Hey - have been trying to get a bit of mileage on hands as I’ve been avoiding for too long, but getting a little frustrated with how they’re turning out so figured I’d post here for feedback. Mixed in a couple of Milt Kahl studies on the last page (an idea I stole from one of Proko’s sketchbook tour videos) and tried to apply what I learned from those when interpreting photo references. The hand in number 7 belongs to none other than Tom Baker

I am in a different country so I can‘t use my scanner. But i tried to take a good picture: Here is my hands assignment. I was doing all the assignments with the mechanical 2mm pencil that proko recommends. Shading always felt kind of tough because there is not much of „edge control“ you can do with a mechanical pencil. So always I wanted to start with charcoal but learning two new things: anatomy + charcoal is a recipe for frustration. So now - after I finished the anatomy course - i will practice more anatomy with charcoal. I watched the latest Nosferatu movie and wanted to make a Count Orlok hand :)

Here are my assignments. So excited to study the hands.

Drawing hands is challenging; even a minor error can undermine a great deal of effort. I have attempted it three times already. Pay attention to the invisible small finger knuckle, the 'raccourcis' of the hand, and especially the thumb.

Really difficult lesson, #6 feels off but I’m not certain why

Another, batch of hands studies that I have made, I've showed the process of gesture, construction and the final results. On the hand that is spread out all the way, I had troubles with its perspective and foreshorten, I forgot that the palm is smaller and the fingers are bigger. I tried my best to overlap the best I could with it but there only so many things you can do to make a garbage can look ''nice''. The webbing of the hands confused me but over all I just failed. feed back are welcome btw. (also my reference choice kinda sucked because the images were low quality)

Some more Handpractice. Sometimes i struggling with the proportions but it is getting better...

These are my batch of hands studies that I have made, I've showed the process of gesture, construction and the final results. The gesture part, its getting easier the more I do them and the I'm getting faster with that process, but I have trouble with putting the palm in perspective. Other than that the rest are pretty simple, but I do double check my proportions and try to make them as dynamic as possible, but I would still like outside feedback on it. The Construction part, for me the only problem I run into is that, the Phalanges Are pretty tricky for me because it feel like when I start to box them they look at little off, I don't know if my construction is good enough to move to the next stage. The Final part, I combined the muscle shapes with adding the flesh, but I still feel like its wrong. Also its pretty hard to add subtly because I'm only limited to line art, so I try my best to add light hatching, but I feel like I don't know what the hell I'm doing in the final part, I don't know if I have to get better at line art, study other artist because it looks bland and a little underwhelming. This is a pretty long, but I want to know how to get better at drawing hands.

Still struggling a little bit with the Hands. I don't know is it the proportion, the Gesture or the Structure. Or maybe it is just me, because i'm watched to long on my pictures. Feedback welcome :)

Just some practice...

How can I make my shading look less muddy? The drawing looks patchy in some areas like the fingers.

my attempt at hand quicksketches

I know this wasn't exactly the assignment but I wanted to get the underlying structure of the muscles and where they sit into my head. Feedback and critiques are welcome and appreciated!

First round of hand practice!

2023/11/4. Good morning everybody. Sketching hands to warm arm and brain before the daily practice. Have a great weekend 👍🏼

These are some more of my hands, they are tricky!