IF: Subtract

My pop lost his index finger tip when he was a small child in a corn thresher (1920s). He always had massive arms and hands, being a stone mason and woodworker. I was struck by the family iconography that was involved with this minor issue, like the terrorizing of small kids that thought they had made it fall off and become lost.

i'm developing a group of illustrations around it, how this minor loss had made this particular hand something very special, if not vital to certain situations. I expect a folio of 6-8 illustrations will come from it.

top, the watercolor - coldpress with winsor and newton and ink
middle, the drawing - pencil on strathmore
bottom, the idea - noodlers ink on moleskine... sitting in the airport with ideas in my head.