Zizka's Sketchbook (Nudity and Vulgarity, NSFW)

[Zizka]

So this is me drawing from imagination. The idea is to create a hand icon. It's very hard:
1: ' Unreadable.
2:  Unreadable still.
3:  a bit more readable but generally difformed and off.
4. thumb is still off.
5.  Getting there but still off. Might be a palette thing.
6.  Still not working out. This is tough.
7.  Doesn't work. Not sure if this trial and error approach is a good idea.
8.  Maybe it's a palette thing.
9.  probably the best looking so far but not quite there yet.

So this is about two hours in I think. So going through trial and error is time consuming with diminishing returns. I can either go back to using a reference or try a different way such as starting with basic shapes and building on top of that.

This is also my first foray with colors as I usually stick to monochrome drawings which is a challenge in its own right. I'll practice two more hours today but I'll likely end up using a reference.