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nk-chan — mini hand tutorial
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Hope it's helpful! These are just the observations that helped me the most, and the ones that seem to get overlooked.This stuff should work in any style. :3
More information can be found in the drawings (and in the drawings linked to below) than in the writing alone. For example, look at how the fingernail affects the angle of the tip of the finger when viewed from the side. (See, it'd just be confusing to write about that kind of thing. orz;; )
EDIT:
That's how high MY thumb reaches when lying flat. Since I made this, it's come to my attention that my thumb is abnormally short! If I had been aware of this, I would have averaged the length for this tutorial. This is why it's important to combine tutorial learning with personal observation! Everyone observes things in slightly different ways no matter what, partly because natural organisms vary widely in shape and proportion.
Recommended tutorials:
If you're looking for a longer hand tutorial, `alexds1 has a great one with a lot of helpful illustrations and examples: alexds1.deviantart.com/art/Han…
And for a more advanced hand/arm reference, this tutorial by ~Snigom is fantastic: snigom.deviantart.com/art/Arms…
Some more hand drawings for reference and inspiration!:
by me: nk-chan.deviantart.com/art/som… nk-chan.deviantart.com/art/Wha… nk-chan.deviantart.com/art/han…
by other deviants: littleulvar.deviantart.com/art… mrpaul.deviantart.com/art/figu… nanya.deviantart.com/art/Giant… valentinmelik.deviantart.com/a… , postapocalypsia.deviantart.com… duss005.deviantart.com/art/Det… sorskc.deviantart.com/art/the-…
Sarah Simblet: img.photobucket.com/albums/v34… (From her awesome book Anatomy for the Artist)
Egon Schiele: img.photobucket.com/albums/v34… img.photobucket.com/albums/v34… img.photobucket.com/albums/v34… img.photobucket.com/albums/v34…
Araizumi Rui (Whose art I first learned to draw hands from): img.photobucket.com/albums/v34… img.photobucket.com/albums/v34… img.photobucket.com/albums/v34…
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Comments: 224
Holy. This is extremelly useful. I'm not one for praising, but this is the tutorial I've been waiting for.
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I LOVE YOU. NOW I DO'T HAVE TO DRAW SLEEVES THAT ARE SO LONG THEY COVER UP THE POINTY/STUMPY THINGS THAT ARE ALWAYS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ARMS. (MY CAPS-LOCK KEY IS NOT BROKEN)
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AWESOME.
Those are wickid hands, dude, I cannot lie.
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Thanks SO much for this, I've always hard a really hard time with hands and this made it so much easier! <3
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My thumb almost reaches my first knuckle. ;A; Weird man thumbs.
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Pfff naw, I bet it's more useful than stubby thumbs. XD;
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dude, awesome, much love, needed a brush op on my hand drawing :]
much love
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Useful and simple! And thank you for the additional links! (:
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May I translate this tutorial into my language and upload it to other web?
I'll give you credit
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Yes, of course. :3
Thank you for asking first.
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Even though it's simple, your tutorial is one of the best on the subject.. i swear! you made me notice things i didn't notice before
thanx for the recommendations too 
(This is funny, my thumb is approximately twice the length of your example! *i have long fingers 
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just wanted to let you know that i found your hand tutorial very helpful and used it here: [link] !
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Just thought I'd mention that this is FANTASTIC. I personally have a very hard time with hands, and being able to compare a drawing of a certain style of hand with my own, very different hands- well. It's super-useful, and I'm beyond pleased to have stumbled across this. That 'U-shaped' bit got me thinking, all on its' own! Thank you muchly for posting this!
...more than a year and a half ago. xD Still awesome.
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I'm glad people are still finding it helpful! :3
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Thanks, every little bit helps A LOT! Believe me.
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wow. this is awesome. How about a colorbone/neck/shoulders tutorial? That would be helpful
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Hmm, I'll consider it!
I'm glad you liked this one.
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Wow, that is amazing drawn, so helpful! thank you so much
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Thank you for this. I always have difficulties with hands. This is so simple. I'd had to be really stupid not to get anything out of this 
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adding this to the deviantart school collection i'm working on. simplest tutorial on hands ever!
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Awesome! the only part of the tutorial that I don't like it that the palm seems a bit too square, when I look at my palm when my hand is stretched, my palm is of a pentagonal/hexagonal shape.
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Thanks for this one... just noticed, my thumb is way longer ^_^
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Thank you for posting this tutorial. I actually didn't know that the fingers were roughly the same length as the palm. It really helped me get the right proportion.
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Although these are great hands the fingers seems skinny and separated.
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Well, you don't have to draw them exactly like this. :B
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Actually it is helpful..I have drawn a lot of hands lately ( lots more than what's in my gallery) and the part about the bones and angles is something I hadn't considered.
Thanks!
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Oh that's something I really need, I have big problems with drawing hands! >_<
Thank you!
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When I put my hands flat on the table, my thumbs reach clearly above the base of the fingers- just above the middle joint of the little finger.
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few! I thought I had freakish hands for a minute there xD (joke)
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