So I’m calling this one my epic fail hand. It was one of those drawings where I kept trying to make it better but everything I did just felt like it made things worse. For one thing I just couldn’t really get the shading right on this one. Maybe the pose I picked was a bit too challenging for today. I seem to have much more trouble with the palm up poses than the back of the hand poses. This one also required a lot of weird perspective stuff and foreshortening which I’m obviously still struggling with.
All of that being said though, it didn’t turn out nearly as badly as it could have. I can definitely still see some progress here, even if it isn’t always as linear as I might like it to be. Honestly it probably doesn’t really qualify as an epic fail. I’m just calling it that because of how it felt as I was drawing it and because that was the first descriptor that came to mind for it.
One Stumble at a Time 
I disagree with the title: I think it’s an awesome hand with great lines and the interplay of the shadows with the hand itself is stunning!
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And I’m glad you conceded that it’s not an epic fail! 😀
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🙂 Yes, I do concede that it doesn’t qualify as an epic fail. It just felt like I couldn’t do anything right as I was drawing it.
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I feel your pain. I have many of those days.
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Thank you! I’m glad you liked it. I’m not sure I agree with you on the lines, although I am making some progress on that. Overall I do think the shading improved it though even if it didn’t feel that way when I was doing it.
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As long as you learn something from the exercise, all is good! That’s what I tell myself anyway when I draw. 🙂
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Yes, that’s definitely the most important think 😀
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It’s the only thing that reminds me to not hurl my art across the room. 😉
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Me too 🙂
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Noo! I didn’t notice the title and when I saw the picture I came here specifically to comment on how much I like this! The shading on the third finger and definition of the nail is really really nice!
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*middle finger
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Well I’m glad that you liked it 🙂 I know it’s not actually an epic fail. It just felt like it when I was drawing it.
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It makes a really interesting black and white pattern…what ARE those shadows up to?? (K.)
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Lol, I have no idea! I’m pretty sure that they weren’t doing that in real life. They insisted on coming out that way though.
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