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Rounded form

A form defined by continuous curves or rounded contours rather than sharp corners

A form with prominent continuous curves or rounded contours.

Visual Treatments & Formal Design
Rounded form · Medium-sized dog

Medium-sized dog

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A phrase to start with

Rounds a subject's corners into curved forms.

Appearance and effects

Corners reduce and curved contours continue.

Visual traits

  • rounded contours
  • continuous curves

Expected changes

  • Sharp corners are more likely to reduce
  • Arcs and curves are more likely to appear

Five examples

1 — Medium-sized dog
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2 — Cat
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3 — Teenage boy
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4 — Unoccupied interior
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5 — Valley with a river and mountain ranges
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Meaning and scope

Definition

A rounded form reduces sharp corners and builds a subject's outlines and planes with continuous curves or arcs. Material, lighting, and damage remain separate choices.

In more detail

It adjusts the treatment of corners; it does not specify volume, a soft material, particular light, or emotion.

Includes

  • rounded contours
  • continuous curves
  • or arcs

Excludes

  • angular forms
  • material
  • lighting
  • damage
  • or emotion

What this does not imply

  • soft material
  • volume
  • particular lighting
  • or damage

Variability

Because roundness does not itself specify volume, request volumetric form separately when needed.

Usage and adjustments

Usage

  • Specify roundness of form only

Distinguish similar expressions

  • Round the corners of outlines and planes
  • not the softness of material

Typical uses

  • Soften an angular impression

Possible failure modes

  • Sharp corners remain
  • Forms become overly spherical

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