HOW TO DRAW A HAND

HOW TO DRAW A HAND

first you want a line as your arm/wrist, then you want a square as your palm

next is the beginning of the thumb, the thumb is one of my favorite parts to draw, though it just looks like a triangle now, this is what you drew

that part of the thumb. remember to use your own hands as refrance

step three is to flesh out your fingers. these are going to be your guidlines for you fingers so be sure to draw light. remember, pinkie is shortest, middle is longest, and ring and pointer are around the same size. but dont be afraid to experiment with different lengths for different characters

now put some meat on those bones, good job. those are your fingers. if you dont like the thickness you can always adjust. dont be afraid of making mistakes

now we flesh out the thumb. you can kinda see how its a hand now, cant ya? but we aint done. no sirrie.

this is a step a lot of people dont care to do, but it makes your drawing look better. you want to add a bit of curve with the connection between the pointer and thumb to mimic the curve your own hand has

i highlighted it in red just in case yall didnt know what i was talking about

the next step is to carefully erase the guidelines, though they were helpful they tend to make our drawing look bad. unless you want fingerless gloves on your hand i reccomend erasing the guidlines

the next part is making the arm/wrist. one part of the arm is pretty straight while the other side has a sort of buldge. this is the mucle in the arm. the way i angled my paper to take a pic put it out of proporttion tho, dont make it too big. unless thats what your going for, rember to use your own arm as a refrance if you need.

again your gonna wanna lose the guideline. its helpful but in the end needs to go or our drawing looks weird

now make it look like the hand and arm are actually connected. this is pretty helpful, but if you want to add gloves or somethingn i would recommend keeping the line.

now add texture to the palm. the soft lines are optional but the curve near the thumb is pretty important as it is a mucle you have in your thumb. dont belive me? feel your own hand and see for yourself.

and thats how you draw a hand!! i have some extra steps to make it more realistic... should i post those too? okk, so people said add extra steps but im fuckin too tired for this shiz so just shade :)