Easy Hand Modeling Tutorial in Maya

This is my very simple hand modeling workflow. Using just box modeling and simple polygon tools in Maya 2016.
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[@julyr5650]

It's been 5 years and i still watch this everytime i need to model a hand for university. Thankss!!

[@tatthangnguyen5487]

haha me too its so great tutorial Thanks

[@kaijucobalt2064]

After three years of modeling experience, I thought I could do hands. Yet after several hours of rigging and deformers and whatnot, here I am, having to cut the hands off of the base mesh and redo everything. Serves me right for not watching this beforeHAND

[@LastBaws]

@@kaijucobalt2064 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@AVids-20]

🗿

[@JoshAbens]

Its been one year since you commented this!

[@raashid_kf]

Over 5 years later and this is still solid gold. Thanks!

[@JoshAbens]

Its been 2 years since you commented this! :)

[@ciaagent6968]

It's so hard to find good tutorials online. Usually the hosts spend too much time on the intro and its gets to the 10 minute mark before I get to the answer I wanted all the while the person making it thinks they're a comedian waiting to be discovered. This is a really good one. Props to you.

[@Shrooblord]

"Didn't look at reference" -- no, but you have internalised the anatomy of the hand to a tee. Totally awesome. Thanks for the vid! Will need to learn some Maya keybinds to fly through the controls like you did, too!!

[@unrealerE4]

Even though this is 7 years old, this is more helpful and taught me more little tricks with maya than my professor has this semester so far. (its midterms)

[@wigglebot765]

Wow for being 5 years old and in a different modeling software than I use, this tutorial has been insanely helpful.

[@ornitorrincoc1borgue767]

ikr? i've been doing this model in blender and i'm getting pretty much the same results as the video

[@KawaiiKatarina]

@@ornitorrincoc1borgue767 Because modeling in every program is the same. The only differences are hotkeys and things like render engines, but the workflow is all the same.

[@pathikbiswasvisualart]

I search lots of video for making hand in maya. Didn t find any good video.Except yours.Thanks a lot.

[@MissSantaSwift]

"Very simple" I couldn't have don e this in a thousand years, tysm

[@MrDizuki]

Dude, you are a godsend. Nothing harder in art then hands and this is by far the best tutorial I've found.

[@crazymelomanka]

I know I've been struggling trying to create one, but then I found this video.

[@kirayoshikage4482]

Thanks for the tutorial! Very handy!

[@turkeysamwich00]

god damn it

[@nahu4870]

wow

[@mamodrawsart]

He lend us a good hand for this

[@fressco]

lol

[@charlyghb]

You know, I'm something of a joker myself

[@GG_Development]

This is great! thank you very much, this has been really helpful And i don't even use Maya, i use Blender. The fun part is, I even followed a Blender hand modeling tutorial, but this is way more efficient and simpler.

[@tysean0816]

Same here

[@SVisionary]

By far the best hand tutorial out there. ...or at least, one of my personal favorites.

[@zunai5047]

even tho i'm not using maya i can replicate the same workflow to 3ds max just didn't realize that it's this easy to make :D thanks a lot !

[@nuraiminajwa4932]

I'm new to 3ds max and idek how to imply it on that software. :'(((( Do you mind to show some tutorial with me?

[@heathercastillo4964]

Exactly what I needed. Thanks for making my job quicker today :D

[@roboticol6280]

Blender : you delete a cube Maya : you add a cube

[@globin3477]

Blender: You delete a cube and then add it back in again

[@utopianice4574]

It was truly humbling to see you work with such efficiency and confidence

[@Vexcenot]

playing at 2x speed sounds like he's diffusing a bomb especially with that weird ambient music

[@Daffolyn]

at 1.5 speed with the epic music it seems like he's modeling like his life is on the line, almost as stressful as surgery hahaha

[@zini3612]

Great tutorial

[@-BONELESS-]

this is definitely going to help me for my college project, I HATE hands and the way they showed us to do it but with this tutorial im pretty sure itll help a lot and be faster ! Good job

[@Frvncx.]

over 8 years and it's still so heplful, thank you so much 🥵👌

[@maroonrangoon]

thank you for this tut! I not only learned how to model a hand, but learned a lot more about the mesh tools/modeling toolkit as well; I've hardly been using it before now.

