Hello everyone! This is my entry of @helene's Drawing Challenge #5. (Thank you again, and Opheliafu too!) This week's theme is hand. I drew a special gesture of my hand : V sign.
Recently, many news or breaking news about booms. It reminds me this sign.
I think many of us had heard of some keywords of the V sign: victory, peace, Churchill, etc. At the beginning, it was the meaning of victory in the WWII.
Belgian French-speaking broadcasts on the BBC promoted using V sign as a sign of victory. The citizens used this sign as a "mental attack" to the enemy.
This practice spread to other countries, e.g. Netherlands and France.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill approved this campaign and he also did using the V sign himself.
Later, in the Vietnam War, it had a twist into the meaning of peace:
Protesters against the Vietnam War (and subsequent anti-war protests) and counterculture activists adopted the gesture as a sign of peace. Because the hippies of the day often flashed this sign (palm out) while saying "Peace", it became popularly known (through association) as the peace sign. source
I know the first meaning and the origin. But it is the first time I heard about how it becomes the sign of peace :o
大家好，這是我參加 @helene's Drawing Challenge #5的作品。（繼續感謝舉辦和嘉賓Opheliafu！）這次主題是《畫你的手》。我畫的是 V字手勢。
為何想起這個手勢呢？因為這幾天都充滿著飛彈的新聞啊...
我想不少人都對這個手勢的來由有一點點認識，關鍵字好像英文的勝利Victory，和平，邱吉爾等等。最初這個手勢來自於二戰，在比利時的廣播建議人民用 V字來表達勝利。人民包圍著敵方（德國軍隊的人），做著同一個手勢，令對方感到被包圍和不安。
這精神上的攻擊頗為成功，其他國家如荷蘭、法國等都開始使用。
英國相首相丘吉爾在一次演講中批準了這個計劃，他自己也開始在公眾前使用 V字手勢。
後來 V字在越戰時演變成代表和平的手勢：
V字手勢被抗議美國不停止越南戰爭的遊行人仕使用，並且用來象徵和平。因為當時的嬉皮士不時使用此手勢並呼叫「和平」，因此V字手勢成為了一個普遍的和平象徵標誌
其實我只知道前半，有點不解跟和平有甚麼關係呢？原來還有後半這個成了和平象徵的轉變。
Outline. 起稿
My hand. I drew with live reference, took photo after drawing. hm... I drew it a bit fat @@ (But I like thick hand)
我的手，在畫完後才照的，好像畫得有點肉 @@ （不過有肉的手好啊）
Drawing the shadow, the pencil work part finished here.
鉛筆在打上陰影後可放下了
Coloring 上色
I fill the hand with colourful gradience to represent peace and happiness. Colour picking is base on rainbow order. I prefer the base colour not very odd changes and mixing of colours. Also, randomly add colour dots and lines.
填上繽粉的漸變，代表和平快樂。漸變以彩虹的色彩順序做根本，因為想避免底層太過衝撞和弄得髒髒的。再隨意畫上一些點點和線，製造凌亂感。
Preparing spray effect of color. Use a paper cover on the drawing, and trace the line. Then, cut out the hand part.
噴洒顏色的準備。舖上一張紙，印出手的輪廓。然後剪出手的部份。
Spraying. 噴洒中
I also applied splash of colours. This is the demo of how I made it. Using a straw to concentrate the part I want to blow. But I still can't control very well.
也試了顏色濺開的效果。上面是另做示範的，用飲管來加強集中度。不過我還沒有控制得很好^^;
Fine tune 修飾
This time I keep the background plain. Adding lovely details by gel pens and add the "tattoo" with the word peace in Chinese : 和平 (Looks cool :P)
這次重點在手上，所以背景留白。用啫喱筆加了一些可愛裝飾，還有紋身的「和平」字樣（好像有點酷:P）
Epilogue 後記
The V sign also has other meanings. For example, the reverse of V (showing the back of hand) is an insult sign in some Commonwealth nations. I had heard about it long time ago.
However, I see this sign in K-pop stars videos and photos now. Is it the same meaning or a new version of this?
In East Asian countries, V sign means peace, also a expression of "yeah". I always make a V sign while taking photos.
Few years ago, girls like to put the V sign near by the cheek. It can make the face looks slimmer and cute too.
It is impossible to have zero conflict between countries, but I hope the V sign power still works. Peace.
V字手勢也有其他的意思。好像在一些英聯邦國家，反V的手勢是侮辱人的。在很久以前有聽說過。
可是，現在又常常看到K-POP的偶像會做這個手勢，是新的用法嗎？
在東亞國家，V字手勢除了和平之外，是「比YEAH」的手勢呢（笑）我也常常拍照時用。
幾年前還流行過比在臉頰旁，有小臉的效果，也好像會增加可愛度。
有些人會覺得比YEAH很小孩子，但我就是喜歡！（因為我不比YEAH就立馬變證件照...）最近好像還很流行上圖那種小愛心的手勢。我老了，我的認知這是「鈔票」、「錢」之類的意思。有點諷剌啊（笑）
國家之間的紛爭不能避免，唯希望 V字的和平精神到今天也能發揮作用。
reference : V sign
image source : Gong
