Knight's sketchbook

[darktiste]

I think detail are the 10%. The right approch is a sound structure and the proper form is the 90% if you feel like you got the 90% in the bag than it mean you are ready for thr 10%.

I think what you might be loosing is the gesture if you feel like they aren't as lively as they could be.I think gripping pose tend to look like they are not as lively as let say a graceful hand where the finger fan out but it also about how tense you make the finger look just take for example a loose hand on the side of the body vs a hand gripping around a object i think studying from a more loose grip toward a more stiff grip could help gage how much ''gesture'' goes throught the hand one thing that can get miss is the string of the hand they play a big part in how stiff looking the hand will feel or relax and is also the range of motion might be something to look into because i think it where you can get a bit of a mechanic look if you don't imply the folding of the finger correctly considering how they skin create bumb or flatten as they strench or compress.One visual exercise for you is to bend one of your finger and look at it closely i mean like one thumb distance from your nose at your finger want you want is to look at the silhoutte.Also try to avoid straight line this is just bad art 101 when doing anything organic.

This book as some nice observation of the shape of the hand i would recommed but it kinda expensive compare to other book and it not for artist but sculptor.Not everyone as the same budjet so i just leave it here.