How to Draw Relaxed Hands, 5 Ways

Easy guidelines to draw semi realistic hands for manga characters. 5 different angles that you can use for standing poses with arms at the sides.

0:00 Intro
0:08 Front
2:57 3/4 Backhand
5:50 Full Backhand
9:12 Back
12:50 3/4 Palm

[caramelsunday]

"when you wanna hide stuff... just shade it in"

[alrightyaphrodite]

*Tries to draw hands*
*Paper catches fire*

[EchoYoutube]

1 Year Later:
*This man is secretly the god of YouTube, starting the video right away without a long ass intro*

[haricoco-]

when i hear "we gonna jump right into it" i'm like OOOH THANK GOD

[ourtimousaaw]

if you guys are having trouble on drawing it


i'll be sure to lend you a *hand*

[hzz]

when you realize this video was made 8 years ago

[minecraftrj]

Me: *Tries to draw one finger*
My hand: Wait a finger? I thought you wanted a sausage!!

[BloomSkyz]

*now try drawing the other one the same way.*

[icarusdeku]

Me: *drawing the last hand*
Me: *suddenly remembers Tokyo Ghoul*
Me: *jumps out window*

[chadchaderson]

Hands
The biggest enemy to a artist
Watch your back or you may be...


Backhanded

(Ill close the door on the way out)

[ptbucky]

Koizu: draw two lines


2 hours later

Me: *turns video back on*

Me: done!

[christinani]

*Draws the fourth hand*
WHY DOES MINE LOOK LIKE A DEMENTED CHICKEN CLAW THING(?)

[sirviperish]

Me: looks up videos on how to draw hands
Me: also realizes I can finally draw Tomura Shigaraki
Also me: REALIZES I CAN DEFINITELY NOT DRAW TOMURA SHIGARAKI

[linanguyen]

Whos still watching this in 2019 and still hasn't drawn these successfully

[melannie]

This was surprisingly HANDy!!






I see myself out.

[WolfLover]

Me: *intensely draws a hand for 2 hours and holds it up in triumph* HEY MOM MOM LOOK WHAT I DREW.

Mom: Oh! What a nice looking... Uh.... Chicken..?

[Resting_Laurels]

I know this is an older video, but I found it extremely helpful and easy to follow. Thank you so much! I’m just starting to try drawing seriously and practicing some of the basics, to get a feel for them. Practicing with this video really boosted my confidence, that I can do this.

[edithbricaire]

Thank you for this video! I had watched this 4 years ago and had become an expert in drawing hands, I had a whole notebook with the different poses, one other one with shades, the last one I had had details. Now I have to start over again and this video was where it all began, and will begin again.

[MicahBuzanANIMATION]

Elegant hands. You make this look too easy ;P

[randomdoesnotequalfunny]

Middle fingers are not shy! Mine tells people "fuck you" all the time! That's really brave! XD JK