Draw Better Hands Now

How to draw hands! Get more realism, style, confidence and depth in your art by applying these five chapters in your art studies. Good for 2D and 3D animation, painting, illustration, stop motion, sculpting, and more!

ToC:
00:00 - Intro
00:31 - Chapter 1: 3D Rough-Ins
02:11 - Chapter 2: Hand Structure
06:07 - Chapter 3: The Thumb
09:32 - The Great Courses Plus Sponsorship
10:40 - Chapter 4: The Fingers
14:25 - Chapter 5: Hand Poses

LINKS:

[alfredocassano]

This scene should be Jorge Capote's work, if I remember well :)

[SaturninePlaces]

There are few people on earth who can make this quality of content. It's one thing to be a good artist, but being a good teacher takes something else.

[rayo]

i really like this content creator... no fancy intro, not hyper and not lame either, no try hard humor, straight to the point, and very clear voice... thank you for this, this is what i want teachers to be

[ryusaranyawut]

This is by far the best tutorial for drawing hands.

*Hands down*

[justNexi]

This is actually such a great guide. Its principles are simple to understand and you can see how to apply them to your own work. It's also not a step-by-step tutorial with no real applications for other stuff. I can barely draw anything but just knowing these concepts will probably help me with my "art" a load. Also taught very well. You're even making this free, thanks for this stuff man.

[Munkaa]

And remember kids, this is free, don't forget to like, share, and whatever you feel like.
Love your tutorials, Marco, you can tell how much work you put into this. Great stuff, thanks!

[smiley_worth]

It's official you are now the best art teacher on Youtube

[Dinhjason]

Aside from the eyes, the hands are the most expressive parts of a person. Thank you for this, Marc.

[elijinn]

I really like how you showed references from not only real life but also ones with cartoony styles.
I always hated hand tutorials that either don't show ways to apply the principles or are strictly hyperrealistic.

[yca]

This made me smile. When I first learned to draw as a little kid, I struggled with hands and would get so frustrated. So my parents taught me to start by drawing hands as mittens until I was ready to make hands with separate fingers. 

Thanks for this fond memory.

[ww]

This felt like 5 minutes. It was really interesting to see you break down the hand and explain how each part contributes to a gesture.

[marcobucci]

Would you like a dedicated video about hand poses (i.e. an expanded Chapter 5 of this video)? Let me know!

[oznium]

"You can boil fingers down-"
P a r d o n ?
"...to a series of cylinders."
...ah.

[northkirra]

Marco, you're the actual goat. One can often see people trying to convey skills or knowledge but what they actually do is convey finished, oftentimes inaccessible wisdom, without any explanation or hints on how they got there. But you're aware and share trains of thoughts, conclusions and have the bigger picture in mind.. which by itself makes your videos so much better than most. Thanks mate.

[new-bpix]

Is it possible to do a study on facial expressions?

[Kil]

Thank you for going more into detail about palms at different angles. Other tutorials seem to brush by it and get straight to the fingers, but the fingers are easy for me while the palm is hard for me to picture. So yeah, thanks.

[Skohland]

The few frames of Klaus you showed really reminded me of the animation from Treasure Planet. That has nothing to do with the topic, just an observation

[hollowedboi]

I thought that I wasn't getting any better, but then I compared from the beginning of the tutorial and after and holy crap. Just the mere idea of gridlines, joints, folds, and knowing more about how the muscles contort and fold over each other made a world of difference. I'm gonna keep studying more hands with these guides in mind. Thank you Marco!

[FullMetalMakubeX]

Showing off the difference of proportion between the dorsal and palmar sides of the hand was literally life changing for me. Something so simple that I never noticed before on my own. Thank you for sharing this enlightening video!

[mrjanemba]

The Bucci posted! Tis truly a good day.