negative space

Negative space is the area in an illustration that an artist has left blank. This tag should be used for images that have a noticeable amount of empty space devoid of any objects, designs, or compositional elements. This might be done to indicate movement, isolation, or simply to leave room for text to be added.

Not to be confused with blending.

Examples

Non-examples

These posts do not count since the area around the subject is taken up by objects, designs, or other compositional elements. i.e the spaces are filled.

See also

• simple background
• wide shot
• Tag Group:Image Composition