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This is a piece of concept art commissioned by for his recently completed short story “The Climb” Which you can read for yourself here: canine-lupus.deviantart.com/ar… . Did a few other Illustrations for the story as well so make sure to go check it out if you haven't already. ^_^
This was done as a bit of a study for use in my own work as well. The final version used in the actual story was a little different than the one here. The version used in the illustrations had a longer wrist/ more feral look. This design here is more akin to the style of hands used in past and present Anthropomorphic Horse characters of my own creation found in my gallery.

Now time for some technical discussion on this concept itself for you scholarly folk reading this.
I wanted to design a hand which would incorporate the major characteristics of a horses hoof, leaning more towards animal than human, but would still function like its human counterpart. I wanted it to be unique from my other hoofed species too. Looking back at the prehistoric ancestors of the horse for inspiration I settled upon 4 digits with one large central digit which would be the major defining horse feature and also function well for quadrupedal movement becoming the weight bearing digit. I was debating upon removing the pointer finger, but ended up retaining it to allow for more precise item manipulation, which is an important thing to consider when designing any sort of intelligent creature. A three digit hand would have been the most evolutionary accurate way to go though. Studying and figuring out what works and what doesn't is half the fun of any sort of design process.^_^
This sheet itself shows the grasping capability of the hand in the top image. The center image is a hairless version showing off the form and musculature of the hand and arm. The bottom image shows a view of the top of the hand.

Hope you all find this interesting and helpful when designing your own creatures.

Mechanical Pencils on Printer Paper, Sepia-toned in Lexmark Photo Editor.

Description
This is a piece of concept art commissioned by for his recently completed short story “The Climb” Which you can read for yourself here: canine-lupus.deviantart.com/ar… . Did a few other Illustrations for the story as well so make sure to go check it out if you haven't already. ^_^
This was done as a bit of a study for use in my own work as well. The final version used in the actual story was a little different than the one here. The version used in the illustrations had a longer wrist/ more feral look. This design here is more akin to the style of hands used in past and present Anthropomorphic Horse characters of my own creation found in my gallery.

Now time for some technical discussion on this concept itself for you scholarly folk reading this.
I wanted to design a hand which would incorporate the major characteristics of a horses hoof, leaning more towards animal than human, but would still function like its human counterpart. I wanted it to be unique from my other hoofed species too. Looking back at the prehistoric ancestors of the horse for inspiration I settled upon 4 digits with one large central digit which would be the major defining horse feature and also function well for quadrupedal movement becoming the weight bearing digit. I was debating upon removing the pointer finger, but ended up retaining it to allow for more precise item manipulation, which is an important thing to consider when designing any sort of intelligent creature. A three digit hand would have been the most evolutionary accurate way to go though. Studying and figuring out what works and what doesn't is half the fun of any sort of design process.^_^
This sheet itself shows the grasping capability of the hand in the top image. The center image is a hairless version showing off the form and musculature of the hand and arm. The bottom image shows a view of the top of the hand.

Hope you all find this interesting and helpful when designing your own creatures.

Mechanical Pencils on Printer Paper, Sepia-toned in Lexmark Photo Editor.