This image is a promotional poster for Dragon Age: Origins of the character Morrigan and an Ogre. This piece by Jason Chan is another image which lends itself well to compositional analysis. The rule of thirds on this image would reveal that each third moving up gains visual weight, the top third being the most dominant third due to including both faces, the center third contains Morrigan's magic and her somewhat revealed torso, and the bottom third just shows her dress and a lot of what I believe are assumed to be shadows and darkness. There are also two possible applications of the L rule, a frame within a frame. The first way I find this works is Morrigan herself could be framed on its own, cutting off at her elbow for width, then the troll and her magic are the surrounding frame. The second way I believe this to work is to frame the Ogre's head and Morrigan's magic with Morrigan's body and the shadows. You can also apply the cross technique, where in this instance, diagonal quarters oppose each other in terms of the colour used in the piece, which gives balance to the image. Overall, I find these effect to give the image some intended mystery, as there seems to be no set focus point and strong contrast in shading and colour, which overall seems to leave your eyes free to wander around this image.

Morrigan & Ogre - Pictures & Character Art - Dragon Age: Origins, 2009. Creativeuncut.com [online] Available at: <http://www.creativeuncut.com/gallery-12/dao-poster-morrigan1.html> [Accessed 12 November 2012 ].