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Originally Posted by Linda Brandon
I think he is using Andrew Loomis' concept of "Informal Subdivision" ...
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Hi Linda, and everyone who's reading this thread
I started reading Linda's recommendation recently, and have come to this particular page which strikes me as an answer to this question we all have been guessing about Assael's composition technique.
Allow me to write what it says on this page (incidentally, this is from pg 29 of his online book
Creative Illustration):
There are times when we wish to achieve great dignity of arrangement. Since the Creator's basic design for animate form is the duplicaton of one side by the other, such as the two sides of a human body,, arrangement based on the same plan takes on the same sort of dignity.
It does not mean that each side must duplicate exactly, but there should be a feeling of complete equalization of the units or masses, the line and spaces of one side with the other.
Church murals invariably follow this plan. It may be used to great advantage in symbolical subjects, appeals for charity, heroic subjects, or to suggest peace and serenity.
Formal Balance was almost the only approach in earlier times, and great compositions have been built with it. It is largely the formality of design which lends such magnificence to the work of Michelangelo, Rubens, and Raphael.
Formal subdivision may also be used informally if one is adept enough..."