A cut paper illustration of shadows to cast upon the wall with the hands. Alternative title: How I Wilfully Make Life Harder for Myself.
I drew a rough pencil sketch on sketchbook paper, then put this on top of the black paper and cut it with a blunt stanley knife on a deteriorating cutting mat, lifting the sketchbook paper at intervals to clean up fiddly bits of black paper under a bad light late at night.
Comments and critique are always welcome, as are suggested mnemonics to encourage me to, oh, use good tools, bright ideas and a decent light all of which I have.

March 12, 2008 at 9:08 am
i really like the concept and the illo!
March 12, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Great idea!
Please tell me you did not cut the white background out as well.
March 12, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Heheh. No, that’s a pretty Japanese paper.
March 12, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Thankyou Heather, on both counts.
March 12, 2008 at 11:13 pm
So Cool! Love the tension-
March 13, 2008 at 12:07 am
this piece is lovely! so worth the torture i think…that’s what you were going for, no? tortured artist? (i’m pretty sure “self abuse” counts — heh heh)
March 13, 2008 at 6:09 am
wow, this is beautiful! i love the concept…brilliant!
March 14, 2008 at 5:00 am
Beautiful concept and execution!
March 14, 2008 at 9:34 am
Very cool concept and writing. Love it.
March 14, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Great idea, & tools & torture notwithstanding, those hands of yours really can make gardens appear by magic.
March 14, 2008 at 1:06 pm
this is fantastic, and so dramatic!
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March 17, 2008 at 8:52 am
Thankyou all!
March 17, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Pretty! I can imagine an entire children’s book done like that!
March 18, 2008 at 8:31 am
Thanks – so could I before I practically crippled my hands on this one :)