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Hands Tutorialby *JohnYume

Resources & Stock Images / Tutorials / Traditional Art / Drawing / Human Anatomy

I hope this is helpful.

It's hard to write a tutorial like this since some of my knowledge is purely observation based. By making this tutorial, I think i actually learn more about hands and how to avoid some of my own lazy habits/mistakes

...that said, in no way am I perfect with drawing hands, and there's a chance I've made some mistakes. So while you may learn some techniques from this tutorial, always look to real life for accuracy and correction

Also in NO WAY is this tutorial a complete or exhausted study of hands. If I was prepping for a class or book it would be a different story, but It's not reasonable for me to spend that kind of time on a net tutorial

As some of you have pointed out: Not ALL hands will conform to generic proportions. Real hands, just like bodies, won't always have the same proportions, have variations, and quirks. I in fact have crooked fingers

but all the variations are kinda beyond the scope of this tutorial, but do know they are out there!

The Golden Ratio is based off the Fibonacci numbers. It's an fascinating thing, found through-out nature living and non-living. It's also linked to aesthetics (proof that math is beautiful).

All the hands above belong to me and many are from my own art pieces. So please do Not use them as Stock, as this is just for educational purposes.

This tutorial took a LOT of time. So please be respectful and let me know if you want to use it for something

Chances are I'm totally cool with it! If there is something I didn't cover and you really want to know more about it... you can inquire about it.

Tutorial ©2011 JohnYume
This is for educational purposes only, and is cool for non-profit, classroom use. If you post this elsewhere online, give a link back to this page. In no way should this be used for profit or commercial use.

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<-- For those who love hands

_{Edit: I corrected some typographical errors. If you see any I missed feel free to point them out.}

EDIT:
Whoa... o3o I am honored for the DD! *deeply bows* Thank you for all the favs before and after the DD! And thank you for all the comments, I'll try to get to every one

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Suggester's words: Hands Tutorial by *JohnYume is well thought out and very detailed in describing the process of drawing hands. It breaks down the hand into simple shapes that are understandable and make the hand less of a challenge to draw. It covers many aspects of drawing hands and features many of the options that you can choose to do with the hand once you have drawn the initial form. It is an extremely great resource to have in reach because hands are one of the hardest things of the human anatomy to draw. It is great piece and it definitely deserves to be featured for the whole deviantArt community to see. ( Suggested by =A-Morphine-Toast and Featured by `FantasyStock )

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*dracostarhome Jun 9, 2013

fantastic tutorial!

*ChrisXLee May 30, 2013 Hobbyist Writer

Awesome! This must be an old post, cause i was looking through my faves and found this AT THE RIGHT MOMENT. I was just thinking to myself, i wanna get a whole lot better artistically, and hands always gave me the most trouble, then BOOM! here you are to save the day like batman

Thanks buddy. (dont even know if you're still are on DA anymore lol

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~iloveyourtattoos May 6, 2013

so great! thanks!

~TitaniumFerrous Apr 30, 2013 Student General Artist

Thanks for taking the time and effort to do this tutorial!

~DannyDMan Apr 18, 2013 New member Student General Artist

Thank you very much. I was having a hard time with the hands until I saw this.

~elementdragon97 Apr 12, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

thanks!! it's really useful

~Anxious-Chimera Apr 9, 2013 New member Hobbyist General Artist

wow this is a really good tutorial! 0w0

~ace1729 Mar 6, 2013

Thank you for this really helpful article!

~geekygamergirl121 Feb 17, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Oh, where do you find your photo references?

*JohnYume Feb 17, 2013 Professional Digital Artist

I actually make nearly all of my photo references (included the ones shown above) because I'll want very specific poses for my art

But if you don't want to use yourself as the model or you want to "see" other hand types, you can search for "stock" & "hands" on DA. Or look up "hands" on: www.sxc.hu
Just be sure to give credit to your sources if you do

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