Itwasneveradream wrote:
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Do you know any good tutorials?
The best way to learn to draw hands is just to do studies of them. Draw as many as you can, using reference. Examine how they are put together, and how the proportions work. Hands are tricky in that they can be so many different shapes depending on the age or gender of the person, the angle, or the pose. But just fill sheets of paper with little hand drawings. I often do it as a way to relax and improve my anatomy.
For example, here are two of my sketch pad* (*a folder on my computer with .PSD files) sheets. I look at model sheets, photos, tutorials, pause animated movies and take screen caps, etc. and then just sketch, trying to think critically about the structure and form, and how the hands are constructed. I look at artists like Andrew Loomis, Glen Keane, and Chris Sanders and see if I can get a feel for how they simplify hands. Or just hold up your own hand and sketch away!
Alexisds1 on Deviant Art has a really good tutorial on simplifying and thinking of hands as actors. You'll notice I tried drawing several hands from her tutorial on one of my sketch sheets.
I find it easiest to think of the total silhouette a hand or gesture is going to make, and sketch in the rough shape, like a winter mitten. The basic proportions of the hand are pretty easy to remember too - the palm is roughly the same length as the fingers, the thumb is roughly 2/3rds the length of the palm and extends to the base of the fingers. The middle finger is the longest, and the other fingers form an arc out from it. The bone protrusion from the wrist is always on the opposite side as the thumb, etc. After that it is really just all practice and repetition, which is why filling up pages with hand sketches is useful. You can even have fun by playing around with the proportions on purpose. Will you make big meaty hands? Little puffy baby hands? A hand with long narrow fingers? You'll find you start having a lot of fun with it.
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Your lineart is so clean orz - mine is always messy...
