Artist book full of body parts

It's not what you think! This is a special type of collage, called an "Exquisite Corpse." It began as a drawing game invented by surrealists in 1925 and used by artists to collaborate and create unexpected entities.

In my book, I combined figures from art books, magazines, sewing patterns and more. My "corpse" is not as fantastical as the surrealist originals. I learned that it's much harder than it looks to make body parts "line up."


The combination below works okay.
exquisite corpose collage book
I was happy with the next combo, until I noted the man's extra hand.
exquisite corpose collage book
This one is a real mess! Arnold has an extra pair of arms and a tiny little....
exquisite corpose collage book

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