blockout

Initial composition planning

A blockout is a preliminary sketch or rough layout establishing basic shapes and composition before details are added.

Artists and designers use blockouts to plan proportions and placement: Start with a blockout before refining the figure.

In theater and film, blocking out means planning where actors move on stage or set.

The term also applies to material that blocks light from passing through, as in window treatments or printing screens.

censorship

redaction

Obscuring sensitive text

  • suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
  • censorOne who suppresses content
  • banOfficial restriction on something

restrict · sanitize · expurgate · bowdlerize · silence · forbidden · taboo · classified · classified · scrubbed

memory

blackout

Complete power loss

  • amnesiaPathological loss of recall
  • fugueContrapuntal musical form
  • lapseBrief failure or expiration

forgetting · dissociation · suppression · gap · blank · trauma · repression · unconscious

design

sketch

Hasty informal drawing

  • roughUneven in surface
  • layoutSpatial arrangement of elements
  • mockupPreliminary design representation

wireframe · placeholder · silhouette · composition · staging · planning · draft · outline · massing · thumbnail

lightblocking

curtain

Fabric hung for privacy

  • blindsAdjustable slatted window coverings
  • shadeDarkness from blocked light
  • blackoutComplete power loss

shutters · awning · canopy · tinting · film · drape · liner · roller · panel · thermal

elimination

disqualification

Removal from eligibility

knockout · purge · cut · dropout · ousted · eliminated · tournament · bracket · round · competition

sunprotection

sunscreen

UV-blocking skin cream

polarized · visor · parasol · umbrella · gazebo · hat · tint · mesh · netting · covering

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completion/refinement

blockoutfinished product

Completed manufactured good

final cut · camera-ready · master · deliverable · masterwork

light transmission

blockoutsheer

Absolute; also diaphanous

transparent · translucent · see-through · gauze · voile

positional access

blockoutgive way

Collapse or relent

clear out

Family

block, out, blocks, blocked, blocking, blocker, blockers, blockage, blockages

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