2009年11月15日星期日

A Spreading Hand





If a gesture has some certain or universal meaning, then the reason for showing in a design must be similar.

These two pictures both impress me with single big spreading hand. In what conditions will we use this gesture? When we have something to say or show, when we want to protest, argue or fight for something connected to us. It is a serious gesture and mostly with political meaning behind.

Paying attention to the detail, we can discover that in the second picture, the fingers are a little bent, which makes that hand has a trend to grab something. It is more aggresive than just spreading hands apart. As a result , I consider the second picture is more likely to contain the meaning of fight.

The abruptive appearence of hand is eyecatching as well as emotional shocking.

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