There are three distinct ways that you can use outlining techniques in order to create a sense of movement in the graphics that you create.

The first way is through the use of fuzzy outlines when you are creating the particular graphic design. When an object is moving extremely quickly, our eyes tend to look at it in a fuzzy way. For example, a supersonic jet that flies overhead really quickly might be perceived in this way, as might a train just at the moment when it enters the station at top speed. Utilizing this same conception in fuzzy outlining of pictures can give them the appearance of movement.

Another way to convey movement through outlining is to actually outline multiple positions for the same shape. This can show a series of movements through which that shape has gone and in that way you can also convey movement in a static context. A good example of this would be drawing three or four different images of a man in different stages of doing a push up in order to illustrate the movement required to do one.

The last method is known as optical movement and it is simply the process of forcing the eye to move around the picture and in doing so perceive an implied motion inherent to the thing being examined. Creating curves in a figure going in the direction that you want that figure to travel is a good way to accomplish optical movement in a graphic.

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