Movement/Motion - Implied Motion

The image above represents implied motion in design of a person running away from gunshots. For one, Gestalt's Law of Continuation means that we expect for the lines coming from the bullets to continue. Therefore, the bullets are implied to be moving forward as well. Even though this picture is frozen, we understand it as motion because of our knowledge of what running looks like. Also, because of prior knowledge of the world we know that the bullets will continue to go in the direction they are already in. Bullets do not shoot and then randomly change direction. The man's hair is also blown back because of the force of running against the wind representing motion. Lastly, the artist uses Dondis Guidelines for balance and imbalance to represent this implied motion. One leg is up in the air and the other is out in front on the ground. By looking at this design we understand that this legs we continuously be opposite from one another, which represents running.

The movement implied in this design is what makes this design so intriguing to look at. This designed sculpture has a spiral effect and because of Gestalt Law of Continuation we expect this spiral to continue representing motion. This design also has an abstract side to it, where it appears that many of the pieces should be falling in various directions. The designers use of direction can be also be seen. Each piece of the sculpture is slanted in a certain way and implies that it should continue to fall in that direction. There is also implied motion because of the cutouts from the pieces. It appears as if there are two spirals right next to each other. The cutouts could be compared to something like a snake that is slithering through the ground leaving a trail of its path. Thus, implied motion can see be in this object in several ways from the spiral continuing to go upward to each piece implying that it is about to fall to the direction of its slant.