Contrast (Holly Schindler)

In pattern design, it can be one of the most important things: the right contrast to make your images pop. In order to get the contrast right in my latest (a Halloween pattern), I put each of my witch's hats on a different color, making a kind of checkerboard background. 

As it's been mentioned before, contrast also comes from things that plain don't go together. Like, say, sweet fabric patterns like gingham and daisies on witch's hats: 

 

In writing, contrast can come from conflicting desires. The most basic of all conflicting desires is what a character wants vs. what they need. 

But I think, as art often shows us, things that offer conflict (or contrast) can often make the most beautiful pictures...

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Holly Schindler is the author of The Junction of Sunshine and Lucky