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Description Notes: I suggest drawing all the hands here (just for practice)....and see if you guys improve or not ;;. I feel like I improved just by compiling all these drawings xD.

Oh, and on another note, never try to hide the hands when drawing a picture. After all, forcing yourself to draw them on a body is the best way to practice ^^.

Finally, never be afraid to use references. Use your own hands if you must (unless your hands are like mine...fat and chubby and generally unappealing), or take a picture of someone's hand. Imagination and memory can only take the technical side of drawing to a certain point until you have drawing enough to master it.

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Sorry, it's a bit big. These hands were compiled in a week's time through observing people and drawing hands in life-drawing . The shading's really rough, but hopefully it shows a bit more structure and how to shade the hand

Also, I'm not a professional (yet xD;; ), so there still may be mistakes in my drawing. but I tried my best ^^.

People has been asking me for a tutorial and I've been meaning to do one for...the longest time, ever.
I know there are a lot of hand tutorials out there, but since it's my favourite body part to draw, I though, "why not?". I personally can't get enough of looking at different tutorials on doing stuff, so....yah .



I hope it's helpful even a little. The references at the bottom are for everyone to look at and, well, reference, if need be.

Tutorial #2


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Comments: 1613

Loreleydatura In reply to ??? [2010-11-27 09:46:34 +0000 UTC]

Thankyouthankyouthankyou!!!
I have so much trouble drawing hands and this tutorial is going to be a big help for me!

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piggypoggy In reply to ??? [2010-11-27 09:00:40 +0000 UTC]

i have sooooooooo much trouble with hands
im definitely going to use this to halp thank u sooooooo much for posting this up

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LeafRain [2010-11-27 08:59:23 +0000 UTC]

OMG THANKYOU ~!
BTW is that a cello over on the left?

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buffy23adj [2010-11-27 08:12:51 +0000 UTC]

Just what I needed! Thanks, you're the best, Qinni!~

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pigsinablanket [2010-11-27 07:57:27 +0000 UTC]

SOOOO amazingly helpful

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shirosaki-shokujo In reply to ??? [2010-11-27 07:25:40 +0000 UTC]

this is amazing! thank you sooo much!

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DarkBunneh In reply to ??? [2010-11-27 07:13:36 +0000 UTC]

i totally luff you now

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Desopilar In reply to ??? [2010-11-27 06:28:24 +0000 UTC]

I was actually just recently talking abut how badly I draw hands. I had noticed that the palm is in the general shape of a square and I was going to do better just based on that, but this helps a lot more! lol.

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LadyDenizen In reply to ??? [2010-11-27 05:46:16 +0000 UTC]

I really like this tutorial/reference Thanks for posting :3

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Hoshi-Saga [2010-11-27 04:39:39 +0000 UTC]

This is very helpful! Thank you! Great references. c:

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mags-duranb In reply to ??? [2010-11-27 04:30:14 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for this, I'm practicing hands cause so far I suck drawing them :_D, thank you so much!

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NimueKali In reply to ??? [2010-11-27 04:06:31 +0000 UTC]

I love you! hands frustrate me so, this is very helpful and the refs are awesome!
thank you so much ^_\\

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ExevaloN In reply to ??? [2010-11-27 04:05:35 +0000 UTC]

These are some nice hands.

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Faerie-StarV In reply to ??? [2010-11-27 03:46:29 +0000 UTC]

I am seriously gonna use this for a reference! I'm having a great difficulty drawing hands, especially when it comes to forming a knuckles or wide spread and it always came out looking funny. :\

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Arista [2010-11-27 03:36:08 +0000 UTC]

Whoa this is really helpful thanks so much for sharing and making these ^^

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Shikas-girl-4-eva [2010-11-27 03:33:51 +0000 UTC]

Ah! I find this so helpful! Thank you!

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Morpheusdream [2010-11-27 03:32:34 +0000 UTC]

Awesome tutorial! I'll definitvly try some of these in the holidays!

