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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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OH MY this is so helpful thank you thankyouthankyouuuu!!
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Oh thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Can I use some of these poses in a draproject I'm working on? They're really great and I'm horrible at hands
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A very good lesson. So beautiful and clear. Thank you very much.
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Oh my goodness, I need this tutorial SO much. I cannot draw hands or feet for the life of me.
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Realy helped me wene i draw my anthros/humans
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Another awesome and helpful one! Here's hoping I can improve!
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Thanks for the tutorial ^^
Yours is really good, it helps me a lot about hands (mines don't really look realistic at all...)
I hope that you will do more tutorials ^^
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Thank you thank you thank you this helped so so so much~
I love love love it!
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Extremely helpful! Thanks a lot for sharin :3
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Thank you so much for making this! To me, the hand is the hardest part to draw.
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thank you!!
i have the hardest time drawing hands
this helps a lot!
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Awww! Little tiny baby hand!!!!! <3 And these are amazing! Thanks for all of the help!!!! <3
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Im not very good at drawing hands but I love the way you draw them! ^^ Im going to try and see if I can draw like that too!
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as an art teacher, who has instructed several YOUNG students, I offer the suggestion of the circles for knuckles .. so my students will actually think about putting knuckles INTO their drawings. XD
the hand as a whole is good and all, but sometimes piece by piece is a good place to start them learning.
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ahh, i forgot to add that I don't deny that you should start piece by piece in a certain way though, just for me, not the circle=joints mannequin way. But then again, it's just me, and I've only had like...two art teachers xD;;~ The rest has all been books
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I use the 'circle-joints' with a particular student of mine who is a bit more... mechanically minded, if you would. one who knows ridged moving parts well, but not organic, so the ball-joints for fingers helps some get the shape and curl, the length and more importantly, the number of segments. while also helping prevent the cut-edged knuckles I was getting when I first started instruction.
make sense?
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But telling them to start piece by piece might get them to focus to much on pieces by themselves, which is something a lot of amateur artists start out doing and end up with poses that look out of proportion or stiff. I personally think that you have to start off studying things as a whole. I always found the mannequin thing will make a drawing end up looking extremely stiff and unyielding. But perhaps it's a personal thing, but none of my art teachers ever told me to start off drawing with the mannequin circles.
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Well, it DOES depend, and I have the advantage of teaching individual students... that allows me to alter the curriculum accordingly. I've found that some students do well with an overall approach, and some really have to be broken down into studies involving each part. I've had both kinds of students.
but that was more what I was getting at with my comment.
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The for the tutorials! I think I am up for the suggested challange. May I copy your hands and send you the link?
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Again, great tutorial! Especially the reference to drawing the 'ball' joints VS drawing - and focussing on - the hand as a whole really made me think of how I could try to structure my hands differently; and perhaps get a better result.
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I never noticed that about the curling/uncurling as you raise/lower your hand. o_o thanks!
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This is very helpful! I could not draw a hand if it hit me in the face! Thank you :-D
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HAAAANDS!!!
Yeah, I hate drawing hands. But with this guide I shall finally be able to defeat my arch nemises!
...yeah...
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You're amazing at drawing hands!
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I think i'll heed this good advice.
fav!
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So helpful! I shall have to practice these tips
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Very useful! I needed to practice drawing hands more realistically and this is more than helpful.
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Veeery helpful! Both tutorials! Thanks so much for sharing
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