[@TheMrMallardYT]

Helped me in a pinch my model is due tomorrow and I was struggling with hands Thanks a lot

[@Esialpha]

Give the guy a hand!......Serious though, awesome work!

[@AlexCheparev]

Thanks!

[@najmashaikh6661]

Teach me how to make car

[@MercyMercyUwu]

You're a true god and hero, amazing tutorial, amazing skills and amazing explications, just thank's dude you're awesome

[@Domzdream]

Damn son! Well done. I always get the hand right....eventually. But you did it so fast. I’ll definitely learn and remember the steps to make hands *your way* . Good job man 👍

[@crazymelomanka]

Thank you for such a comprehensive and extensive tutorial, it helped me a lot though I work in 3ds max.

[@g24eva27]

I love this tutorial! amazing how you did everything in a half hour which took me 7 hours to do. XD

[@austinjoseph8849]

Model, Eat, Sleep Repeat.

[@uwaiswaiswais]

I modelled hands for the first time thanks to you!

[@Lexi-qk4vf]

Omg you THANK YOU hands have always been an issue with me.

[@Kang_Wang]

At 27:17 you forgot to mention that you deleted the faces on the right and left. When you came to subdivide later, your "arm" gonna look like a diamond if you haven´t deleted the two faces.

[@AlexCheparev]

+Desaturateful Yes, you are right. I deleted faces on each side to make a cube into a tube.

[@_over]

oh really great question.. Thank you sir @Desaturateful

[@Ghost-cp5ui]

Thank you

[@julyr5650]

Omg Thanks, i've been watching that part on a lower speed hoping i could see what he did! You saved me lol.

[@davidzenteno1240]

bro thanks for this info I thought I skipped a step

[@soyleo_san]

Well this is my third hand with this tutorial xD yes, I've failed 2 times, buuuut, I learned a little (?) I hope... anyways thanks for the tutorial, is the best one I've found.

[@xrlabs]

Your workspeed and the background music give this video a veeery serious vibe. It's feels like a mission briefing. "do this right or you're fucked" I like it though and I'm very impressed by your demonstration!

[@amirshirojan768]

Thank you a lot this helped me a lot not only how to modeling a hand also with many options that i didnt knew (sorry for the bad english)

[@TheMeegoreng]

Thanks for that! Great tutorial pointing out good details and anatomical features which are easy to miss. Love the music too, made everything totally stress free :)

[@Sammy213]

I watch this every time I make a hand.

[@battou2501]

Just fantastic! Im trying to model a palm for two days now and cant wrap my head aroud thumb shape and placement. Will try your technique!

[@haranayeon9619]

Hello Alex, at 5:19 how did you even the position of the vertex? thanks for helping

[@ryangigg5593]

What did you do exactly at 14:12 because you say you deleted but the wire frame is still present, am i missing something? (most likely)

[@Mbg-tech]

Very good.What music on the background,I love it,doesn't irritate the hell out of me at all.Gonna download it.

[@reubenhayward6974]

Hey dude, great tutorial! thanks so much, I liked the noise in the background, it was soothing

[@icedriver2207]

Used this technique for a hand in Modo. Different tools but the concepts are still good.

[@orpheestmort]

Thank you for the great video. Answered all of my questions and now I've learned how to model a hand^^

[@leafpirate]

Very inspiring and helpful. Love the ambient music.

[@C0SMIC_CLIMAX]

Many thanks, helped me with my Uni work!

[@umi9027]

thank you for making this tutorial, it really helped me

[@MizzFujin]

this is one of the many few tutorials on hands that's been really useful. I don't suppose you'd be up for doing a tutorial on heads?

[@AlexCheparev]

+Maggie Harp I'd love to do one, just need to find time to do it :)

[@MizzFujin]

That would be aweome :D If your doing more tutorials, I'd sub for sure :D

[@AlexCheparev]

+Maggie Harp I put out about 1 tutorial per month. Some take quite a while to make and edit...

