Hands Overview
Assignments:
You will do one page or several pages with the following:
Hand Archetypes: Hunk, Boy, Girl from one pose
Hands that act
Mood in Hands
Hands for different genres
Yes there is an app for that!
This is a very cool app that lets you pose a hand and even gives you starter hands.
You can also light them!
Learning: Action in hands
action line step by step: Apply this to your hand drawings
(This is not an assignment for Spring 22)
Susan Bonner - Hand drawing step by step
- Action Line
- Define the Form with structure
- Refine form finding details
- Get more action using liquify
- Refine the edges
Susan Bonner
Find ways to explore the line of action in your hands- where is the hand pointing to or spreading out to or pointing back at - this is what creates acting in the hand poses for your characters.
Hands by Griz and Norm Tuesday Tips - We have the book in the office.
Benchmarks including Milt Kahl:
See Pinterest or Google for hand photo reference
Project A: 1 hand shape with 3 types of the characters: (Archetypes)
Susan Bonner - Hand Comparison - Boy, Hunk (or Tank) and Girl Shape comparison for the hands.
Tom Bancroft- shows how different gender and body types will have different shapes.
Naja Porter shows how hands are structured - take that structure and build on that to create character and action.
Hands by Griz and Norm Tuesday Tips - We have the book in the office.
Susan Bonner - Hand Drawing showing uneven steps of the knuckles
Looking ahead to the assignments:
Alex Sophabmisay - Hand Type Comparison and Mood in Hands
Joseph Mead - Mood in Hands
Hand Drawings by Lauren Boley - Draw Overs by James Suhr
Sarah Puett - Hand Type Comparison and Mood in Hands
Drawings by Caleb Sumney -Action in Hands, Mood in Hands, Type Comparison - Rework drawings by James Suhr
Chloe Stewart - Action in Hands, Mood in Hands, Type Comparison
Hand Drawings by Chloe Stewart - Draw Overs by James Suhr
Hands by Darian Papineau Mood in Hands, Type Comparison
Hands by Darian Papineau - Draw overs by James Suhr
Extra Project (Not Assigned Spring 22): Draw hands in acting poses
Acting ideas:
weak
strong
go away
come here
I don't know
Hey You!
Cringing in pain
walking sign
point
teach
ponder
The hand can think too!
I am God
I am a witch
I am useless
Milt Kahl, Disney Animator
Great Hand Studies and Comparison of the Weak vs. the Strong
by Agnus MacLane of Pixar