Human body is one of the objects that have been most frequently shown up as a subject matter in the art world – because the beauty of human body is still a valuable element to study, a lot of artists continue to explore its grace. Among the body parts, hands are very interesting material: its structural form, the texture of skin, wrinkles that hold the joints… At the same time, hands are the parts that play most of roles for creative activities of human beings. Art is made by hands.
Repetition
- Keyword: “Bold” and “Organic”
The first draft was coming out of a sketch depicted like cell division. Organic transformation in terms of visual expression is treated as the most important component here. I tried to avoid patternizing objects for “repetition,” since the piece has been intended to be rough and organic. This composition could be possibly the most favorite amongst the four, because I did want to use some boldness for the compositions so I can make them stronger. It is one of my beliefs that an artwork should have a sort of power to capture the attention of the viewers at the first gaze.
Movement
- Keyword: “Pretty” and “Decorative”
The composition is based on Art Nouveau style as Aubrey Beardsley. After making a decision to refer the style, I was considering to apply a number of detailed and dedicate lines, which are the core of the style. Unfortunately, the trial is appeared as a less efficient or less powerful result. This could be my least favorite; also the outcome was not good as the enlarged sketch. At the critique, people pointed out most of things that I thought beforehand (such as too much thin lines, crowded, less effective usage of “power separation”). In addition, one of Sherin’s comments was very interesting: the hand is not involved actively as other three hands are in the compositions; when the audience looks at the piece, their eyes move around the structure and then it ends up with the abstract shapes, not the hand. The subject matter could be out of the focus.
Balance
- Keyword: “Minimalize” and “Limited”
To make a “balance,” I selected the way of using very limited shapes and elements. It is very true you can balance out by spreading numerous elements around the canvas, but I believe minimizing components in the canvas (or the screen) can lead to the maximum effects. I completely suppress blacks, showed only three structures: a curve line, a covered hand, a fracture of horizontal lines with various weights. If it is possible to point out its shortcomings, it was not so recognizable when the viewer was in relatively longer distance (“white-out”). Honestly speaking, for the progress, I would suggest it could be better if the artist–myself– was able to manage clearly in terms of handcrafts. The curve line is the kernel of this piece, but it was not clean and solid that the artist intended/wanted to be.
Emphasis and Economy
- Keyword: "Divide" and "Separation (the Center)"
The approach of this composition would be similar to what I did for the Balance. This is why I think Balance and Emphasis/Economy are interactively, closely connected to each other. However I slightly distorted the approaching – this time a huge and daring division of the canvas space is used. I also tried to depict minute details in the hand, such as wrinkles or nails, to separate the object out of the space so it can have such dominance in the composition to work as the central (as known as, “Emphasis”). Since the black in the bottom grabbed the heaviness or physical weight that eyes will feel, no white-out phenomenon was happened.
Overall, I definitely tried to approach with various ways to understand and express for each category. By exploring a lot of styles and methods, artists can get more experiences to get used to.
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