A previous teacher of mine put it best, drawing faces is psychologically difficult, but drawing hands is technically difficult, and hands are probably one of the the hardest things to draw. Hands are very detailed. Their structure of bones and muscles is complex. They're made of many small forms with very specific proportions and angles. They're more malleable than any other part of the body, yet they're complex structure is still visible. Finally, we use them for communication, which means we're highly visually wired to notice when they don't look quite right.
+xenophanesiamnot I never thought of how we notice them due to their use in communication! :O Now it makes a lot more sense on why a poorly drawn hand is one of the easiest things to notice on an illustration of a person.
+animetionnation He's done this to me before too. I figured he just had a screen capture program installed secretly on my computer and was listening through a microphone to know exactly what to make his next video about.
I'm not even 4 minutes into the video and it is already so helpful I'm looking at my hand going "yeah you're right, how did I always miss that wrist proportion?"
@@shishi1103 huh, no, if I draw a hand 10 times and get it right only once I still got it right, if I draw a hand 10 times and get it wrong only once I still got it right, it means the same no matter how u look at it
Its very easy to get caught up in the TH-cam "antics" of some people...they're quick and easy to criticize from behind the keyboard, even from an artist who may be more talented than yourself and question your instruction (you mentioned it at 23:25 ) but Sycra, you have no reason to feel insecure about your instructions. For starters you're incredibly talented and experienced at what you do but not only that, you selflessly (or at least that's how I see it) give your technique, wisdom and your own experiences away freely. I cant tell you how reinvigorated I've become about drawing again from watching your videos. Thank you, thank you for sharing....let the haters hate, cause they gonna do it anyways ! Cheers !!
Alex Zavala I feel like we are happy because we suffered so much while drawing so that we want to see someone who is doing the same routine like that we know we don't suffer alone
I like slender fingers but i got short sausages so I cringe when people say use your hand to reference. However. STORY TIME: In art class my teacher assigned us to draw our hands. I did. She called me and was explaining how the thumb by natural design ends in the middle of the first and second knuckle - mine was short that i drew (ending at the start of the first knuckle). She asked me to look at my hand in front of her and I did - only to discover my thumb was exactly as I drew it. She stopped talking and stared at it. I asked for extra points because I drew what I saw and was rejected hahahahaha Told I should learn what is right hahahahaa
23:10 R u serious this is the best hand tut I have ever watch Omg It's looks soo simple and more fun Ur the bestI think I will never stop drawing hands
For someone who struggles with drawing hands at about 10 mins into this video an almost audible click went off in my head. Thank you so much for this video its just given me a massive help.
Great tutorial! You took a lot of the mystery out of drawing hands for me! And you're right, sometimes you do have to keep forming things until it looks right. I've tried explaining how to draw hands, and I've concluded that there really is no one, set way to approach it. I found that the best approach is to draw, draw, draw! Again, great tutorial!
Yes I got better and I like your nervous sharing it made me less nervous and it helps me get info rather than feel pressured Hands are hard but important Hands don't like being drawn Or photographed
I wish I found your channel years ago. I might be as excited as I am today to draw hands. Maybe my struggle with hands before had been resolved and started my webtoon earlier. You teach naturally and give what you can give to your viewers and that makes you different and more special from other channels out there. Thank you, Sir. You deserve a genuine sensei award.
I found this really useful, I especially like how you show multiple ways and in multiple directions, because I've also found that that's what you sort of need to do. In other how to draw hands videos it never really covers more than the basic construction of a hand but that construction on the hand changes depending on what the hand is doing, of course all the same features are there but can be depicted completely differently and I feel you covered this very well, thank you.
It was so funny and so educative at the same time ! Keep it that way, it's better learning things while having fun ! c: Oh and thanks for the self-esteem boost, I was all along like "damn those hands", and after you said you still struggle with hands, I was so happy !
Honestly, I love this guy, he is genuine and real in his tutorials. He is like this awkward person but not afraid to tell us he isn't sure about something and let's his 'Mistakes' show in order to prove that not everyone is perfect. Thanks man for keeping it real :D *also the moon thing word might be an eclipse or semi-circle
Oh my gosh how am I just seeing this channel, this guy know exactly what he's doing, I've learned more from him in five minuets that I have in five months!
