Hands and Arms
Much of the time a character’s hand may be seen hanging down loosely by his or
her side. This is shown as a relaxed downward-pointing profile shape, as here. The
fingers can be seen to curl slightly inward, leading away from the index finger: having
them all pointing straight down would look unnatural.Draw an egg shape. At its
top, add two lines to indi-
cate the wrist. Add a center
line here, break it, then pick
it up and continue out of
the bottom of the egg.
Butt an oval up to this line,
about halfway along it.
Join this to the egg shape
with a short line, then add
a curved line to flesh out
the shape of the thumb.Draw a line from the
left of the egg, down
parallel to, and closing
in on the first. This is
the index finger. Then
add the top joints for
the three other fingers.Ink around the edges
of the wrist, palm,
fingers, and thumb, so
that they all are clearly
separate from one
another. Then erase
your pencil lines.
Color the whole of the
drawing pink. Make
the color solid at this
stage: you will be add-
ing shading to indicate
shaping and molding at
the next stage.Use tan to add shape
to the hand. The areas
in shadow are on the
right of the wrist and
thumb, the right of
the index finger, and
around the joints.hAN gIN g LOOSE