Home-based: Apply Negative spaces

Negative spaces is the empty spaces around a subject. It is also the space in between subjects or objects. 

Often, we regard positive spaces as the places the subject is coloured in. In the example, above, the line-drawing (one the left) has more negative spaces than the one with filled leaves (on the right). 

The examples below shares how we can repeat a similar idea in the background to shift a composition away from a clear "Yin-Yang" composition.