Hands, a tutorial by FreckleonmyPalm

Someone asked for a #hand tutorial and, as hand tutorials seemed lacking in the #tutorial tag I thought I'd use today's art session to give it a go. I go over basic anatomy, simplistic structures, and some details. Hope its of some use. #freckletutorial

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painted on a Nintendo 3DS
15 Apr, 2013, 5:09 am
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Telefrancais

15 Apr, 2013, 5:27 am

omj thank you! i was drawin hands like crazy today, different poses and stuff, but thank you so much! ^o^

FreckleonmyPalm

15 Apr, 2013, 5:41 am

It's not weird at all! Drawing an understructure is one of the best ways to work on any part of the body, especiall the complicated parts like hands and feet.

Broken Angel

15 Apr, 2013, 5:57 am

Great job! This was helpful! I love the way you described things, and even went into the science and anatomy of hands!

Aperi

15 Apr, 2013, 6:04 am

Dude... I'm terrified of hands...
Oh wait....
NO! NO!
THERE'S A HAND ON MY ARM!
HOLY CARP!
ARRRRRG! *foams from mouth*

Eh... Sorry 'bout that. And thanks, this helps a lot. :3

Miyuki Chan

15 Apr, 2013, 6:04 am

lol before i hate to draw hands and hardly draw them, until one day in art class few years ago, when my teacher point it out how people alway try to hide the hands when draw people (eg.in poket, behind back behind head....aslong as it not visible!) i got so self-aware that i have to draw at least one hand in all my drawing even if it suck so bad =___=!
so this will really help!

flowerpunk

15 Apr, 2013, 6:18 am

thats one of the most helpful tutorials i've seen on colors! ^.^

TheUltimateHylian

15 Apr, 2013, 1:21 pm

That was me.

TheUltimateHylian

15 Apr, 2013, 1:49 pm

Wow! Thank you so much!

FreckleonmyPalm

15 Apr, 2013, 4:42 pm

Happy to help, Hylian, sorry this took so long to get to you! I'm thinking of doing a 'why I was gone so long' thing ^^

Kimi

15 Apr, 2013, 7:24 pm

Heh, I tend to draw fingers too thin, because I reference my own hand, and my fingers are really thin. xD
Did you study the hand??
I mean, you know all the muscles and such...

saanity

15 Apr, 2013, 8:32 pm

I came for an art tutorial, I got an anatomy lesson. :) Im still afraid of hands though.

trinodinz

15 Apr, 2013, 11:11 pm

Great job on the tutorial, anatomy classes really help with drawing one of the most complex figures of the human body.

-Luis-

16 Apr, 2013, 1:20 am

ive never really realized how long my real fingers are until u drew these hands......

TheUltimateHylian

16 Apr, 2013, 8:50 pm

Well that's health class for the day....

Ci

17 Apr, 2013, 2:27 am

But...... their terrifying.... :'(

5sauce

18 Apr, 2013, 5:46 am

... Hands. :D

The Awesome Arceus

18 Apr, 2013, 7:00 pm

Excellent tutorial! I'm terrible at hands, but this will really help! :D Thanks a lot!

Dannckles

18 Apr, 2013, 10:36 pm

Great tutorial, I loved that you didn`t leave the anatomy out!

Alpha Wolf Kota

19 Apr, 2013, 1:56 am

AHH!! Science!! Great tutorial

5proskater

19 Apr, 2013, 2:58 pm

i will never look at my hand the same way again :0

LunaClefairy

19 Apr, 2013, 7:44 pm

Wow, this was great! I keep trying to draw hands but they always suck... I think this will help, though!

-D5R-

20 Apr, 2013, 5:43 am

That actually helped me more than I thought! Thank you. Now I can draw a fist!

Hazy

20 Apr, 2013, 7:40 am

awesome tutorial freckleonmypalm

Apocalis

21 Apr, 2013, 4:53 am

Thank you for this!

penguinz02

21 Apr, 2013, 1:14 pm

Thank you SO MUCH!! i learned from the tutorial and i will use these tecneques. now i will be drawing hands more. *liked* this was extremely useful!;) thx again for the tutorial!

Lucario Girl

22 Apr, 2013, 3:32 am

Yay science! *clap* :D
thank yoooooou! now my circle hands that i used to draw are dea.d to me! :]

Squrin

22 Apr, 2013, 3:51 am

I've never been able to draw hands very well. Your tutorial was very helpful. Thank you!

SuperSaiyanJedi

22 Apr, 2013, 4:16 am

Good Gracious. This is amazing. What's your friend code?

