How to draw beautiful hands - Japanese Craft Book

Release Date: 2021/4/20
Language: Japanese
Book Length: 160 pages

■Draw-in style to guarantee you can draw hands
This book is a draw-in style practice book.
Hands are considered a difficult part of illustration, so much so that it's often said, "If you can draw hands, you're not a real artist."
Hands have fingers that move independently, are very complex, and move in a three-dimensional way. Therefore, they are extremely difficult to draw until you get used to them.
This book is a beginner-friendly tracing practice drill that can be used as the first step to drawing such difficult hands.
Tracing is divided into three stages: 1. Outline, 2. Detail outline, and 3. Final drawing, allowing you to practice while confirming the structure of the hand's shape.

■I can draw faces, but I'm not good at drawing hands...
In this book, a "beautiful hand" is defined as a hand with long, slender fingertips, a smart appearance, and an alluring pose.

There are many kinds of "beautiful hands." Here, we broadly classify them into androgynous "beautiful hands," masculine "sculpted hands," and feminine "soft hands," and teach you how to draw them using a drill format.

Draw the example hands yourself and overcome your difficulties through fun practice and application!

■ Drawing "Beautiful Hands"
You want to draw the beautiful hands that your favorite illustrators and manga artists draw! When beginners try to draw hands from imagination without prior experience, they usually can't do it well.

Even if you've sketched real hands before, you might still struggle to draw attractive, sensual hands...

Why is that? Because "beautiful hands" that look realistic are actually heavily stylized.

■ "Attention to Detail" and "Show-off Techniques" from 5 Illustrators
We simultaneously explain the attention to detail and "show-off techniques" of five illustrators—techniques you can't learn from drawing real hands.

The hands in this book are specifically designed to be "showy" in a manga style, and are stylized differently from the actual movement and balance of hands.

Learn illustration techniques that you can't learn from sketching alone, through this drill-style format.

■LESSON 0 Hand Basics
Hand Names/Hand Balance/Hand Types/Types of Guidelines
Column: Nail Shapes

■LESSON 1 Basic Hands
Palm Front/Back of Hand Front/Side View/Gesture Tips/Angled Hand/Outstretched Hand/Fist/Hand Fox
Column: Nail Direction

■LESSON 2 Beautiful Hands
Beautiful Hand Proportions/Beautiful Hand Balance/Mouth on Hand/Picking Up/Quietly/Capturing Characteristics/Chin Resting on Hand/Smoking/Holding Glasses/Covering Mouth
Column: Differentiating Gestures

■LESSON 3 Sculpted Hands
Sculpted Hand Proportions/Sculpted Hand Balance/Loosening Tie/Hand on Hip/Running Hair/Capturing Characteristics/Hand to Mouth/Outstretched Hand/Holding a Cup/Wearing Gloves
Column: Comparing Male and Female Hands

■LESSON 4. Soft Hands
Proportions of soft hands / Balance of soft hands / Placing hands on chest / Turning palms upwards / Loosely clenching hands / Tips for gestures / Reaching out hands / Holding headphones / Scooping with both hands / Reaching out hands
Column: Cross-section and shape of hands

■LESSON 5. Intimate Hands
Grasping hands / Holding hands / Intertwining hands / Intertwining hands from above / Overlapping hands / Grasping hands / Pulling up / Stroking fingers / Drawing two hands