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lemon-drop-soda [2010-11-27 02:56:40 +0000 UTC]

Oh God! I really need this for some major hand boot-camp!
Thankies for making! =^.^=

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Ylenay [2010-11-27 01:00:29 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for this beautiful loveliness with a cherry on top. ; A ;
<3

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Spector-Q In reply to ??? [2010-11-27 00:57:00 +0000 UTC]

awesome! i'm faving this for future reference

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Tyranous-King [2010-11-27 00:51:24 +0000 UTC]

wow thats really useful. i've been trying to draw hands for a long time but i go in and out of drawing good posture for the hands

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PineappleART [2010-11-27 00:26:09 +0000 UTC]

great tutorial hands are not easy to make (>__<)''

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goddess-of-flight [2010-11-27 00:20:07 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! This really helps me draw

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May-be-Lee In reply to ??? [2010-11-27 00:11:32 +0000 UTC]

This looks very helpful! Thank you for posting it!

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Dumdodore In reply to ??? [2010-11-27 00:08:57 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! ^^
This will come in hand-y later on!

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hrtlss550 In reply to ??? [2010-11-27 00:07:33 +0000 UTC]

very nice tutorial - love all the reference drawings! VERY useful.

as for your "fun fact" about the fingers curling more as the hand is flexed upward - that is due to the way the tendons run back into the forearm.
Here is a little fun "experiment" for you - hold your arm out in front of you with the hand/wrist in a fairly neutral, relaxed position, palm side up. with the other hand press your thumb into the forearm in the space between the bones about 3-4 inches above the wrist (on the inside part of the arm) and watch what happens with the fingers... now, get a friend to "volunteer" thier arm! LOL

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Alida-23 In reply to ??? [2010-11-27 00:06:47 +0000 UTC]

Very helpful, I always have trouble with fingers, they always turn out like retarded Hulk fingers >.<

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mishkuu [2010-11-27 00:03:53 +0000 UTC]

very cool! thanks!

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hikikumoriI In reply to ??? [2010-11-27 00:03:03 +0000 UTC]

Good tutorial.

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DreamerWhit In reply to ??? [2010-11-26 23:50:41 +0000 UTC]

thanks! this is very helpful!

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ArtCrumbss In reply to ??? [2010-11-26 23:48:05 +0000 UTC]

This is SOOO helpful! XD thanks for making this!

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Souxie-loves-ghosts In reply to ??? [2010-11-26 23:42:35 +0000 UTC]

Nakamura Shungiku REALLY needs this stuff!! (hi5 if you got it)

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PassionZombie [2010-11-26 23:42:21 +0000 UTC]

Much needed - thanks for this!

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link1112 [2010-11-26 23:38:38 +0000 UTC]

thanks for doing this

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Chercitia [2010-11-26 23:32:52 +0000 UTC]

Ooh, this will come in handy O: Thank you so much!

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Katherdante In reply to Chercitia [2010-11-26 23:42:37 +0000 UTC]

heh heh... handy

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xByDefault [2010-11-26 23:19:41 +0000 UTC]

Can never have too many references for hands!

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DawnRain In reply to ??? [2010-11-26 22:58:22 +0000 UTC]

thank you. this is very helpful :

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Ninjustupower In reply to ??? [2010-11-26 22:49:04 +0000 UTC]

Very helpful!!

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graypad In reply to ??? [2010-11-26 22:45:00 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the awesome work! It sure is gonna be useful!

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Zentina [2010-11-26 22:04:39 +0000 UTC]

SOO HELPFUL! Ugh, finally, hands are one of the the hardest parts of the body to draw. XD For me anyways...

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RedYentl In reply to ??? [2010-11-26 21:55:22 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I will definitely be using this :3

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contra-rawr In reply to ??? [2010-11-26 21:53:53 +0000 UTC]

wow, thanks for making such a helpful tutorial! ^_^

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NeonBunneh In reply to ??? [2010-11-26 21:47:52 +0000 UTC]

Cool! I'll use this tutorial later one.

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NeonBunneh In reply to NeonBunneh [2010-11-26 21:48:02 +0000 UTC]

on*

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Coqueluche-05 In reply to ??? [2010-11-26 21:46:23 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for this job!!!

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ashestoApples [2010-11-26 21:45:33 +0000 UTC]

Ahh I've never had too big of an issue with hands, but you have it look so natural! It's like how some people can draw eyes to no end and make them look gorgeous but with HANDS.
It's rare to see such nice, natural looking hands! I commend you!

Very, very helpful, even for me who's never had a real problem with them! I can't imagine how helpful it is to other people!
Great!

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Earthfield In reply to ??? [2010-11-26 21:44:59 +0000 UTC]

Wow, this is really helpful! Must learn.

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ViKY96 In reply to ??? [2010-11-26 21:44:58 +0000 UTC]

so awesome! thanks!

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