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Computer Arts, January 2012. Page 53 For today's blog, I discuss variety.  To be specific, I'm pointing out variety in the photo above, but it also relates to what we're studying in GDS 108 (Graphic Design). This photo in particular was scanned from Computer Arts magazine and it is the title page for "The design manual" in the magazine. For starters, variety can be found simply with the different color that make the piece.  From the pink shirt and light bulb to the green background and the black lines, the variety is there.  Then there's the little details that might be missed, such as the exclamation point and the windup key on the subjects back.  The varieties whether noticed or unnoticed makes up the compositions unity. With unity, there is visual communication between the design and the individual who is viewing it.  In this case, each part from the color to the little things like the light bulb and the windup key has meaning.  For me, the ligh