Sycra uses REVERSE PALM BACKHAND! K.O! Also, I love how you have arcs where you're composed in the beginning, then lose it a bit, then realise it yourself, think "what the hell" and just flow with it - then go back to being composed. :D
I find that when you start to enjoy drawing hands, its soo much easier to want to practice and to not want to hide them when you draw a figure! As well as i take a thin sharpie and draw a strange box thing on the top of my hand with the knuckles and joints as circles and draw from what the circles look like from your perspective, like holding a water bottle or a coin.
Thank you Sycra ! I can't say I've learned anything particularly new. BUT still my hand drawing improved because, I've been using this exact method for a while now, and gained confidence in using it after seing you also use it. So I can't thank you enough for making this video :D
I really love your nonchalant teaching methods, they help me a lot and make me be more patient with myself as an artist! Thank you v much! keep doing you
I really love your videos, you're the best art teacher(kinda) I've ever had. I watched one of your old hand drawing lessons videos too and it really helped a lot. So thank you! Really! Thank you so much for making these video!
Thank you so much! This really helped me. I'm a young artist and I strive to improve greatly. (When I say young, I mean that I'm 13) Please keep being an awesome artist!
If there is one thing I'm good in, it's drawing hands. Probably because I can use them quickly as reference. BUT I still find this tutorial SO helpful! It's so much easier and especially quicker this way, I can't believe it. I don't like the often taught 'block' technique, my hands always looked really stiff and it took a long time whenever I tried that approach but your kind of outline is so easy to use. And they look elegant, so damn elegant. I wish other body parts where just as easy to draw.
I just watched you old hand tutorial a couple days ago, it was very helpful. Happy to see a new one, it must be even more helpful! Await to see a clothing tutorial from you~
Thank you so much for this. I've been looking all over for a good hand tutorial. All of them seem good like Proko's and other drawing books by people like Andrew Loomis. But as you said it's a guideline and what they say makes sense to me but I just have lots of trouble putting it into practice. I think doing it over and over is great because at the very least, you're getting more comfortable drawing a basic shape or outline of the hand which can stack up to hundreds at the end of the day. Whereas when using photo reference I'm sitting there a long time analyzing.
I always had problems with hands, hated drawing these, and I always thought that those tutorials where u draw a circle or something else than each finger as one specific line isnt helping me. Like it was more difficult, and they only show u the basics (like from above or smth) but they never gave examples with other positions. so I really like dis tutorial which helped me a lot already.
I bought an a5 sketch pad with like 400 pages. 300 of those pages are just hands XD, and ive still got a ways to go. A lot of your advice is very good and I will try implement it. I especially like how you create a circle of negative space joining the thumb and the wrist. Also you made me realise that your forefinger and thumb both are seperate from alignment with your wrist. Like, if you follow the line of your wrist up to the fingers it meets with the middle finger, which I think will be a huge help!! thanks a lot for the video !!
Okay this is really funny because I just thought "Ok, lets start training hands, I'm sure Sycra has a guide for it" and what do I see? This video, lmao. Keep up the good work! Helped a lot!
Good as for myself, I am trying to learn how to draw to achieve some money, and proportions is very tricky, same as the projections and perspectives, but the tutorials of this author is helping to myself. Thank you author.
I dont really check alot of tutorials regarding hands but I think this one is pretty good, its tied with Jim Lees tutorial, only you did go more into detail.
19:07 that is such a classic comic book superhero shape, anytime a character is floating/doing a power stance, at least one hand is making that fist, with the dramatically protruding thumb knuckle. I can picture Jean Grey doing that right now, even Spider-Man several times (with his mask clenched in the other hand).
This video pop up for me years ago and thought it wasn’t for me. But now it’s a different story. People don’t ever doubt a video that isn’t your style,it will become your style if you try!
I struggled for years with hands, then I started just doing this about a year ago. I just always start with a mitten in the shape I am looking for to guide me, and it became significantly easier, no more weird hands.
