Punky Sketches

[Punk-A-Cat]

Punky punk, I've noticed something in your hands that might help.
1. Golden ratio.  This is seen lots of places in nature as you probably know, but interestingly it is also present in the human figure, and in the hand. A picture will be more efficient than words.


Basically each digit is about 2/3 (approximation, it's actually 24/38 the golden ratio) the length of the previous one going back up the hand. In fact this continues all the way up the arm as well. So the hand from the wrist is about 2/3 the length of the forearm, the forearm 2/3 the length of the upper arm. It happens in the feet too, and various other places.

I noticed many of your hands, I'm guessing the ones from memory, the proximal and middle phalanges are often the same size (ie the two middle bones in the finger) instead of stepping down in size. 

Another thing I noticed, is that you often don't accentuate the fatty pads of the fingers. In your drawings they are often equal in width all the way through.  This ain't the case.

Lastly I think doing anatomy study like the actual bone structure and muscle/tendon arrangement will help you to visualise what's going on underneath. This is something I did ages ago and it really helped me.  But other than that, just keep it going!!!!



Oh and if you are relatively diligent you can do it in 3-5 years.  Not 15! I did it in 3.5 and I was working a full time job most of the time. If you have more time up your sleeve, I don't see why you couldn't be getting work in much less time...two years,  a year and a half even. But you know, it's not about the time anyway, it's about the journey.

Oh wow, thank you so much, that makes so much sense - I've been kind of struggling with (this will sound weird because fingers are right in front of me) but when trying to copy a picture, I get too many fingers and too many joints and have issues figuring how long they are.. shoddy memory tries to take over I guess.
I'll have a go at drawing this a few times and see if the length thing sinks in a bit.
I'm part way through trying to draw a hand without the skin (can't spell it) just taking it slowly/ starting over again and again trying to get it right.

I'm trying for 6-8 hrs drawing/ study daily, so I hope I can at least get to the point I can draw what I want with minimal frustration in a year or so time.