Instruction: How to Draw Hands Proportions
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Recently I gave you some points on how to draw hands. Seems a lot of of my readers went through these points and ask now for further material. Especially they called me to go into detail about drafting hands. So let us look at it.
Whilst drafting hands, the largest obstacle are the dimensions of all the digits and little details. In this article I’ll demonstrate you the most crucial details you need to focus your attention on for best drawings.
When drafting an unstrained hand, you can think of the palm as a square and so sketch the digits. In this case the middle digit is about as long as the palm (with few deviances depending on the particular digit’s dimensions and its posture – just think of the “magic trick” in my last article on drafting hands).
As longest digit the middle digit makes also a great reference for understanding the dimensions of all other digits:
The little digit is about two-thirds to three fourths of the middle digit
The ring digit and the index digit are always lengthier than the small digit and littler than the middle digit.
But the precise sizings deviate – some people?s ring digits and index digits are equally long, some have longer ring digits, others have longer index digits. I have even learned of people making jokes by inferring mental or physical abilities from the size ratio of index digit and ring digit. Luckily my are both equally long so I am on the safe side 
Thanks to the dissimilar lengths of the digits the fingertips form a c-shaped curve when lying down adjacently.
Somethingwn alike is true for the digits’ roots: the index digit’s and the middle digit’s root are topmost, the other digits’ roots are a little bit lower so the digit roots form a curve that bends down, too. And the knuckles frame a comparable curve, of course.
Now that we’ve sketched each of the digits, let us take a look at the thumb. Different than the other digits it is attached to the side of the palm. Its root occupies the lower half of the hands side. Having only two joints it has also more muscular tissue, mass and strength.
Using these directions you’re able to draw the basic structure of any hand you like to depict. But whilst filling this first outline, please keep in mind: altho I wrote of squares and lengths etc., the hand’s shape actually isn’t accurately geometrical.
There shouldn’t be any hard margins or straight lines in your sketch. The muscles and anatomy on the hand’s bones build round and voluminous contours. Heighten these contours by adding substantial shadowing. Look where shades form on your hand and add these shades.
Significant: The thinner a hand is, the fewer volume the sketching should have. So adapt the level and darkness of shades accordingly. Also you need to adjust the shading if the hand is very athletic (e.g. hands of bodybuilders or sportsmen) and for very fleshy hands that have only few lines and wrinkles in the skin.
Hope these instructions help you to draft better hands from now on.
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