【How to draw Hands】Any pose, any perspective

[@Just.Celeste]

I can't believe the art community still struggles with the "using reference is cheating" discourse. Every industry professional, all famous artists from the past use and have used references. My art improved so much after I started using them. Great tutorial, I also take photos of my hand but hadn't thought of adjusting them with liquify ^^

[@JustAGal217]

People who are against using refrence just want people to fail. Ignore the 'em.

[@seichanhalliwell4734]

Actually the "it's ok to use references, even encouraged" trend is relatively recent. In the art community 10-15 years ago it was an unspeakable crime to say you referenced, and you were shunned from most "pro" art forums. I remember watching a Loish livestream (which should be on her youtube too) and she specifically remembers the same fact as well. Using references and drawing "pretty girls" were crimes and you were not considered a true artist if you did them. Ironical how the past couple years saw a shift towards a healthy view regarding using reference :)

[@shortgirlbigcakes]

its not abt reference its just tracing over printed out images whether they be sketches or real hands. Its not good to clutch on that forever without trying yourself and call it art.

[@cryocorn]

@@shortgirlbigcakes r.i.p still-life painters

[@อรุณีย์เหล่าจําปา038]

@@JustAGal217 ึ้ีทท

[@BaseBasvic]

BEST ‘drawing hands’ tutorial EVER!!! 😃

[@just_Ren3]

The fact that Eren is on the thumbnail 🤩❤️ TATAKAE

[@WijaVT]

your shapes one really helped me honestly ive always found drawing hands so excruciating lmao

[@rainport]

I needed all of this when I was a new artist, I’m so glad it’s out here now for others who are new right now. It’ll help them TONS. Thank you Laovaan

[@chonlatiphokkhunthod8270]

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[@Psychopath369_]

@@chonlatiphokkhunthod8270 ..

[@SunnySplosion]

OH MY GOD THE PRODUCTION VALUE ASKJDFLAKJSDLKJ so goodddd 😭

[@astraamarante6233]

I look at my hand at certain angles and sometimes use my imagination to try to see how hands would work and construct simple basic shapes off of that. I often use 3 palm shapes differentiating based on the perspective of the hand and I usually just freestyle the fingers, but I should use more references. Thank you for being an amazing teacher!

[@charlesrodriguez7984]

Same. Though I use references more and that helps me a lot

[@IsaacBisaac]

Same here but when it comes to more specific hand shapes I usually use a reference for it 😄

[@khunagueroagnis2558]

THANK YOU! Most other videos just make a straight resting hand and we rarely use that for drawing so thank you

[@IcecreamCat23]

The begining. But thanks! I've been really struggling with hands recently and BOOM! This amazing notification rung.

[@sudhirdeb5914]

Man you are amazing. You not only showed the problems everyone face not as others face it I am not. I am able to teach them that but as I too face it like all and others like me doing it perfectly. The psychology behind; plus you did it like a challenge and overcome it and how also others should do it too by taking those steps.

[@repeekyraidcero]

These are a lot of words for "good job"

[@andyha1555]

0:33 I'm just in absolute awe you made that animation.

[@DevilsWithinManga]

When I draw hands, I like to do a bit of everything. I first make sketches and then try to find photos to help me achieve the hand I like/need for my drawing. If all else fails I use clip studios 3-d models. it's very helpful.

[@IsaacBisaac]

Oooh, I think I might try that; thank you

[@LaNoir.]

Always happy to see someone recommend using references. I got further within the last year using them than I did during my entire school time (art teacher forbid references cause it's "cheating"). Also recommend using websites like quickposes to train the mental library, at some point references become redundant and you'll intuitively know how to draw it

[@zacharybeatty]

Thank you that’s much more useful and easy to understand than the other hand drawing videos on yt. trust me, i’ve seen them all.

[@liddlealice431]

Clicked for the tutorial,also stayed for Eren

[@crystolskull9202]

You help me a lot at drawing especially since I started doing digital art

[@dyliriuss7751]

I’m glad that you do the tracing to figure out the figure and then trying to apply what was traced to your drawing!!!! It’s like you want to use the photo reference as a guidance but still want to help learn and use the tools to draw the hand again in the future

[@anormalweeb5809]

you always have the most helpful tutorials! love your art

[@duskwillneverend5881]

You and Sycra are carrying the art side of youtube on your back, I stg I've become a better artist with just this video, alone.

