How would the composition change if one or more lines were removed?
When anything is removed or added from/to an image, it can change the meaning of the piece. The removal of lines can do anything from creating a sense of emptiness and loss for the audience, to drawing attention and stressing the point of another part of the image.
What happens when you combine flat, solid shapes with gradated shapes? Or fuse negative and positive?
It depends on context, I would think, as well as design aspects of the piece. If overused it might seem too busy, might clash. But if a balance is struck, then it could make for an engaging image.
What happens when you invert the values-that is, the black areas become white and the black areas become black?
On photographs in particular, the inversion of colors is profoundly unsettling. To take something realistic and then swap the color palette often results in an alienating image, something that disturbs the audience as it isn't what they expect. It is a powerful tool and shouldn't be overused, but if that is the goal, then by all means.
Choose an artist's piece from the chapter that you liked and talk about the methods used.
I enjoyed "Beauty Composites: First and Second" by Nancy Burson, as it prominently displays how feminine-patriarchal (and often white-centric) standards of beauty shift over periods of time, and cataloges changing ideals for facial features. Burson did this piece digitally, by using a computer and overlaying the portraits of film stars from two different decades.
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