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Hnilmik — 100 Hand Challenge (Hand Studies)
Published: 2012-06-27 05:53:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 92587; Favourites: 405; Downloads: 316
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"SO I HEARD THAT THE ANIMATORS AT DISNEY MAKE THEIR INTERNS DRAW 100 HANDS TO BUFF THEIR SKILLS. TRUE OR NOT, I SUCK AT DRAWING HANDS, SO I DECIDED TO DO THE '100 HANDS CHALLENGE' TO STUDY."Hands #001 - 050 -- June 22nd, 2012
Hands #051 - 080 -- June 23rd - 24th, 2012
Hands #081 - 102 -- June 25th - 26th, 2012
To sum things up, in 5-ish days, I drew roughly 100 hands + extra hands to make up for the really derpy ones. Along the way, I even got to practice perspective/foreshortening, and even a little shading/lighting! I learned a lot while doing this, even though I think I have more to learn, but I feel mighty accomplished~ I even think I probably DO have the patience to do FBF animation, if I really stuck with it! Probably!
xD NOW. TO CATCH UP ON OTHER WORK I OWE BEFORE EMBARKING ON ANOTHER ART CHALLENGE.
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Oh! Here’s something I know that IS true, based on sitting in at animation panels with industry professionals from Disney, Dreamworks, Nickelodeon, Fox, and so on… From what I know, they like seeing characters interacting with props/objects, scenery, and other characters in portfolios.
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[EDIT]: Fixed the messed up pixel aspect ratio thingy! Either way, you can still see the individual pages on my Tumblr ([link] )!
I personally HIGHLY advise against using this as reference. These are my notes, complete with my own mistakes and my interpretation/perception of how the references looked.
Just reference from life and a lot of photographs like I did. You'll learn more that way.
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Comments: 34
These are great hands. 
I gotta post my references...
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yay a hand ref sheet with some hand holding refs.... most i find don't have those
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I believe there is a refernce sheet on DA specifically for bff hands (like holding hands, knuckle bumps, pinkie swears etc.) if not then I know for sure it's on tumblr.
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i have found that
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oh, okie dokie, didnt want u to miss out, its a real nice ref
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Wow... So much improvement in so little time!! I need to try this!!
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Really well done! Your art is great and this looks really awesome~ I should try this too... :3
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Very good practice and you portrayed some hard poses well. Great work.
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Truly a brilliant practice, I may need to consider doing this. I was planning to start doing a "100 object challenge myself", but I have yet to start since I want to be able to draw a human first. Although I would like to ask if you went to any art class or merely did self practices most of the time?
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Ah I see. Thanks for clarifying that.
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how did you start off? did you draw them from your imagination or did you look at your own or did you use the internet?
'coz i want to do the same thing and i just dont know where to start and how do i do it :/
by the way you can clearly see the progress through out and if one compared the very first one you did with the last one or even the middle one there is a huge improvement! you should be very proud of yourself 'coz this looks awesome
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Maybe 1 or 2 of them I attempted from imagination at the very beginning, especially after looking at a few hand tips/tutorials floating around on dA, Tumblr, and the Internet, but the majority and whole time I used photographs of hands, my own hands, and while going outside with friends, the hands of others as reference. I learned much more that way than through copying the personal rules other artists found for themselves~
If there's one thing I could say, it's that the first "page" was fighting against personal bad habits as an artist. From then on, as I acknowledge what mistakes I keep making and try to correct/avoid them, I internalize the knowledge the more I draw~ Don't be afraid of mistakes! There will ALWAYS be another hand for you to draw and learn from!
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thank you, that helped a lot!
i can't wait to start
and thanks for the quick reply
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O.O How do your hands suck? Those are GREAT I wish I could draw hands like that.
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My hand-drawing skills UBER sucked before doing this! Now it's less so, thanks to practice!
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Well the first hand on here alone is lots better than one of mine, mine look like the ones I drew in Kindergarten... That's really discouraging.
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Now i'm gonna try.
Also, sorry to hear about your grandfather, he must've been a good man if it means you're willing to mourn him for 50 days.
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Because of this, I decided to do this too (I'm at 80 right now ^^)
You've improved so much! I hope I will too..
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Drawing hands can be very hard. I suck at them, and to be honest, I never even thought about doing this!
Maybe one day I'll do this, because from the looks of it, this has helped you out....A LOT.
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You can actually watch you improve....I must do this O.O
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Now that's a great effort to do. Congratulations for such a magnificent work. Keep your skills up.
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XD Thanks. /inb4 i forgot how to draw everything and anything else
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Tell me if this is a stupid question but, were any of these referenced from photos or were you lucky enough to find a life drawing class in the area and did the hand studies on the side?
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Mostly from photos and my own hands, but for page 2, I was out and about with friends and drew their hands and the hands of strangers. Life and photograph references, yo!
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I personally HIGHLY advise against using this as reference. These are my notes, complete with my own mistakes, and there's also an image distortion farking up how the forms and lines REALLY look.
Just reference from life and a lot of photographs like I did. You'll learn more that way.
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WOW!! I can really see your improvement!!!
Congratulations!!! (I should do this...)
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