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Floaty Compositional Bits

Rovina Cai

May 26, 2023 - A more clickbait title for this post would be “the ONE TRICK artists use to make things look more polished!”. Luckily, I’m not here to write clickbait, but this post actually is about a trick I use to give my illustrations the finishing touch, so let me introduce you to the concept of... "floaty compositional bits"! Essentially, these are abstract graphical elements added to an image to create visual interest or noise. If an image feels incomplete, as though it is missing that last 10%, I often find that adding said bits will tie everything together. I know this concept is not unique to me, as I’ve heard other artists describe them as compositional sprinkles or confetti - which sound much more fun - but in my head I’ve always just called them “those floaty…

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