My pleasure ;-) I borrowed the term from art: https://www.michaelalfano.com/tag/negative-space/?id=400

I'm an artist who works on pre-production fast turnaround animations for films, and yeah that hits the nail on the head, knowing what NOT to do which elements not to focus on is a majority of the power that comes with experience. I'm fast because I know which corners can be cut best and how to illustrate what I need to