DRAWING MANGA BOYS
OPEN hAND
Draw an eggcup shape for the palm
and close its top with a curved line.
Bisect it vertically with a line, and add
two curved lines to indicate the wrist.
Take a slightly curved line out
to the right. Draw a curved
line into the palm and about
two-thirds up your thumb
line. Add a small semicircle
next to this.Draw two fingers on
either side of your center
line. Keep them in the
correct proportion with
one another and give
each two joints. Use your
own hand for reference.Ink around the outside
of the hand and add
creases on the palm,
across the wrist, and at
the base of the fingers.
Color your hand pink.Start to build up
areas of shadow
using orange-brown.
Shadows form around
the joints, at the base
of the palm and along
its creases, and up into
the thumb.This is a standard open-palm view with all fingers extended and parallel to each
other. It shows clearly the basic shapes of the hand, and is a good starting point. You
can see how the ball of the thumb takes up one side of the palm, with a similar shape
on the opposite side. There is also a distinct line where the fingers begin. Each finger
is clearly divided into three segments.