Research - Anatomy

Anatomy Study - Hand

In these three sketches, I wanted to start studying the anatomy of a hand, how it should look, how it can be drawn using lines and circles, in order to make it feel natural. 

This hand, at first, had only lines, where the fingers should have been, and after the lines were put in place, I started adding circles, to determine the width of the fingers, and get a rough shape of what it should look like.  Also, the hand has a nice pose, caught in the moment when it should grab something.

Quick sketch in pencil of a hand on a table, created from straight and curved lines to determine the fingers and the position of each finger. The construction lines on the hand were really helpful in revealing every position of each finger, and how it should look. After the rough sketch was done, some detail was added to it, as well as some shadows and contrasts. What I could have done better is to try and get a better perspective for this drawing.

A final hand sketch, result of this research. The construction lines for each finger helped by revealing where each finger should be, although three of them are not shown. In order to get the organic look on this hand,  the lights and shadows were needed to get a good geometry and shape of the whole sketch.