Armature for Hands

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Armature for Hands

Lesson by

Andrew Joseph Keith

in Figure Sculpting Fundamentals

44K

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Assignments 13Lesson NotesDownloads 2

Assignment

Add some hands to your wire armatures. This is usually easier if use a thinner 20 gauge wire for the hands and fingers.

If you only have larger 14 gauge wire, you can do a larger hand study and build out a section of wire just for the forearm and loop of the palm. If you do this remember that the distance from the elbow to the end of the loop of the palm is 2 cranial units.

Abi

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2mo

The front and back of my hand armature.

Andrew Joseph Keith

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2mo

Looking good! the thumb might be a bit long and I would work on bending the fingers out to more resemble the shape of the hand (this helps to better see the proportions) and keep going! add some clay to those wire armature bones!

John Sumner

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2yr

Front and Back view of my hand armature. I went for the larger, 2 cranial unit size so I could just focus on the forearm and hand. The loop at the base holding it up can be straightened out to become an upper arm if needed.

Andrew Joseph Keith

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2yr

Looking great! the proportions feel right! good job!

Jane Pospishil

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2yr

I want to make hands on the armature we made with 14 gauge. The figure is about 11 inches. I bought some 20 gauge. Is 20 gauge too big for this size? What cranial units would the hands and fingers be on this smaller size figure?

Andrew Joseph Keith

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2yr

Usually smaller armatures don’t need wires in the fingers because the wire gets in the way. 20 gauge is usually smaller than 14 gauge so it might be good for smaller figures.

TeaMonster

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3yr

Adding hands to an existing armature and some separate hands. The first one (red wire) was eyeballed (holding out over my hand) then the next I tried hard to follow along, last one the fingers came out short, I must have over twisted them. I must admit I found the measurements confusing so I drew myself a diagram to try and get it right.

Andrew Joseph Keith

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2yr

Hey great job on these!

Dominic Miranda

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3yr

Hey all this is one of the hand/arm studies I’ve been working on over the last few days, let me know what everyone thinks! I still need practice with the details in the hands but practice does make perfect!

TeaMonster

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3yr

Hi Dominic, nice tension in the fingers!...reminds me of opening a jar, then one inch punching said jar when it wont open. -I'm super curious, is that a sculpting tool it's mounted on?

C Thompson

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3yr

What is the secret to adding detail that look good in every light and doesn’t causing flakes of clay to remove or burnish in. The palm has too many lines and the knuckle look to deep. About 3in tall.

Andrew Joseph Keith

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3yr

I’d try focusing on the structure and primary forms more than the wrinkles of the hand. Try watching Stan’s videos in the anatomy course on the structure of the hand and how to draw the hand, those are helpful to capture the primary forms. Once those are in place then you can worry about the details. It looks like the fingers may be too short in comparison to the palm of the hand (unless it’s a baby hand which has a larger palm but also a larger wrist in comparison to the fingers)

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Andrew Joseph Keith

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