One of the most over looked parts of a characters body when animated are the hands. Our "phalanges" can convey just as much emotion and intensity as our faces. You can also think of hand gestures as the punctuation of a character's body language. That's why the hands need careful thought and consideration but remember...simplicity is key!
Here are some excellent resources for hands:
Milt Kahl hand poses
Batman Hand Poses
ASIFA - Hollywood Animation Archive ~ Animation Design
Mickey Mouse Hand Model Sheet by Les Clark ca. 1932
Preston Blair hand poses
Spline Doctors - Thoughts on hand poses (toward the bottom of the page)
Hogarth hand poses from Iron Giant (middle of page)
Check out Toby Shelton's hand examples on his blog - Stuff I Did
Here are some excellent resources for hands:
Milt Kahl hand poses
Batman Hand Poses
ASIFA - Hollywood Animation Archive ~ Animation Design
Mickey Mouse Hand Model Sheet by Les Clark ca. 1932
Preston Blair hand poses
Spline Doctors - Thoughts on hand poses (toward the bottom of the page)
Hogarth hand poses from Iron Giant (middle of page)
Check out Toby Shelton's hand examples on his blog - Stuff I Did
Gobber Hand Poses via Ben Balistereri's blog
Merlin hand poses via Deja View
Andreas Deja hand study via Deja View blog
Nice simple tutorial by D Helmer
More hand reference
7 comments:
I love the Iron Giant.
Bryon! Whats up man long time no see!
Love your blog, some great stuff here.
I moved to vancouver like last year, how is everything with you down in SF? If you have a facebook account or something let me know, much easier to stay in touch through that :)
Take care man!
-Ali
Thanks, I've been having issues drawing hands... these are some great references!
Excellent resource, Byron.
I'm sculpting hands at the moment and it's not easy!
great!!! pretty useful!!!
hi!!! love your stuff, but are there any books that you can recommend that just simply have hand poses in them or websites for that matter, thanks, would really appreciate it.
muito legal esse post!
vai me ajudar muito!!!
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