I Really Admire Your Art, Especially Your Sketching Style. The Arms And Hands On Your Characters Always

I really admire your art, especially your sketching style. The arms and hands on your characters always look tangible and like i could really touch them! I was wondering if you had any tips you would be willing to share on how you figure out a character's anatomy or volume like this, since I tend to struggle with it! Thank you :)

Thanks! Deciding on points to emphasize when planning a complex sketch makes it easier to lay things out and in turn makes anatomy/volume a bit easier.

Here's the order I drew each part of the recent jonmartin sketch

The hands and heads were my main focus, so I beefed the anatomy in those areas while relaxing it in others like the waists n arms. Allow some casual flow in those more lax areas and some incidental volume will naturally pop up.

Using lines of motion and fluid base structures will boost volume and add some life. I like to include the direction of the eyes in the line of motion.

You can always break out the almighty bean for your base structures like I did with my little bastard Matty

Real good for following the curve of most lines of motion.

My advice is to loosen up and focus on motion and composition more than the nitty gritty details. Those details will come in time, but build a broad and confident foundation for them first.

[1] Color Zones of the Face [Tried to find source, I think it’s here ] 

[2] Navate’s Skin Chart Supplement – the actual tutorials are:  Section I: Skin Basics &  Section II: Skin tones

Two brilliant skin tutorials. Do not use flat colors for skin! Underpainting is important for realistic, vivid skin. Remember, underneath your skin is fat, muscles, red blood, blue veins, bones. 

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