Waterbrush filled with rapidograph ink on glossy paper. 8.5″ x 11″.
Ugolino and his sons by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux on the second page, one of the
most impressive sculptures pulled out of marble. Go look at it at the Met.
Just realized that human hands have webbing between the fingers. Ink inspiration
comes from Franklin Booth and Joseph Clement Coll. –Z

Waterbrush filled with rapidograph ink on glossy paper. Photoshop CS3 color.
7.5″ x 11.25″.

Furrowed like the fingers that clutched it, her boy’s spear skewered a lone
fish for her solitary plate.

Image invented for Illustration Friday.

Waterbrush filled with rapidograph ink on glossy paper. 8.5″ x 11″.

Hand Studies, inspired by expressive hands of JC Leyendecker and Alphonse Mucha.
A lecture given by Frank Porcu, revealed how much character and emotion can be shown
through hands. Studies done from George Bridgman, my own hands, and Rob Rey.
Porcu also mentions how a value change means there’s a plane change. –Z