When you explained/ demonstrated that you drew a downwards fist as that weird shape.. It clicked in my head. Dont know why or how but I can now draw hands, thank you!!
Most of the hand tutorials i see rely too much on skeletons and dull poses that end up not helping much. This video, on the other hand(no pun intended) shows the actual process of drawing hands and it seeing it really makes a difference. Thank you very much and keep up the good work!
A previous teacher of mine put it best, drawing faces is psychologically difficult, but drawing hands is technically difficult, and hands are probably one of the the hardest things to draw. Hands are very detailed. Their structure of bones and muscles is complex. They're made of many small forms with very specific proportions and angles. They're more malleable than any other part of the body, yet they're complex structure is still visible. Finally, we use them for communication, which means we're highly visually wired to notice when they don't look quite right.
exactly
+xenophanesiamnot I never thought of how we notice them due to their use in communication! :O
Now it makes a lot more sense on why a poorly drawn hand is one of the easiest things to notice on an illustration of a person.
Phantomhive Indeed! Problems with hands also tend to be more difficult to fix than problems with faces, at least in my experience.
+XenophanesIAmNot nah bro hands are easy af to draw its feet thatll fuck you up
+The Toast lol
SYCRA ARE YOU GOD BECAUSE YOU LITERALLY POSTED THE TUTORIAL RIGHT WHEN I NEEDED IT
+animetionnation No way! Same here! Just thinking of it.
+animetionnation He's done this to me before too. I figured he just had a screen capture program installed secretly on my computer and was listening through a microphone to know exactly what to make his next video about.
+animetionnation same ;-; i wanted to practice something and didnt want to try hands because i have no idea how,now i do
+animetionnation Same here, it happens every time i struggle with something XD
Same what the heck
This tutorial might come in handy
*slow clap*
+Jumana Hayattie You also made a pun in a way by saying "slow CLAP". XD
ha ha, yes
+Oneal A ooo snap lol.
dah pun dough
I'm not even 4 minutes into the video and it is already so helpful I'm looking at my hand going "yeah you're right, how did I always miss that wrist proportion?"
Lol ikr
Same
Something I've always thought of is: don't practice until you get it right, practice until you don't get it wrong.
*Perfect* practice makes perfect
@@randolfjones1024 nah, practice makes progress. Not perfect.
@@ezekielvalmocena3743 true, progress is a continues process so is learning. Improvements in something is always present.
@@shishi1103 huh, no, if I draw a hand 10 times and get it right only once I still got it right, if I draw a hand 10 times and get it wrong only once I still got it right, it means the same no matter how u look at it
Its very easy to get caught up in the TH-cam "antics" of some people...they're quick and easy to criticize from behind the keyboard, even from an artist who may be more talented than yourself and question your instruction (you mentioned it at 23:25 ) but Sycra, you have no reason to feel insecure about your instructions. For starters you're incredibly talented and experienced at what you do but not only that, you selflessly (or at least that's how I see it) give your technique, wisdom and your own experiences away freely. I cant tell you how reinvigorated I've become about drawing again from watching your videos. Thank you, thank you for sharing....let the haters hate, cause they gonna do it anyways ! Cheers !!
Very helpful. Human hands are some of the hardest yet funnest things to draw.
Human?
SquibbleBisquits 😂😂😂
"Human" Hands?
Now you're making me think that you're an arty xenomorph.
Which part of crying on the floor is funny?
Watching people draw is so satisfying for me.
Alex Zavala I feel like we are happy because we suffered so much while drawing so that we want to see someone who is doing the same routine like that we know we don't suffer alone
+koku ten
Lol true!
The giggeling at "reversed palm" was so cute xD
And I just love the "dont get into details, just draw shit and then correct it"-style, helped me a lot
I've got my hands full with this tutorial
eNd my SUfFerING
WHEEZE
Klarikatt SOMEONE CALL THE PUN POLICE
Klarikatt
8:20
+Klarikatt
Get outta here!
