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Proko sculpting instructor. Sculpting takes drawing to a whole new dimension.
LESSON NOTES
In this lesson, Andrew Joseph Keith teaches you about the bones of the hand, shows you how to sculpt them, and sets you up with an assignment to help you practice.
RELATED LINKS:
How to Make a Wire Armature for the Hand
Simplifying Hand Sculpture
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Objective:
Create a life-size clay sculpture of the hand bones to enhance understanding of hand anatomy.
You can use this 3D model of the hand to help you with your sculpture!
Steps:
- Study Hand Bones: Learn about the carpals (wrist), metacarpals (palm), and phalanges (fingers).
- Use the Halves Method: Divide the length from the wrist to the middle finger tip to find segment ends and knuckle positions.
- Sculpting:
- Start with the simplified forms of the carpals.
- Sculpt the metacarpals with attention to their curvature.
- Detail the phalanges focusing on joint flexibility and movement.
Tips:
- Focus on bone shapes rather than textures.
- Use silhouettes to establish basic shapes from different angles.
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4mo
Nicely done! the palm might be a bit small compared to the fingers and the wrist a bit small but it's looking really nice and I can see you've been working hard which is great! keep it up!
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4mo
wow this is looking really nice! the length of the fingers feels good. the wrist might be a bit thin so you might double check that. Keep it up!
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5mo
Very cool! The fingers vs the thumb looks like the thumb might be a bit large and the first phalanx of the digits might need to be a bit longer but it's looking great! Keep it up!
Hi Andrew, Love your course. I used my hand as reference for this sculpture but my hand is small and I struggled with getting the phalanges proportions correct. I don't think the final product ended up very accurate to my actual bone structure but oh well. I learned a lot. I also struggled with the tiny gaps in between the bones. Is there a good tool you recommend for getting inbetween thin gaps like that?
Oh, I also took a time lapse video of this but I forgot to record the last day when I was fine tuning it and finishing the wrist bones. Dumb of me. Love any advise you can offer. Thank you! https://youtube.com/shorts/JWpXaWZxB2Y?feature=share
I finally made a model of a hand. I used plastelina which is sticky and it attaches to other parts of the same material. I need to use another material the next time.
Another try. I have used blue plastelina because it's less sticky than the grey one. I have also decreased the size of the wrist bones.
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1yr
Hey nicely done! the bones of the wrist might be a little too large compared to the rest of the hand and the fingers look to be a bit thick but it's definitely coming along! Great to see your work I hope you keep it up!
How to make the armature for the forearm?
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1yr
I just twisted the wires at the bottom together for the radius and then added an additional section of wire for the ulna. The demo will show more of the process.