Blizzard-Eyes

22 Apr, 2013, 2:21 pm

Thankyou!! This is an amazing tutorial, I am sure it will help me to draw hands in the future! :)

OddLittleBallad

22 Apr, 2013, 7:42 pm

This is lovely and very helpful, thank you! <3

AnonArtist

22 Apr, 2013, 8:37 pm

Woah this is really good! Nicely done. I actullay love drawin hands and never had a problem wit them but ur vid showed me a few things :) thanks

MasterXion

22 Apr, 2013, 8:41 pm

oh god thank you so much o_o

RevolutionaryVampire

28 Apr, 2013, 10:57 pm

wow. would you mind doing a tutorial on feet aswell? i've seen the foot on your gallery next to the hand, it's awesome. i can draw anything but feet O.O

stevboi98

09 May, 2013, 2:53 am

dud thanks

Ganymede12

24 May, 2013, 4:31 pm

Great tutorial! How do you draw a fist?

Xx SavannahCat xX

24 Aug, 2013, 2:36 am

THANK U, THANK U, THANK U, THANK U, THANK U!!! XD

RushHQ

25 Aug, 2013, 3:17 am

this is such a good helping hand you have :3

ZaneTheMonster

26 Aug, 2013, 5:17 am

can you do a male and female body structure tutoral

FreckleonmyPalm

06 Sep, 2013, 5:43 pm

Akita_Marie, that's a terrible way to view the world. Hands can be used to do bad, sure, but they can also be used to do great good. To view the world in only the terms it can hurt you is a sad way to live. Also, proper terminology, or at least a basic understanding of it, is very beneficial. In college one of the first things we did in figure drawing class was learn the names of all the muscles and bones of the human body. Knowing them gives a better understanding of the way the form moves under the surface.

klapollo

10 Mar, 2014, 3:35 am

Very informative

neko!

22 Mar, 2014, 1:40 pm

ur some sort of doctor arent u?

FreckleonmyPalm

25 Mar, 2014, 4:42 am

Nope, no kind of doctor. Just a freelance illustrator.

AmbyChu

16 May, 2014, 4:42 pm

You know could you do a tutorial on legs and feet?This tutorial is really good!

KaeruKaeru

12 Nov, 2014, 3:32 am

Great title! Great tut! Thanks for the effort!

SuperFrog

08 Nov, 2015, 11:57 am

It's the scabies on the hands that frighten me.

tremulousTreachery

24 Apr, 2016, 10:56 am

NOW I KNOW WHY MY SCIENCE TEACHER LAST YEAR CALLED FINGERS, PHALANGES! THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE!

DanteSparda

01 Oct, 2016, 5:38 am

This was beyond helpful!!! Thank you ^^

UltraSans

10 Dec, 2016, 3:55 am

You seem to be pretty handy with your anatomy, you could even say you know anatomy like the back of your hand. I gotta say you really handed me a lesson on the anatomy on hands. Well that concludes my comment, thanks for lending me a hand on drawing hands.

WxDragonGhoulxB

16 May, 2017, 1:56 am

"She blinded me with science!"
just a quote, i did not assume your gender.

pls do a tutorial on shoes, i really need it.

Faulmag

03 Aug, 2018, 2:43 am

Thanks! A very helpful video for drawing hands! I also appreciated the anatomy part. Helpful, and overall made it extra interesting. Thanks again and keep up the good work!

Dragons_XD

17 Feb, 2022, 9:54 pm

This helped a lot!

Seriel

26 Feb, 2022, 4:49 am

I feel like I have just witnessed how an anatomy book is drawn

Moodeeb

24 Mar, 2022, 2:45 am

This is really great!

Snow_Fox123457

20 May, 2022, 6:21 am

thank u so much this helped ALOT!

:D

Jadey10

15 Oct, 2022, 6:28 pm

ah yes flangies

shocker

24 Dec, 2022, 8:49 pm

very helpful ^^

popcorngirl

12 Mar, 2023, 3:27 am

i am nd just people there hard to draw

Marlee9910

03 Apr, 2023, 9:38 pm

very helpful!

MaggieSue327

27 Aug, 2023, 1:39 am

@funyun13

Krazy-artEEst

06 Jan, 2024, 11:26 pm

lol

MaggieSue327

28 Jun, 2024, 11:20 pm

@nintendera

Esto está en inglés, pero tiene imagenes que hablan por sí solas, si quieres que te etiquete en otras dímelo.
Este es al que suelo referirme

(lo siento, mi español es tan malo, Todavía estoy aprendiendo)

nintendera

29 Jun, 2024, 3:09 am

@MaggieSue327 gracias(me acorde cuando esudiaba ingles)

StayAliveREPRISE_-

26 Aug, 2024, 11:07 pm

What if I've got handophobia,,

channylover301

14 Sep, 2024, 10:46 pm

i gave this the 3rd 100 star

channylover301

14 Sep, 2024, 10:46 pm

this turned into a biology lesson :skull:

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