I like slender fingers but i got short sausages so I cringe when people say use your hand to reference. However. STORY TIME:
In art class my teacher assigned us to draw our hands. I did. She called me and was explaining how the thumb by natural design ends in the middle of the first and second knuckle - mine was short that i drew (ending at the start of the first knuckle). She asked me to look at my hand in front of her and I did - only to discover my thumb was exactly as I drew it. She stopped talking and stared at it. I asked for extra points because I drew what I saw and was rejected hahahahaha Told I should learn what is right hahahahaa
omg, me to! my family always makes fun of my "toe-thumb"
hahaha lmao that is very funny
JOASHI MC wait so your teacher deducted marks from you just because your hand isn’t like the average hand?
i love how he randomly screams at himself trying to figure words out then laughs it off XD
AWWH YOU WERE SO CUTE AROUND 8:17 "the.... Reverse Palm.. What do you call it??"
chewycat12 MOONY THING
He's so fucking adorable I cant
hello felix lover, welcome to the group
and the “just to indicate the arm is done here” bit around 4 min
Am I the only one who thinks he has like...the cutest voice? XD
no I disagree I say my favorite fantasy character does but it's our opinions so
Did you draw your profilpic?
LeWatermelon yes I did :)
Naomi Shizuko Awesome!!! I rly love your artstyle/her!!! :o
LeWatermelon thank you!!! it's a self drawing so that's very sweet ^u^
dat left hand at 10:00 is amazing. So much gesture, character and emotion conveyed by just a hand.
23:10
R u serious this is the best hand tut I have ever watch
Omg
It's looks soo simple and more fun
Ur the bestI think I will never stop drawing hands
It's always really impressive to watch you just smash out incredibly beautiful sketches in seconds. You're a fantastic artist, really inspiring!
For someone who struggles with drawing hands at about 10 mins into this video an almost audible click went off in my head. Thank you so much for this video its just given me a massive help.
"feels more punchy"- Sycra 2015, awesome vid :)
I love how effortlessly you draw the hands. So perfect.
I love that all the videos of yours i have seen are done in real-time! Thanks for the knowledge and inspiration!!
I have to admit you hand-led this topic very well. Honestly though this helped me a lot and helped me get a better feel for drawing hands.
A while ago now- still up here coz it helps a lot of people with their drawing.
Thanks, Sycra for being so generous.
It's crazy how helpful this is even though sycra doesn't speak very concisely and always forgets the name of stuff lmao
Great tutorial! You took a lot of the mystery out of drawing hands for me! And you're right, sometimes you do have to keep forming things until it looks right.
I've tried explaining how to draw hands, and I've concluded that there really is no one, set way to approach it. I found that the best approach is to draw, draw, draw!
Again, great tutorial!
I second this. Draw draw and draw some more!
Yes I got better and I like your nervous sharing it made me less nervous and it helps me get info rather than feel pressured
Hands are hard but important
Hands don't like being drawn
Or photographed
I really want to see what Sycra looks like... His voice is adorable
I'm a girl and my ring finger is longer...
Is there something my parents haven't told me
😂😂😂
Well, it's not exactly the same. It's just much closer than that of men, more often than not.
Maarstrunah my middle finger is slanted both of em'.
It has more to do with ethnicity, not gender. Mine are the same, my ring fingers are longer and I'm female. You can google it it's pretty interesting.
Maarstrunah haha same.
Aaah your tutorials are so great cause you explain technique and the ideas that go into it. Not just how to do certain things or specific hands
I wish I found your channel years ago. I might be as excited as I am today to draw hands. Maybe my struggle with hands before had been resolved and started my webtoon earlier. You teach naturally and give what you can give to your viewers and that makes you different and more special from other channels out there. Thank you, Sir. You deserve a genuine sensei award.
I found this really useful, I especially like how you show multiple ways and in multiple directions, because I've also found that that's what you sort of need to do. In other how to draw hands videos it never really covers more than the basic construction of a hand but that construction on the hand changes depending on what the hand is doing, of course all the same features are there but can be depicted completely differently and I feel you covered this very well, thank you.
It was so funny and so educative at the same time !
Keep it that way, it's better learning things while having fun ! c:
Oh and thanks for the self-esteem boost, I was all along like "damn those hands", and after you said you still struggle with hands, I was so happy !
