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How to Draw Hands - Any Pose, Any Perspective

Laovaan via YouTube

Overview

Learn how to draw hands from any pose and perspective in this 15-minute tutorial video. Discover techniques for creating personal references, constructing hands from base shapes, and drawing from intuition. Explore the secret technique of taking and tweaking photo references, and see how to effectively use them in illustrations. Follow along with step-by-step examples of sketching, line art, and coloring to improve your hand-drawing skills. Master the art of stylizing hands and overcome common challenges in hand illustration.

Syllabus

- Perfectly drawn hands, no problem here
- Everyone struggles drawing hands
- ConceptD 7 Ezel Pro
- Constructing from base shapes
- The problem with these guides
- Drawing from intuition and repetition
- The *secret* technique
- Taking the right photos
- Tweaking the photo
- "Can you simply trace the reference?"
- Using the photo as a reference
- Stylizing the hand
- Example: Taking and preparing the photo reference
- Example: Sketching the hand
- Example: Drawing the lineart
- Example: Final adjustments & Coloring
- The finished drawing

Taught by

Laovaan

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