Lately I gave you a few points on how to draft hands. Seems many of my readers consumed these points and call now for more. Specially they asked me to go into detail about drafting hands. So let's take a look at it.
When drafting hands, the greatest obstruction are the dimensions of all the fingers and small details. In this article I'll reveal you the most crucial details you need to pay attention to for finest outcomes.
When drafting a relaxed hand, you can think of the palm as a square and then sketch the fingers. In this case the middle digit is approximately as long as the palm (with slight deviations depending on the particular hand's dimensions and its position - just remember the "magic trick" in my last article on drafting hands).
As longest digit the middle digit makes a great reference for understanding the dimensions of all other fingers:
The little digit is about two thirds to three fourths of the middle digit
The ring digit and the forefinger are always longer than the small digit and briefer than the middle digit.
Only the precise sizes differ - some people's ring fingers and index fingers are equally long, some have longer ring fingers, others have longer index fingers. I have even heard of people making jokes by deducing physical abilities from the lengths of index digit and ring digit. Luckily my are both equally long so I am on the safe side ;-)
Due to the differing lengths of the fingers the fingertips form a c-shaped curve when dwelling adjacently.
Somethingwn akin is true for the fingers' roots: the index digit's and the middle digit's root are topmost, the other fingers' roots are a bit lower so the digit roots form a curved shape that bows downwardly, too. And the knuckles build a similar curve, naturally.
Now that we've sketched each of the fingers, let's look at the thumb. Contrary to the other fingers it's growing out of the side of the palm. Its root occupies the lower fraction of the hands side. Having only two joints it contains also more muscular tissue, mass and strength.
Using these directions you're able to draft the basic structure of any hand you like to draw. But once completing this first sketch, please keep in mind: altho I wrote of squares and lengths etc., the hand's shape isn't precisely geometrical.
There can't be any firm edges or unbent lines in your picture. The muscular tissue and anatomy on the hand's bones shape bent and voluminous shapes. Step up these contours by adding accented shading. Look where shades form on your hand and add these shades.
Significant: The thinner a hand is, the fewer volume the drawing should convey. So adapt the strength and darkness of shadows accordingly. Also you need to adapt the shading if the hand is very muscular (e.g. hands of bodybuilders or sportsmen) and for very fleshy hands that have only few lines and wrinkles in the skin.
Hope these guidelines assist you to draw better hands from now on.
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