[@vrindasart_]

Sir please help me.I couldn't get the 14:15 portion.shift + delete?.I don't get this.please help

[@SonictheHedgehogInRealLife]

Shout out to the people that watched the whole video

[@JoshBowman1]

Fantastic, fast and to the point, great tutorial!

[@havydirtysoul]

really amazing tutorial helped my homework. much thx

[@tarnialoewen7296]

At about 19:00 you have made new edge loops and show them wrapping all the way around top and then the inside as well. I did the cuts the way you showed I paid attention to the verts as well but I get single face or whole hand. no new loops - how can I check this? This is a great tutorial too but I did some thing !

[@ZeidesDude]

Got lost in 14:15! How did you do exactly do the shift+delete and still got the model retained?

[@piotrdaniel3829]

I know this comment is 3 years old but I just made a duplicate and deleted the finger from one and the rest from the other one

[@nenadbacic]

Music is fantastic for working!

[@РоманЛебідь-ш3ы]

omg, this ambient on a background...

[@osographic]

So helpful! Thanks for making this video Alex.

[@shahrozemalik9439]

mouse click and keyboard asmr

[@marksmanmerc1]

Whether 3d or 2d hands seem to always be a pain in the ass

[@popperspenguins7916]

Great video thanks! Btw, how can I move fingers and wrist? I'm working on modeling gloves, but when I'm trying to rig it and move fingers, it keeps break mesh.. 😢

[@BYutha]

love the music while you model!

[@AlexCheparev]

Added hotkey labels to a couple of confusing parts. Hopefully this helps.

[@eyewishwalrus]

yeah dude your tutorial is good and i know we have the slow and paise ability but you do really need to explain which mode you are going into, vertex, face etc

[@AlexCheparev]

I try to explain as much as I can. Sometimes I think some things are self explanatory, and I skip them to keep the videos relatively short, but I know I need to do better in my explanations. Tutorials are just a hobby :)

[@dunkelheitrisse]

its definitely not a video for beginners (sorry...the pros like Raxs would say this is very simple, but its not when you are just starting to learn) and thats probably why you don't mention every step, you go fast, but still great video with good tips.

[@eyewishwalrus]

Thanks though I posted this comment when I was just starting

[@gmailuser0074]

I slept and the video was playing in the background while hearing the music

[@travisrassel9978]

This is a great tutorial.

[@uucky]

Nice tutorial! I got lost at 19:00 (I don't know why when I double click, it selects the whole hand...)

[@juliamorgana703]

Extremely valuable content. Thanks!

[@VanashePaladin]

Freaking mind-blowing, man. Good stuff!

[@fowl2750]

Iam missing the whole thing that happens around 14:20. I get that you erase the finger and duplicate it back but how you ajust the pivot to that vertex and then just duplicate the fingers where you want them.

[@AlexCheparev]

Ctrl+D to Duplicate

[@sylwiak30]

how can i make only "line view"? cause you used a keyboard shortcut and didnt tell what it should be done at the moment... I'm telling about 2:21. Please help :)

[@philippg8336]

Amazing modeling

[@stinky1895]

Okay I guess I'll pause the music I'm listening to if you're gonna turn on your iPod mid video. Let's get this over with

[@Preyr6]

awesome tutorial dude, helped me a lot

[@LopamudraRoy-l3e]

Very helpful tutorial. Thanks..

[@keiganakers9911]

your tutorials are fantastic, please keep it up

[@AlexCheparev]

Thanks!

[@giovannisilveira2781]

At 14:20, how do you snap the duplicate to the vertex?

[@Jmiket238807]

What +Giovanni Silveira said. That would be very helpful.

[@AlexCheparev]

+Michael Tompkins Sorry about that, you can use X, C, or V hotkeys to snap to Grid, Curve/Edge, Vertex respectively. An easy way to move and snap is to select the move tool (W), then press and hold (V) and use press and hold Middle Mouse Button while moving. This will snap to the closest vertex.

