How to Draw Hands - A Tutorial

Hi everyone!:)
I hope you're having a good evening, or day, or whatever time you read this at.;)

I am here with a tutorial of how I draw hands! I know that hands can be a rough part for people to draw (including myself), but with enough practice they can become really fun to do!:)

Let's get into this tutorial, shall we?:D

I start with a simple shape, sort of like a curvy upside down triangle with a blunt tip. This is the shape I use for all of my hands and it has really helped me. I learned about that tip from something on Pinterest!;)

That shape is the base for the palm area of the hand, next we add the fingers. I tend to make my fingers longer than real fingers are, but I like it.;) 

You finish up the fingers, which you can make by just having two parralel lines meet in a curve at the top. The fingers don't have to be perfect, you can clean them up later.:) 

You add the thumb (Reminder: the tip of a thumb, when it is right up against the rest of the hand, is usually just a bit farther up than the knuckles.) and there you have it! The beginning shape is used as a guide to the rest of the hand. It doesn't need to be followed exactly and drawing hands can be a bit rough sometimes, but it helps me!:) 

With that shape, you can make a ton of different hand poses! 

With practice, hands can be a lot of fun!:) 

For drawing guy hands, you follow the same principles, but I make the hands bigger and the fingers more square shaped at the top. Just stockier in general.;)

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I hope this helped anyone struggling with drawing hands. Also, maybe trying to draw out some pictures of cartoon characters' hands might help you get an idea of how they work for your own drawings.:)

-Emma-

 



How To Draw Noses!

Hi everyone!:)
Anonymous A asked me a little while back how I draw noses, so I thought I would make a tutorial about it!:) It might be a bit confusing, but I hope it helps someone!:)

One kind of nose I start with drawing little curved lines, the nostrils.

Next I outline the nostrils with two little bumps/curves.

Then I run my pencil across all of the lines I did, connecting them to make a nose like this!

You could stop there, unless you wanted to add extra stuff, like making the nostrils visible again and adding bumps to the top part of the nose.

Another kind of nose I do starts with a shape sort of like an "L".

You add another "L", on the other side, then connect them with a little straight line and you're finished!:)

Another kind you can start at the bridge of the nose with long curves curving into one another. Then at the bottom, you make a sort of "V". You could stop here if this is good enough for you, but you can continue-

By adding some more lines connecting to the "V" and such.;)

For a 3/4 nose, you make a "V" on its side.

Then you attach a little curve to the "V" (the nostril), then another curve to the nostril, then you can go over it all again making it look all uniform.;)

Another nose can start with a simple circle.

By making little curved nostrils to the bottom, then three curves above them, add shading, you got a cute little button nose!:D

This one is pretty simple 3/4 nose. You start with the bendy curve, then add a dot (the nostril) and the curve of the skin part of the nostril.;)

This is more of a guy's nose and a profile view. You make it by drawing a slightly curved line for the bridge of the nose, then another slightly curved line underneath that that connects to the nostril and "skin part of the nostril".;)

This one is pretty much the same, but with a different bridge of the nose, it's way more curved inward.:)

This is another guy nose, with a straight line outward, then a straight line back to the nostril (creating a pointed nose) and then the usual nostril and curvy nostril part, but in this one they are connected.

This is a profile hooked nose. It's pretty much the same as all of the others, but the bridge of the nose hooks out suddenly then you do the normal stuff.;) By showing the unseen nostril on the other side, this could also be a 3/4 nose.:)

And if all else fails, just make a super simple curve for a cute nose!;)

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I hope this helped anyone who is struggling with noses! When I made this tutorial, I realized how few noses I use....I need to do some more people watching. Or more like nose watching!;D

-Emma-



How I Draw Eyes - A Tutorial

Hi everyone!!!:D

Recently, I was asked to make a tutorial for how to draw eyes.:) So here it is-

First things first, the hardest part- the shape. I make two pointed ovals as the eyes. Now it can be tricky to get them the same shape, so I try not to press down too hard, so that if you need to erase the lines, it won't leave permanent marks.:) 

Now, it all depends with what expression you want to give, but I'm making my person have just regular happy eyes, so she's looking straight.:) 

Now I add the shine from the sun. You put the shine in the direction that the sun (or light) is coming from.:) 

And now, you separate the iris from the pupil. The pupil varies in width with how much light it is exposed to. 

What I usually do is I color in their pupil with pencil first, then go back with black colored pencil.:) 

Add the crease above the eye... 

...And eyelashes! 

Eyebrows are very important with what overall impression you want to give. I have trouble doing straight ones, probably because I usually do mad, sad, worried, puzzled faces a lot.;) That's why mine are a little different.XD

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Well, I hope that this helped you! Remember (It's basically my motto;P) PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT! I think I'm going to have to show you my total screw ups!XD Would you like to see those?;P

-Emma-

PS- Would you like a tutorial on different facial expressions or other things?:)