WHOO HOO - It is Sunday night and I am posting my entry for the Illustration Friday challenge! Wanted to try my hand at collage. Lots of items layered on top of each other is a real challenge for me - intimidates me big time but I've been a voyeur of
Donna Downey's Collage Monday posts for a year now and decided that now was as good a time as any to try my own "hand" at it!! HAR HAR - did ya get the joke? Try my HAND at it??
The basic collage workhorses are represented - book text/illustrations, quirky quote, patterned paper, washi tape, etc. Do you see the unusual element(s) - candy wrappers! I didn't even eat the candy (I did eat cookies, though) while working on this layout - for some reason the wrappers were on the counter one day and I stashed them away in my scrap bin. LOVE the touch of metallic sheen it adds to this masculine look.
I leave you now with my new motto -
Always CARRY a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always CARRY a small snake. . .
- W.C. Fields
Linking to Creative Every Day.
8 comments:
What a hoot, always carry a small snake, that's a great hand.
Love the collage style and the funny quote!
So fun to see you trying collage! Looks great and the quote is hilarious!
It's always fun to try something new. I like your collage and the quote is priceless!
Michelle, this is a great collage! Love all the different everyday elements you used, as well as the composition, which just 'clicks'!
I just finished reading a great book called "Collage Masters," which is a great collection of artists and their work. It's amazing to see the widely varying styles and techniques seen in today's collage!
Love the collage Michelle!! I hate to admit it, but my favorite part is the tiny Hershey's wrapper. :-) I'm a big fan of ANY kind of chocolate. Actually, i love your composition - where you chose to stick things of color vs text or "one tone" things. Looks great. Oh, and i loved that quote. hehehehee.. xoxo
ps: you already know i love Danny Gregory, right? :-)
love your hand!
and i don't believe for a minute that you didn't eat that Hershey chocolate! tee hee.
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