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Another thread about how your brain reads an image and how it can help catch/trick the attention of the player/viewer in many different ways.
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To be more efficient, our brain will pick information depending on a variety of factors:
It's common knowledge that we evolved to be aware of imminents threats, and that can be super useful in video games, cinema or illustration to make you feel or notice things.
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It's common knowledge that we evolved to be aware of imminents threats, and that can be super useful in video games, cinema or illustration to make you feel or notice things.
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First, the brain will focus on life forms.
That's the very crucial element it will try to identify when processing the image. Movement and shapes that may indicate the presence of a life form. Humans and animals first.
What do you see there at first look ?
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![First, the brain will focus on life forms.That's the very crucial element it will try to identify when processing the image. Movement and shapes that may indicate the presence of a life form. Humans and animals first.What do you see there at first look ?[3/11]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/En3OskDXUAMp1xD.jpg "First, the brain will focus on life forms.That's the very crucial element it will try to identify when processing the image. Movement and shapes that may indicate the presence of a life form. Humans and animals first.What do you see there at first look ?[3/11]")
![First, the brain will focus on life forms.That's the very crucial element it will try to identify when processing the image. Movement and shapes that may indicate the presence of a life form. Humans and animals first.What do you see there at first look ?[3/11]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/En3V_wdXMAIRp7p.jpg "First, the brain will focus on life forms.That's the very crucial element it will try to identify when processing the image. Movement and shapes that may indicate the presence of a life form. Humans and animals first.What do you see there at first look ?[3/11]")
That's the very crucial element it will try to identify when processing the image. Movement and shapes that may indicate the presence of a life form. Humans and animals first.
What do you see there at first look ?
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It's been proven that we are also attracted to the direction people are facing. If they're looking at left, your next brain move will be "HEY, WHAT'S UP LEFT ?!".
It works exactly the same on visual medium.
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![It's been proven that we are also attracted to the direction people are facing. If they're looking at left, your next brain move will be "HEY, WHAT'S UP LEFT ?!".It works exactly the same on visual medium.[4/11]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/En3TVpPXYAA1QH9.jpg "It's been proven that we are also attracted to the direction people are facing. If they're looking at left, your next brain move will be \"HEY, WHAT'S UP LEFT ?!\".It works exactly the same on visual medium.[4/11]")
It works exactly the same on visual medium.
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Diagonals and curves tend to drive our vision in a direction, whereas horizontal and vertical ones will create a frame of focus, a visual cage that won't invite your brain to follow a direction.
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![Diagonals and curves tend to drive our vision in a direction, whereas horizontal and vertical ones will create a frame of focus, a visual cage that won't invite your brain to follow a direction. [5/11]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/En3chQGXcAAQlVz.jpg "Diagonals and curves tend to drive our vision in a direction, whereas horizontal and vertical ones will create a frame of focus, a visual cage that won't invite your brain to follow a direction. [5/11]")
![Diagonals and curves tend to drive our vision in a direction, whereas horizontal and vertical ones will create a frame of focus, a visual cage that won't invite your brain to follow a direction. [5/11]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/En3cqRCW4AE1xbL.jpg "Diagonals and curves tend to drive our vision in a direction, whereas horizontal and vertical ones will create a frame of focus, a visual cage that won't invite your brain to follow a direction. [5/11]")
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The brighter areas are also an obvious choice of focus.
The unease you might feel by looking at this may be because your brain spotted something else though...
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![The brighter areas are also an obvious choice of focus. The unease you might feel by looking at this may be because your brain spotted something else though...[6/11]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/En3Mn1cXMAATbm2.png "The brighter areas are also an obvious choice of focus. The unease you might feel by looking at this may be because your brain spotted something else though...[6/11]")
The unease you might feel by looking at this may be because your brain spotted something else though...
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Another thing that we tend to prioritize is the sharpest elements first, the blurry items will be processed afterwards even though they might be before the sharpened subject.
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![Another thing that we tend to prioritize is the sharpest elements first, the blurry items will be processed afterwards even though they might be before the sharpened subject.[7/11]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/En3R-vyWMAA9QGt.jpg "Another thing that we tend to prioritize is the sharpest elements first, the blurry items will be processed afterwards even though they might be before the sharpened subject.[7/11]")
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Every color that will stand out from the whole environment/picture's mood.
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![Every color that will stand out from the whole environment/picture's mood.[8/11]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/En3WRIdW8AUdl05.jpg "Every color that will stand out from the whole environment/picture's mood.[8/11]")
![Every color that will stand out from the whole environment/picture's mood.[8/11]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/En3XhGpXcAUWtZw.png "Every color that will stand out from the whole environment/picture's mood.[8/11]")
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Uniform and solid shapes will also have a tendency to be processed earlier. Not sure
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![Uniform and solid shapes will also have a tendency to be processed earlier. Not sure [9/11]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/En3Y-PgXUAAuH5W.jpg "Uniform and solid shapes will also have a tendency to be processed earlier. Not sure [9/11]")
![Uniform and solid shapes will also have a tendency to be processed earlier. Not sure [9/11]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/En3ZS1kWMAEZKBs.jpg "Uniform and solid shapes will also have a tendency to be processed earlier. Not sure [9/11]")
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Finally, text and signage is also catching brain's attention very early, we have been used to text providing us with crucial information about how to understand our world and communicate our own thoughts to it.
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![Finally, text and signage is also catching brain's attention very early, we have been used to text providing us with crucial information about how to understand our world and communicate our own thoughts to it.[10/11]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/En3Z_fuWEAA8aOL.png "Finally, text and signage is also catching brain's attention very early, we have been used to text providing us with crucial information about how to understand our world and communicate our own thoughts to it.[10/11]")
![Finally, text and signage is also catching brain's attention very early, we have been used to text providing us with crucial information about how to understand our world and communicate our own thoughts to it.[10/11]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/En3a1gfW8AQCtEw.jpg "Finally, text and signage is also catching brain's attention very early, we have been used to text providing us with crucial information about how to understand our world and communicate our own thoughts to it.[10/11]")
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Some tracking software can now be used to track the player's eye and draw an heatmap out of it. Super interesting.
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