its unique piece even for me, its the first time ive cropped the eyes out.. prior to this a few years back i was doing studies on hands and gestures combined to them. to help me comprehend how they can convey emotions.. went through one of my many sketch books with these studies ive done and felt like making something as such to see if i still remember what ive learnt. one can convey alot through the eyes so i wanted to see if it could be done just with hands and bady language. i think it adds to the mystery of the image in general helping to draw the viewer in even more. esp. when it comes to a close up like this. pple tend to lock on the gaze en barely look at the rest of the image. if that was the case why even worry about the detial on the rest. so. i flipped it around for a change.