[@andyha1555]

pretty happy that I'm not too shabby when it comes to drawing hands

[@obi-wan-pierogi]

Hands were one of the first things I started practicing when I started drawing people in 2020 so I find I’m not as annoyed by them, same with faces. I still have issues with extremely dynamic poses but it’s easy to understand cause I can just look at my own hands and be like “ oh that’s how that works!” Then translate it into my style. Now full body anatomy, expressions and perspective are currently kicking my ass ngl so I’m trying to force my brain to understand those concepts.

[@snookums3246]

Honey not now Laovaan just dropped a banger of a tutorial

[@repeekyraidcero]

1:46 Best tut for basic hands ever. You can even "perspective bend" that shape and amend the fingers for most poses. Make it 3 dimensional for even better reliability 7:14 Tracing and refing that trace is a possibility... I would recommend drawing hands yourself tho. If you can manage hands. Legs, arms, torso and neck and feet should work too. That only leaves the face. Not a bad forecast.

[@blackrose4078]

Thank you so, so much. I’ve been hiding my characters’ hands behind their back or under sleeves lately because I’ve been hesitant. This has helped me want to try harder. 🖤

[@J_ael_]

The intro is everything👌✨haha thank you so much for this my fav artist!!

[@CapriciousKitty]

Been a lurker for 9 years and been learning from your videos for years Thank you^w^

[@jaketan8485]

My God, I love your arts so much! Thanks for the tutorial. I was struggling with hands.

[@MillieBee11]

I love your tutorials. You speak so gently, it feels like I have a kind teacher guiding me through my art. Thank you!

[@honeybunnyk6428]

As soon as I was with draw the hands, this video came up. Thank you so much!!!!

[@jamesduplayz1379]

As a grade 5 artist 🎨 I'm so glad that you made this video you made my months

[@sourgreendolly7685]

“How do you approach drawing hands?” Raise your hand if you tend to hide them instead 😅🙋🏻‍♀️ This does get me inspired to practice them though, thank you💕

[@ataraxia5482]

This is easily the most helpful and practical art tutorial I've seen. Not only did you cover a lot of common mistakes and where they come from, you both explained and directly showed how to actually expand one's "visual library" and make good use of references while working. A huge mental block I was personally running into was less about whether using references was cheating and more about how to actually use them effectively/whether they were even worth it, and your video helped both click almost immediately. Thank you! For anyone scrolling through the comments with a similar mental block, I cannot stress enough just how big of a difference it makes to paste your reference on the drawing itself next to where you're trying to draw. Instead of having to look over from screen to screen to try to figure out what you're even looking at separately from actually drawing it, you're able to do both at the same time, which also helps the "form" of drawing that particular pose stick that much easier in your visual library.

[@nsypxz8560]

Dude, your hands are really pretty. Congratulations 😰

[@Syrupandwaffles]

I love how relatable this video is, no matter how many tutorials, drawing them from memory is hard

[@giosanchez2714]

You are incredible that intro was amazing

[@theicee4780]

The intro shows the problem!!! Thank you for playfully getting into it since it's painful for most to get to it.

[@Giantpenguin]

I had always cursed clip studio's lack of liquify tool. I had no idea they had added it in an update. So thanks for that.

[@razorlokiii1012]

a hand tutorialll?!?! omg this is perfect !

[@valasafantastic1055]

Yeah I found this out myself too! I take many potential references now and use the best one as Hands are too complex to get without reference. I also think reference is great for all aspects of art!

[@cythonyheart3579]

Oh HELL yes, I love your tutorials _let's go!_

[@TellMeNacht]

The intro is the best 😂😂 Thank u for your tips

[@Somtric]

I feel like I learn so much more from you, than many others I've seen. I don't know, you just seem to understand the struggles more.

[@moaybaamvs9393]

this is LITERALLY WHAT I NEEDED OMG THANK YOU

[@amie8501]

Yay hand tutorial :DDD thank you again for posting, Laovaan!

