Sunday, January 27, 2013

Hands, Baby, Hands!

I drew these baby hands as examples for a homework assignment given to the students in my Figure Invention class at CDA. We used photo reference as inspiration to draw expressive hands. The goal was not to reproduce the hand in a realistic way, but to enhance the feel and gesture of the hand in more simplified shapes and forms.


This is a study in contrasts.


Here's a sample of the photo reference with the gestural interpretation.


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  1. AnonymousJanuary 27, 2013 at 3:13 PM

    These are wonderful! It's great to also see the gestural hand translated from the photo reference.

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  2. Lou HolstenJanuary 27, 2013 at 10:07 PM

    These are great! Thanks for sharing.

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  3. Avner GellerJanuary 27, 2013 at 10:22 PM

    This is really helpful, Toby! Thanks for posting.

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  4. DarnellJanuary 28, 2013 at 7:27 AM

    Thanks for the post Toby! Great Stuff!

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  5. Mike JonesJanuary 29, 2013 at 12:49 PM

    Always love the tips!!

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  6. shamilJanuary 29, 2013 at 9:22 PM

    Great stuff....

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  7. Tal RachminJanuary 31, 2013 at 4:28 AM

    cool!

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  8. ROBERT BANDELFebruary 7, 2013 at 7:49 AM

    Very inspirational. Always love seeing your board posts

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  9. NimaFebruary 10, 2013 at 9:26 AM

    crazy line !!! I like it as usual !

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  10. Daniel BestFebruary 11, 2013 at 10:41 PM

    Thanks Toby! These lessons are invaluable. I'll be referring to them for a long time to come :)

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    1. Toby SheltonFebruary 14, 2013 at 2:12 PM

      Nice to hear from you, Daniel. Hope you're doing fine.

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  11. Ty CarterFebruary 18, 2013 at 10:53 AM

    Toby this is wonderful!

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  12. gar.aoneillMay 9, 2013 at 4:07 AM

    Hey Toby,
    not sure what avatar/name is going to come up for me but it's Gary O Neill from Ireland(Duck Daze bg designer)
    Long long time no see/hear. Hope life's treating you well.
    Really lovely work (but of course!)
    Do you hear from Colette, Paul & Jim at all?

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  13. Ed BellMay 18, 2015 at 10:01 AM

    Man! This whole site.... Your entire career. I mean, Darkwing Duck? Excellence!!!
    Thank you very much for sharing the stuff you did. ;o)

    Ed Bell

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