[@Jmiket238807]

Alex Cheparev Ah! That makes more sense. So you duplicate the finger, then hold V while mmb to that vertex.

[@AlexCheparev]

Exactly!

[@pilotdawn1661]

Excellent and extremely helpful. Thanks-

[@iplaybose]

Good tut Alex !

[@user-np7di6wu1q]

27:48 i don't understand... you use smooth? hmmm... somebody help

[@pleasurface]

I don't understand it either. Anyone can help??

[@ramyaramasubramaniyan2080]

Thank you so much for this!

[@neidymichelle1083]

Thanks bro!!! you helped me on my university proyect X ) and i loved the way it looks!

[@matsang2008]

Oh my goodness. So helpful. Thank you so much for the tutorial. Keep it up

[@danieldominguez237]

good tut! i'm using c4d but maya looks great for modeling

[@hengzhou4566]

Hi, how did you move without mouse button at 26:11? I clicked the square and drag, but only the selection marquee came out and the vertex did not move. What's the trick here?

[@AlexCheparev]

Use Middle Mouse Button. It lets you move with offset, I usually move this way.

[@Preyr6]

thank u , bro an easy way for doing a low poly hand

[@cohenherbert3180]

Hey please help for extruding a single finger at 2:24 how do you do that i dont understand..

[@AlexCheparev]

You need to use the Extrude function. It can be found in the Polygon Shelf or the Edit Mesh Menu or by holding Shift+Right Click and selecting Extrude. knowledge.autodesk.com/support/maya-lt/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2015/ENU/MayaLT/files/Polygon-selection-and-creation-Extrude-a-polygon-face-edge-or-vertex-htm.html

[@williamr3872]

This was very helpful. Thank you.

[@yukein4242]

Hey first of all thank you for the video, you are a great modeler. I have a question, how did you select all the finger faces in minute 7:06? You probably used a keyboard shortcut but I don't know it

[@guireba]

Shift < or >

[@yukein4242]

GUIREBA thanks!

[@chillaf99]

@@guireba THANKS

[@PYAIR]

hello, i place my bookmark : 11:26

[@NightFlyStudio]

Woah! Thanks, I blew through this one, it was fun!

[@AlexCheparev]

Thanks!

[@douka3993]

please come back with your awesome tutorials.......;(

[@chinola_tropical]

this video is so relaxing to me :) ♥

[@Will_Scobie]

Great tut and love the music :)

[@kavin402]

My name is Yoshikage Kira. I'm 33 years old. My house is in the northeast section of Morioh, where all the villas are, and I am not married. I work as an employee for the Kame Yu department stores, and I get home every day by 8 PM at the latest. I don't smoke, but I occasionally drink. I'm in bed by 11 PM, and make sure I get eight hours of sleep, no matter what. After having a glass of warm milk and doing about twenty minutes of stretches before going to bed, I usually have no problems sleeping until morning. Just like a baby, I wake up without any fatigue or stress in the morning. I was told there were no issues at my last check-up. I'm trying to explain that I'm a person who wishes to live a very quiet life. I take care not to trouble myself with any enemies, like winning and losing, that would cause me to lose sleep at night. That is how I deal with society, and I know that is what brings me happiness. Although, if I were to fight I wouldn't lose to anyone.

[@samuelfalade]

This is a great tutorial. Thank you

[@kadengrossman6252]

17:00 edge stuff reference point for line flow

[@이룸-r8i]

Hey.. 27:47, I don't know how to change the rectangular parallelepiped like that. I pressed the 2 key and 3 key, but it was changed something strange.. How can I solve these problems?

[@AlexCheparev]

Make sure to delete the faces on either side of the cube so that when you press 3, it makes a tube and not a sphere.

[@Sneewitchen1]

Awesome!

[@Sunten1109]

thank you Alex, you save my life :'))

[@VulcanRR]

Saved me man... cant thank u enuf!!! :3

[@alhumayani]

24:49 what tool did you use here? I use Maya 2017 and I can't find it

[@coi6343]

7:04 ---> 7:05 how to do that pro ?