...how was it funny?
it's funny because of the reverse palm
this is the most comprehensive hand tutorial I have watched, and boy have I seen a ton
this is so much more helpful then just someone telling me how to draw a hand in one particular position, thanks
Honestly, I love this guy, he is genuine and real in his tutorials. He is like this awkward person but not afraid to tell us he isn't sure about something and let's his 'Mistakes' show in order to prove that not everyone is perfect. Thanks man for keeping it real :D
*also the moon thing word might be an eclipse or semi-circle
Oh my gosh how am I just seeing this channel, this guy know exactly what he's doing, I've learned more from him in five minuets that I have in five months!
I like listening to your video's in the background while I'm drawing :3 You have a good speaking voice, it's kinda like listening to a podcast.
Your tutorials are amazing!
im very grateful that you teach us in your own way. everyone elses way is not understandable for everyone, so thank you!
Thank you for helping all of us So much! I speak for many of us when I say I am grateful to learn from what you are willing to offer!
sycra you absolute god WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I NEEDED YOU THE MOST
Why is this so perfect..
ikr
I managed to draw a some sort of hand, i guess it came out decent but it was still one of the first times in my life i really focused on drawing
Sycra uses REVERSE PALM BACKHAND! K.O!
Also, I love how you have arcs where you're composed in the beginning, then lose it a bit, then realise it yourself, think "what the hell" and just flow with it - then go back to being composed. :D
I like you’re tutorials. Makes everything easier.
Your tutorials have been my go to for learning how to draw, you're a great teacher and I really appreciate your work
the finger length thing isnt true, ring/index finger length depend on the person
but the rest is all great!
and here I am, back to your channel. I watched a few others but for me, your tutorials really help me!
29:00 That "moon thingy" is called the lunula. It is the visible part of the nail root. :)
"Hands are not easy"
Well, thanks. That's why I'm watching this video.
But seriously! Awesome stuff, man!
I find that when you start to enjoy drawing hands, its soo much easier to want to practice and to not want to hide them when you draw a figure! As well as i take a thin sharpie and draw a strange box thing on the top of my hand with the knuckles and joints as circles and draw from what the circles look like from your perspective, like holding a water bottle or a coin.
Thank you Sycra ! I can't say I've learned anything particularly new. BUT still my hand drawing improved because, I've been using this exact method for a while now, and gained confidence in using it after seing you also use it. So I can't thank you enough for making this video :D
great video, it sends shivers down my spine from admiration for your beautifull drawing skills.
You, my sir, are the best. Don't shy away.
I love how you draw hands :D It's the style I've always wanted
I really love your nonchalant teaching methods, they help me a lot and make me be more patient with myself as an artist! Thank you v much! keep doing you
I love your hands! Thanks for sharing your techniques!
Jesus christ, Sycra i love you for those videos, you're literally a life saver sometimes :D
Hi Sycra ! I would want to say to you many thanks to share your precious knowledge. You're a very good Artist !
You are so freaking cool; this is the most helpful channel I have ever found. Thank you!
I really love your videos, you're the best art teacher(kinda) I've ever had. I watched one of your old hand drawing lessons videos too and it really helped a lot. So thank you! Really! Thank you so much for making these video!
best hand advice I've ever gotten
Thank you so much! This really helped me. I'm a young artist and I strive to improve greatly. (When I say young, I mean that I'm 13) Please keep being an awesome artist!
+Sad Artist
How are you doing now?
@@parmelar dead
@@FrozenPrimordial im alive tho dw about jt 😻😻
when he cracks up at "reverse hands" it's actually the cutest thing
If there is one thing I'm good in, it's drawing hands. Probably because I can use them quickly as reference. BUT I still find this tutorial SO helpful! It's so much easier and especially quicker this way, I can't believe it. I don't like the often taught 'block' technique, my hands always looked really stiff and it took a long time whenever I tried that approach but your kind of outline is so easy to use. And they look elegant, so damn elegant. I wish other body parts where just as easy to draw.
dude seriously your tutorials are so helpful also the way you draw is amazing , thanks for sharing them ♥
Awesome man. I love watching your videos they've taught me so much. Hope you're well.