[@CharacterDesign360]

Thank you! This was very helpful. I really loved the specific example you gave at the end.

[@luciusblackdragon6568]

This was the way i was doing it and i thought it was "wrong" so i hoped in this video to see how most people do it. It feels good to know this

[@randompherson4131]

no wayyyy early ,just wanna say i love your videos and it helped me a lot . I had problem drawing hair and a lot of other stuff ,tutorials didnt help until i found yours and then i somehow can draw it lol so thank u for golden content

[@rishabbaliga5459]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!! You have no idea how much I needed this!!!!! You're amazing btw!

[@Renmiou]

For me it depends on how much time I have for the hands (and I love drawing hands, so...). If it's a commission I might just use a Clipstudio asset to reference and trace it first, then reference it: I find that tracing as a preliminary step can be surprisingly useful - this is because often how I perceive the photo/3D hand as it is differs from how well it would work as lineart and witnessing it by tracing it removes some preconceptions. If I have more time, I might do a few studies and try different ones on. Chris Oatley once said that artists need to rehearse as much as theatre actors do and I agree: it's pretty good to have a few goes at challenging elements of an illustration to get the best result. Sometimes I just wing it, and sometimes it works really well, sometimes it works really badly!

[@randompherson4131]

Can you explain in future videos how colors work? I think for me at least it's not a problem to choose which one, but I can't get nice colors when I want to make a contrast in drawing between strong light and shadow. And I have a problem with choosing when colors have to be darker for aestetic of drawing

[@razorlokiii1012]

i use a mix of both, looking at references then drawing construction

[@H.haru_u]

hands are one of my best thing in my art

[@ShunjiMarataki]

16 years old me drawning hand i still drawn it with round shape and now I've learned how to draw it properly thanks

[@AppleAbbles]

Your art style is beautiful

[@blueramen]

your instructions are simple and easy to understand, thankss Kite, first time hearing you have a yt channel

[@extracoffeemug]

I've always used references for hands and poses. It's hard to come up with them while drawing and make it nice. Eventually you'll learn it and don't need it as often.

[@jcsagreofficialph]

For I draw over my reference and use it as a base while adding some of my personal touch.

[@KawiiLtn]

This gives me so much confidence to keep drawing 😭💖🙏

[@julesmangaart1543]

Tolles Video!!!! Hände sind ja immer so eine Sache, besonders wenn dann noch die Perspektive ins Spiel kommt. Danke dafür 🙏🏻👍🏻🤗🌸

[@xf5293]

Wow, two uploads this close together?! Thank you so much!!!

[@amyjudy33]

Thank you so much for your channel. Your videos are so helpful.

[@officialtollilion6627]

For someone like me who has aphantasia this is very helpful, thank you for this video!

[@IsaacBisaac]

I’m horrible at drawing hands, it’s always the part that takes the most amount of time for me. This video had some pretty good tips so thank you 🙌

[@piniapplepineapple5568]

THANKYOU SO MUCHHHH! I love your videosss. They are so helpful!

[@CloroxBleach42069]

I always looks at my hand, before trying to draw a hand. Saved this video, and will watch it later.

[@alexhero3107]

I love your videos, theyre so helpful and have really improved my drawings

[@SweetTea-Stephens]

I didn’t understand half of what you said when it came to layers and inverting, whatever you said to invert, but, I do love watching you draw and listening to your voice.

[@Echolox]

He has explained it a bunch of times in other videos. Check this one for more detailed steps: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGPLnmhqadGip8U

[@marinesance885]

I always forget i have hands and use it not only to draw ... Really helpfull video it's always a pleasure to watch your work, thank you.

[@adib2219]

When I saw Eren on the thumbnail I knew I had to watch the vid

[@t_tt_t5350]

I just draw it out of my head until I feel like it looks good. I am not a professional artist tho, so I will definitely use your advice

[@yani.illustration]

Thank you a lot for the video. Love your style and method. Hugs from Brazil~

[@emeraldsoda4059]

I find making a copy of a reference (keep one as the original) and drawing basic shapes on the other helps me draw faster and more accurate than drawing it just through observation. It's like a custom basic hand tutorial. I make traditional art, but there's basic phone apps that allow you to doodle some.

