I Always Struggled Drawing Hands Before Anyone Told Me What To Do. So Here Is A HANDy Dandy Drawing Reference

I always struggled drawing hands before anyone told me what to do. So here is a HANDy dandy drawing reference to see the steps on an actual hand. There are three big muscles in the palm. The thumb lump is most important because without it you’ll never even get the shape right. Circle up the knuckles and draw bendy lines (red) to connect them. Make sure the fingers go from medium-tall-short-shortest just slightly (index=>pinky finger). Notice the big red squareish shape around the palm-that’s the first thing I do. Note: every infer has 2 knuckles don’t forget the thumb does too…just in a weird way.

My whole process~

Help. here. o v e IDK IF THIS WILL HELP BUT AJKSNCJKSN here u go.(thicc thighs save lives(don’t let this be the only work of mine y'all reblog, I know u tumblr. I KNOW U.)

Hi! Is it really necessary to learn how to draw the actual skeleton first in drawing humans?

Hey! While I wouldn’t say it’s absolutely necessary to draw the skeleton per say (though I highly, HIGHLY, HIGHLY advise it!), I would say that it’s vital to understand the skeleton of any creature! I have this feeling (based on art experience, especially college) that people never really explain why fundamentals are important, and so there’s this sorta confusion about “Why are we drawing skeletons, why are we studying anatomy”, and that’s exactly how I always thought. I dismissed really taking the time to internalize skeletal/muscle structure and it took a very heavy toll on my work. I improved at a snails pace. The moment I decided to understand WHY something moved the way it did, and the internal structure beneath, I made leaps and bounds of improvement! Drawing and studying the skeleton/muscle will help you grasp how things work and I pinky promise you it’ll feel like you’ve found that secret MarioKart 64 shortcut and place 1st in the Rainbow Road, it’s great

Trying to draw buildings

Rocks

Ah, don’t you love them, rocks. So fun to animate too.

If you’re into drawing pixel art rocks, boy does Patreon got you covered.

The above was a joke posted by Pedro ‘Saint11’ Medeiros (on Tumblr as the game dev team @studiominiboss) before releasing his real rock formations tutorial.

Pedro’s is probably the #1 Patreon page to follow and support if you’re into condensed tutorials about pixel art. Even though they seem on the surface as being about different concrete things to draw, they hold an even stronger underlying narrative about pixel art style.

Follow Saint11 on Patreon and Twitter.

Nauris Amatnieks a.k.a. @namatnieks​ is a newcomer on Patreon and also has some hard knowledge to share with you. His tutorials stand out by also showing weaker ways of completing each step, things you’re usually looking to avoid.

Follow Namatnieks on Pateron and Twitter.

Finally, a fellow Deviant who I’ve been following for a long time, Kat ‘RHLPixels’, completes the current rock trend with her newest tutorial. In good old DeviantArt fashion, the format is a long image instead of the eye-catching GIFs popularized by Pedro. There’s plenty of more of these old-shool long-reads in her DeviantArt album Palettes and Tutorials.

Follow RHLPixels on Patreon and Twitter.