*immediately checks fingers for testosterone levels*
i passed the test
My testosterone level is off the meters
I just watched you old hand tutorial a couple days ago, it was very helpful. Happy to see a new one, it must be even more helpful! Await to see a clothing tutorial from you~
This video sure did come in handy
Thank you so much for this. I've been looking all over for a good hand tutorial. All of them seem good like Proko's and other drawing books by people like Andrew Loomis. But as you said it's a guideline and what they say makes sense to me but I just have lots of trouble putting it into practice. I think doing it over and over is great because at the very least, you're getting more comfortable drawing a basic shape or outline of the hand which can stack up to hundreds at the end of the day. Whereas when using photo reference I'm sitting there a long time analyzing.
don't be nervous this is great. this has helped me alot.
I always had problems with hands, hated drawing these, and I always thought that those tutorials where u draw a circle or something else than each finger as one specific line isnt helping me. Like it was more difficult, and they only show u the basics (like from above or smth) but they never gave examples with other positions. so I really like dis tutorial which helped me a lot already.
i think this was very useful, i always wanted to know how artists i like approach stuff, everyone has there way and its nice to see them.
I bought an a5 sketch pad with like 400 pages. 300 of those pages are just hands XD, and ive still got a ways to go. A lot of your advice is very good and I will try implement it. I especially like how you create a circle of negative space joining the thumb and the wrist. Also you made me realise that your forefinger and thumb both are seperate from alignment with your wrist. Like, if you follow the line of your wrist up to the fingers it meets with the middle finger, which I think will be a huge help!! thanks a lot for the video !!
Watching your tutorials and listening to you explain makes me feel connected to you in some way. I have no idea.
i loved your idea to simplify it into a mitten, i had never thought of that.
Okay this is really funny because I just thought "Ok, lets start training hands, I'm sure Sycra has a guide for it" and what do I see? This video, lmao.
Keep up the good work! Helped a lot!
The only channel that I trust
Good as for myself, I am trying to learn how to draw to achieve some money, and proportions is very tricky, same as the projections and perspectives, but the tutorials of this author is helping to myself. Thank you author.
I dont really check alot of tutorials regarding hands but I think this one is pretty good, its tied with Jim Lees tutorial, only you did go more into detail.
"It feels more punchy."
Lovely
I love these tutorials XD they help so Much
I do draw good if I do say so myself but these tutorials...holy cow. Amazing!!!!!
Thank you for the tutorials Sycra they're always helpful
Yes it really helps, thanks for making your videos Sycra.
YESSS, thank you!!! You could also do an updated leg tutorial, suggesting something I would find infinitely useful
Super useful. I thought I pretty much got it, how to draw hands, but you've really helped me improve. Thanks!
19:07 that is such a classic comic book superhero shape, anytime a character is floating/doing a power stance, at least one hand is making that fist, with the dramatically protruding thumb knuckle. I can picture Jean Grey doing that right now, even Spider-Man several times (with his mask clenched in the other hand).
this is the most helpful picture i have seen so far
Great, loved it, I did life drawing a long time ago, and this was a wonderful refresher for me. thank you, keep it coming.
this tutorial has really given me a hand with drawing, cheers
Helped me improve my art skills! Thank you!
Thank you very much. I like your style and your way to draw hands is nice and easy
This video pop up for me years ago and thought it wasn’t for me. But now it’s a different story. People don’t ever doubt a video that isn’t your style,it will become your style if you try!
I struggled for years with hands, then I started just doing this about a year ago. I just always start with a mitten in the shape I am looking for to guide me, and it became significantly easier, no more weird hands.
your style is frikkin awesome man
Awesome tutorial ! Very helpful!
When you explained/ demonstrated that you drew a downwards fist as that weird shape.. It clicked in my head. Dont know why or how but I can now draw hands, thank you!!
I'm so glad i came across your videos, they really help me out alot ^^
Most of the hand tutorials i see rely too much on skeletons and dull poses that end up not helping much. This video, on the other hand(no pun intended) shows the actual process of drawing hands and it seeing it really makes a difference. Thank you very much and keep up the good work!