[@Yuu-dc9id]

The drawing looks incredible :o

[@axcel0018]

Just what I needed

[@Guavarr]

I've been waiting for this! Waaa, Thank you so much, Laovaan for teaching us these things!!♥️♥️

[@z_z1052]

Thanks, I needed that ❤️

[@pacibenmark1547]

Aw man I’m late but at least i get to learn something new

[@ala_ehnaman]

Hello! Tysm! For teaching this how to draw hand and the angle! I'm so struggling to draw the hand.

[@REDff0000]

Oh I love your intro so much. Really creative!!

[@yearsmonths]

I 100% agree the the concept *work smart not hard*

[@snubnosedmonke]

thank you for this guide video🙏

[@ViktoriBudur]

Буквально вчера вечером я рисовала новый рисунок и нужно было рисовать руки. В итоге я ПО ПРИВЫЧКЕ сделала несколько фотографий, где отбирала нужное мне положение рук. Просто прекрасно, что метод, который ты используешь для рисования окозывается пользуют в рисовании люди с 10-летнем стажем рисования! (Сама усиленно и вовлеченно рисую только 7-8 лет, иронично сказано 🤣) Спасибо, что пополнили мой багаж знаний по рисованию рук, укрепив выроботанные самостоятельно навыки!

[@solyun2683]

Ereh Yaegar.l!! Ah amazing tutorial and art 💥

[@girlfromsims]

whoaa animated!

[@snehsingh933]

I use hand references thanks for the video

[@miluires3249]

Thank you so much for the tutorial! I've needed this for a long time. Love your art!

[@Its_Remyy]

For people scrolling through the comments--It also may help you to look at the idea of 'grouping' fingers for certain hand poses, and their relationships

[@featheredrebel4131]

Found you on insta, and omg this is so educational! Thank you so much, now I have some place to begin :D

[@ramengirll]

Thanks for this! Can you make a tutorial on how to draw flowers? Roses and peonies are so hard to master😓

[@ki1653]

I always trace a 3d model, add cicles for joints and a line for the middle, slap a grid over it and put it in the corner of the canvas. then i make a grid where i want to have the hand and based on my reference grid copy the joints and lines that indicate each finger. connecting joins and adjusting details to make it more my style and done. so its not that different to this. its still a struggle hahaha especially when i draw traditional.

[@jadelilirose6376]

This tutorial is perfect! Do you mind making a video on shading? The way you shade is SO GOOD!!!

[@Echolox]

Here's a double tutorial on shading that he did kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGPLnmhqadGip8U

[@sizlax]

"We've all been there". Damn rights.. The two hardest parts are drawing them dynamically in positions in which some of the fingers are only partially showing, and sizing them right. The latter issue I find is actually a lot worse with drawing a younger character. As an anime/shonen character can be 9, or 14, and look practically the same. But also, I think boy's hands vary largely in size from person to person, especially when taking into account a 5 year range in age. The distance of the hand from the viewer can also add a wide variance in sizes.

[@NefliteArts]

I'm still searching for my way to draw hands ^^ but I noticed that references are soooo useful and helpful :3

[@sanomanjiro3307]

Thank you bro ur a life saver

[@janesmith1917]

That looks a lot easier once your use to the digital drawing.

[@SleepQuiteDear]

just saw your post on facebook istg its- G O D L Y

[@funnymood4686]

Eren Yeager is about to give a vibe check.

[@skylexia7]

I am a simple girl. I see eren jaeger on something totally unrelated to aot, I click.

[@hasancoban9631]

Danke hast mir sehr geholfen normalerweise mache ich keine fotos von meiner hand sondern gucke sie mir nur an aber oft verkacke ich die Perspektive vielen dank ☺️

[@chukwuneduokonkwo4904]

Thank you so much for this... Any tips for drawing dynamic poses?

[@Echolox]

Try these: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYe4nJywn6mWqtk

[@chukwuneduokonkwo4904]

@@Echolox thank u so much...