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- My first grouping of hand prints was colored in a monochrome grayscale with black for the background, gray from the main hand, dark gray for the shadow, and white for the highlights. I chose this color scheme because I thought it would be the best to show value and give the appearance of form in the hands. I layered the colors: black, gray, dark grey, and white. I chose to layer it big to small area wise because I did not want the hands to be covered up or tainted by the stark black background.
- My second grouping was more focused on color usage and compliments. I used the hue of all primary, secondary, and tertiary colors as the background, and then toned the complementary hue of the background color to make the main hand color. I then tinted that same complementary hue for the highlight and shaded it for the shadow. I wanted to emanate famous print maker and the prince of pop art, Andy Warhol. I’ve always been a fan of high contrast and this project allowed me to do just that. I didn’t create multiple prints of each color because I felt it unnecessary due to my previous making of the monotone grayscale prints.