【Silver】If you know your joints, your hands can draw with ease!

In this article, we will mainly focus on the joints of the fingers and other important factors in drawing hands. I've compiled a list!

Let's draw a line through the joints!

In order from the joint closest to the fingertip, the first joint, the second joint, and the third joint are the first, second, and third joints, respectively.

If we draw lines at the joints, they will gather around the line of the second joint.

Draw a line connecting the crease above and below the joint as shown in the figure above to get the correct shape.

Think of the sequence of finger joints as a simplification!

Everything is easier to learn if you view everything as a symbol in simplified form.

In this case, you see the first and second joints as mountains! The third joint is seen as an arch.

By differentiating the joints, it's easy to draw different looks!

Moderate joints give a feminine impression, and stubby joints give a masculine impression. If you make the joints stubby, the hand will have a masculine look.

It's the carpal bones that make the back of the hand round!

The carpal bones are composed of eight bones, as noted in the diagram above.

Without these carpal bones, we would have sharp bends.

The thumb has more freedom of movement than any other finger!

The CM joint of the thumb has a greater range of motion than the joints of other fingers.

That's what allows humans to do detailed work~.

Conversely, if you draw too freely with the four fingers other than the thumb, it will be uncomfortable. Be careful!

So, to summarize today's article. 

Three things to remember today: - If you draw a line on a finger joint, it will converge toward the line on the second joint; - Think of joint alignment in symbolic terms; and - The thumb moves a lot more than the rest of the fingers!

Stay tuned for future posts~!