The Long Road Out

Illustration Friday "Signs"

Published Saturday, May 19, 2007 by Jane | E-mail this post

Signs (& Portents?)
Paper collage
This is a great topic for IF.
I have so many ideas I may have to submit more than one!

As soon as I saw what the topic was I thought of signs as indirect ways of communication.
The subliminal way we reveal ourselves with little gestures, tics and slips of the tongue.
In this collage the figure is feeling bleak and outside of human existance, looking inward for a sign that life will be good once again.

From "outside" the sign comes and he only has to lift his head to see hope.
Haven't we all done this at some time...waited for a sign that change will come and we will find our way once again?

In this collage I wanted to use as few paper elements as possible to create the mood and to communicate the message. So there are only 4 pieces here, the background, the figure, the hand and the leaf.