Hand Challenge

[Anonymous No.7097735]

Here's my attempt. Now it's your turn.

[Anonymous No.7097758]

>>7097735
double jointed fingers are so fucking weird

[Anonymous No.7097764]

>>7097735
If you're gonna do these at least have the decency of lighting them properly.

[Anonymous No.7097765]

>>7097764
I'm referring to the reference pic btw.

[Anonymous No.7097772]

>>7097764
>>7097765
thats what makes it harder though, the bad nondescriptive lighting

[Anonymous No.7097797]

>>7097735
One of the artist's jobs is to convey clarity where the reference doesn't show it. Just copying something to the letter is pointless if the reference is bad in itself.
You have to salvage stuff like this, not just mindlessly go with it.

[Anonymous No.7097809]

>>7097758
Is picrel double jointed? Looks normal to me.

[Anonymous No.7097839]

>>7097735
There is no reason to be able to draw this. Yeah, it's cool if you can do it but this hand pose is not really effective at conveying anything. Reality isn't always right

[Anonymous No.7097840]

>>7097809

[Anonymous No.7097857]

>>7097758
we're just more evolved than you

[Anonymous No.7097865]

>>7097797
Job, practice and challenges are 3 subjects which are handled differently.
I'm more critical of challenges because they are there just to prove skill and draftsmanship (and sometimes commitment, like inktober) more than anything else, this one expects you to exert all of that then some, but I find little use on having a picture that's basically a template for anything goes and doesn't serve as a point of comparison once you're done, if you've fucked up the anatomy tough luck because this poorly lit picture isn't going to help you discover why and you'll need to rely on your assumptions or already established knowledge of hands, so at best you've already filtered out /beg/s or people who don't practice hands from this challenge, if there's no critique then it will be useless, and from what I've seen on this board people tend to ignore posts from less skilled artists while only addressing the more skilled ones, so for self analysis, maybe not so useful depending on skill level.
Art as job is filled with shortcuts so even if you aren't already good at it any hops can be bypassed by working smarter, not harder, artists and teachers tend to be very dogmatic about breaking your back to get better, and while I understand why they do it, that doesn't mean you need or have to. For example, if someone provides you with a shitty reference you either request a better one or find it yourself, if you're good with 3D modeling software this becomes pretty trivial. Design will come on top if required.
As for practice, there's just no good reason to do OP, there are way better approaches for learning, riddling your brain with intentional confusion can be only justified if you want to test what you already know, if that's no the case just stick with anatomy studies and use actual good lit references for foreshortening practice.

[Anonymous No.7097873]

>>7097865
You are right, I should have worded that differently and not just dismiss this kind of "experiments" as completely useless. It wasn't my intention. I just think that things like these can be a trap for beginners.

I 100% agree with all you wrote.

[Anonymous No.7097923]

>>7097758
>>7097809
>>7097840
its just a case of soft hands

[Anonymous No.7097925]

>>7097764
>>7097765
I know, right? I did my best to make do with what I was given, and I wasn't given a whole lot (but I guess that's the point of the "challenge")
I actually had to reference my own bony-ass hand in this pose so I could get a better idea of wtf I was looking at

>>7097839
>>7097865
I know. I just saw this and thought, "What the hey, might as well give this a shot" even though it has no artistic value.
I mainly just wanted to see if it would be as infuriating as I thought it would be. (it was)

[Anonymous No.7097953]

>>7097735

[Anonymous No.7097961]

>>7097923
It's a textbook example of double jointed fingers.

[Anonymous No.7097967]

>>7097857
>more evolved
Nigga there is zero benefit to being double jointed unless you want to make a living as a contortionist.

[Anonymous No.7097984]

>>7097735
This thread has been pathetic. Leave it to this board to over analyze and critically think themselves out of drawing a single fucking hand. It’s a challenge, it’s supposed to be fun. Don’t any of you draw?

Here’s mine, I decided to go the opposite way and emphasize the joints.

[Anonymous No.7097991]

>>7097735
too hard, so i did a midjourney

[Anonymous No.7097997]

>>7097984
This was from like 2 weeks ago dude, people already farmed their Twitter likes off it and moved on.

[Anonymous No.7098018]

>>7097984
Very nice! I love the soft colors and overall style you went for. Since so many people wanted to argue visual aesthetic vs. realism, I think this is the most appealing way you could represent a hand at this angle.

>>7097997
>This was from like 2 weeks ago
I literally made this thread a couple of hours ago...

[Anonymous No.7098063]

>>7098018
>I literally made this thread a couple of hours ago...
I don't care when you made it, it's old news

[Anonymous No.7098071]

>>7098063
Did I ask when the tweet was made? That's irrelevant.
I made THIS thread now. So draw it.

[Anonymous No.7098228]

>>7097735
This whole challenge just made me realize everyone else can draw scribbly loose lines that look good but my STRAIGHT PRECISE lines are shit

[Anonymous No.7098261]

>>7097735
my try

[Anonymous No.7098264]

>>7098228
Your straight precise lines are shit because you have no confidence in them and they have no weight

[Anonymous No.7098604]

>>7097961
>>7097967
just found out i'm double jointed i guess
that fucking sucks ass man i don't want to get arthritis

[Anonymous No.7098636]

>>7097967
>theres not a singl-ACCCKKKKKKKK

[Anonymous No.7098866]

>>7097967
i remember getting my arm stuck in a door or twisted back by my friend and being able to slide it free (apparently double jointed arms look like someone snapped your elbow the wrong way). he screamed like a little ho thinking i had broke my arm and likely never forgot about double joints all his life

[Anonymous No.7098957]

howd i do
t. permabeg

[Anonymous No.7102228]

>>7098957
ok

[Anonymous No.7102341]

>>7097735

[All in the Path No.7103650]

my friend can do this with her fingers

[Anonymous No.7103705]

>>7097735
here is my attempt, gonna go try some /a/ request for fun