Hands

"Hands"

ARTIST STATEMENT

This image could have turned out better, it was rough around the edges so I used the brush tool to make it less noticeable and fit better, overall I'm pleased with it. I got the idea from images I've seen before. The day this image was due I was at an all-day ski race for the WMC Championship which explains the ribbon. There is a hand in that picture, but I wanted to make it more interesting by layering it, so I put another layer of my hand on top and erased it so the under image showed through. By doing this I added another way to look at this image rather than straight on and just black and white. I liked leaving the top layer in color to really show the difference between the layers. If I had changed it to black & white, the layers would be difficult to tell apart and would take away from the image. If I had more time, I would spend it on the edges around my fingers. I'd like to make them look less fat and a little bit more blended in if that makes sense.