The idea behind this project was to recreate a picture by using only magazine clippings. This was my original image that inspired the entire project. I chose to do this composition to represent Autism since the puzzle piece is the national symbol and the two hands represented the unification of the society and the "real world".
I started the project by sketching the basic outline of the image.
I decided on making the background grey to get the hands and puzzle piece to pop more. Instead of just having the background all grey, i left certain pictures to create movement for the eye to follow.
For the puzzle piece, I wanted it to really catch the viewers attention so I used the color yellow. I wanted to do something different on the puzzle piece so I took a hole puncher and punched out several holes to glue on top of the base of yellow magazine clippings.
I then began on the top hand. I did regular skin color for this hand since it represents the "normal society".
Once i completed the top hand, I started on the bottom hand which represents the Autistic society which is why the hand has a different, unique quality to it.
The very last thing i did was add highlights and creases to the hand.