Hands: Action Shape and Mood

Create 1 hand for varying characters

  • Choose 3 archetypes from this list:

  • Consider exaggeration and proportion especially as much as acting when making these hands believable.

Ash Vander Leek

This is the closest example to this assignment!

Write the name of the hand type in type will be nice!

Witch Hands - What do Witch Hands mean to you? Are they old, wrinkled, gnarled, warty? Are they slender and soft and pointed? Whatever kind of witch you choose - make sure we can believe it!

Tank Hands - These hands should be built for strength, hard work, and show us a solid and dependable sense of character.

WereHands - Choose some kind of animal and blend it with your human hands. Do we have a Werefrog? A Werecat? Whatever it is, make sure to make it convincing!

Heather Buck

Master Hands - These must convey a sense of absolute confidence and control. What kind of shapes and proportions would you use to convey hands that are masterful in their craft? Are they doctors? Are they Villains? Heroes? Innocent and morally ambiguous craftspeople? You decide!

Baby Hands - Some of the more difficult hands to get just right. Baby hands are neither perfectly round and smooth nor are they totally wrinkly - they’re somewhere in-between and tend to look like they’re filled with air. These hands should convey a lot of curiosity, softness, and harmlessness. Think about using the brackets to create baby hands.

Student Hands:

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