Introduction

Hi Little Friends, I'm Chris and I'm a doctor! In today's tutorial, we are going to dive into the fascinating world of hands and learn how to draw them easily! The hands are a crucial part of art and understanding their anatomy and function will help us create more convincing drawings. Before I start I want to show you how I used to draw hands so you can see that anyone can make progress by practicing.

Now yes, let's start!

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Importance of hand anatomy

The hands are one of the most expressive parts of the human body and have a wide variety of movements and gestures.

To draw them correctly, we must understand their anatomical structure. The hands will be divided into 3 essential parts:

The carpus: made up of 8 little bones. (lunate, scaphoid, trapezium, trapezoid, large, hamate, triquetrum, and pisiform) In order according to the image.

The metacarpals that are 5 and constitute the middle part of the hand.

The phalanges that are 14.

In addition, we will add the 2 bones that hold the hand, the ulna and the radius, these will be important for all the movements they have, we will be able to better capture their appearance and movements.

Understanding how these bones interact will help us draw hands more accurately.

Basic structure of the hand and simplification

Let's start with the basic structure of the hand. The hand is made up of the palm, which is divided into a wider region called the thenar eminence, which is the area of the thumb, and a narrower region called the hypothenar eminence, which corresponds to the little finger area.

The fingers connect to the palm through the metacarpophalangeal joints and the interphalangeal joints. Remember that the length of the fingers can vary from one person to another, so you must take into account the proper proportion.

Part of a basic structure for the simplification of the hand is as follows,

A trapezoid to simplify the area of the carpus and a polygon resembling a pentagon to simplify the area of the pasterns and phalanges may be simplified with one rectangle each.

It is important to highlight the difference that we have in the fingers in terms of their size, the finger that stands out the most is the middle one, the next 2 are the index and the ring finger and finally the little finger.

These 4 fingers have flexion mobility in their joints, so we can have up to 3 folds.

If you noticed, do not include the thumb in this group because the thumb has a different structure and movements, unlike its brothers it does not have 3 phalanges but 2.

Their movements are more complex because they can not only flex but also perform an abduction movement (bring the palm inward) and adduction (bring it out), which is what identifies us from other mammals that can grasp things. like having a cup.

Hand movements and gestures

Hands have a wide range of movements and gestures, and capturing them correctly in your drawings will bring them to life. Practice and observe different gestures, such as making a fist, extending the fingers, grasping objects, making signs, among others. Study how the shape and proportion of the hand changes with each movement in order to represent them accurately.

Reference Usage or CSP 3D Tools

The most common to take hand references are the photos we take of our hand in the desired position, this is quite useful.

However, sometimes we don't have our cell phone at hand or we simply don't get the pose we want, for this Clip Studio has tools for us.

In the area of:

Find Materials > 3D > Pose > Hand or Hand

We will find several hand poses which we can use and modify to our liking.

And as simple as that we will have our quick and easy reference.

Practical exercise and final tips

Time to put what you have learned into practice! Take your paper and pencil or tablet, or cell phone and start drawing a hand. Remember to use the simplification and gestures that you have practiced. Don't worry about perfection from the start, drawing hands takes constant practice. Have fun and don't give up!

Conclusion

And that's it for this tutorial! I hope you found these tips on hand anatomy and function useful when drawing. Remember that practice is the key to improvement, so keep drawing and experimenting with different poses and gestures. If you liked this tutorial, don't forget to give it a "like" and comment.

And before we leave I leave you one of my most recent drawn hands

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