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:bulletgreen:Drawing hands - an introduction:bulletgreen:

Most artists have probably at least once in their career felt intimidated by drawing hands. I remember drawing characters with their hands hidden behind their backs (and with their feet in a body of water), since getting the right proportions on them felt like an unsurmountable task. The only cure to overcoming this obstacle is practice. Therefore, for those who are interested, I am going to provide some reference material to use as guide to getting better at drawing hands.

I drew these hands in photoshop, adding some light shadow to convey volume. The best references are of course hands in real life, but with this sheet I wanted to provide some ideas of how you can alter line width to get somewhat natural looking hands using only lines and simple shadow (as opposed to drawing completely photorealistically).

This kind of style can be used quite effectively when drawing comic style pictures (manga, etc.).

If you use these hands to practice or for reference when drawing your own characters, I would love to see the result, so please link it :)
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Mood: Love ~H3R01230 Mar 29, 2013  Hobbyist Artist
You're so incredible!!!
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*DragonFlame123 Jan 23, 2013  Student Traditional Artist
Interesting
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~Gir678 Jan 19, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
What's your advice on how to draw different hands, because all my hands look long and boyish almost all the time, so when I draw girls, drawing hands becomes a challenge.
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~binukuttan Jan 17, 2013  Student Traditional Artist
This is very helpful
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*StyrbjornA Jan 17, 2013  Student General Artist
Thanks!
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~lucyjewel Jan 16, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
thank u... u are a true life saver...
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*StyrbjornA Jan 17, 2013  Student General Artist
That's true dedication, when your life depends on your ability to draw hands :D
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~lucyjewel Jan 19, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Exactly! We need hands! How would i draw with out them! Wait... i kinda could.... everything is possible! Si se puede! Si se puede! Yes we can! Yes we can! Ok i talk a lot... im just vey jittery today haha :D
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~XxStaggerRosexX Jan 16, 2013  Student General Artist
This is very helpful ^-^ Thank you~
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*StyrbjornA Jan 17, 2013  Student General Artist
I am glad you find them useful :)
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