of the artwork.  Art is commonly seen as pictures and drawings creating an image in a blank space.  While that is the basic of it, there are so many details purposely added that make art understandable, and add the uniqueness to it.  The principles of design are the foundation for this, and a true artist knows how to use the foundations as nothing more than a foundation for a creation and branch out from it to create something truly beautiful