Change How Things Work. Change the Story.

INKTOBER DAY 18: CONTRAPTION

What if a living creature was actually a machine?

A snail has four antennae.

But what if those antennae were levers?

And what if a giant hand could move them, as if operating a strange machine?

Suddenly, we have a contraption.

But theres more.

Whos operating whom?

Is the hand tiny, controlling a normal snail? Or is the snail giant, operated by a normal hand?

The image doesnt tell us.

And thats the interesting part.

Sometimes, a visual metaphor works on more than one level.

You change what something is.

You change how it works.

And you make people question what theyre looking at.

Todays tip:
Dont just change an objects appearance.
Change its function, its relationship with something else, or even its scale.
One small disruption can open up a much bigger story.