DRAWING MANGA BOYS
CLENChED FIST
Draw an eggcup shape
at a 45° angle. Then
draw two lines down
from it to make a
wrist. Close off the
top with a curved line,
then sketch in a center
line up from the wrist.Create basic shapes
for the knuckles by
drawing four circles.
Make the middle two
butt up against the
curved line; the first
and last should sit
across it.Define the thumb
with two semicircles
and a triangle, then
create two joints for
the index finger. Then
outline around the
whole hand.Now start to add some
shading. The right-hand
side of each knuckle is in
shadow, as is the base of the
thumb. There is also shading
around the wrist area.A very useful pose, particularly in action manga, is the closed fist. Here you can see
a view looking down on the back of the hand, and you can see clearly the tensed-up
sinews that connect the muscle to the bone. The knuckles are clearly indicated at
the top of the shape.