I finished my hand sketch this evening so that I can move on to the text part of the 'fingerprint' project. It's very strange to draw your own hand. I ended up feeling like my left hand looked a little disproportioned, although the basic dimensions are pretty much right on. Perhaps my hand is simply odd.
Feeling dissatisfied with this first sketch, I tried out a few variations. My first experiment was something a littler looser.
My second experiment was just... well... weird. I was going for an more amorphous, finger-print-line feel, but messed up on a swirly line (thus necessitating the 'accent' lines in the background) and ended up with this bizarre little drawing.
The accent swirl reminds me of advice I once received from a painting instructor that if I was looking for something to fill in the negative space I could always use little triangles. This was, and continues to be, the worst artistic advice I have ever received. Triangles!
Anyway, swirl hand drawing aside, I have two other hand drawings to work with and some fun pieces of writing to add. I should have at least one draft posted by tomorrow.
I really like the first experiment (the looser drawn one). Reminds me of the letterpress drawing you gave me. Always enjoying seeing your work in stages!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Tanya! It's funny, I always feel like the loose drawings are too messy to use when I do them, but people tend to respond to them. I guess I just need to embrace the scribbles!
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