Thursday, May 30, 2013

14 Days of Hands: George Bridgman's "Book of One Hundred Hands" in it's entirety

Day 1: Vilppu Hands 1

Day 1: Vilppu Hands 2

Day 1: Vilppu Hands 3

Day 2: I try my hand at hands from Photos.  Olivia Wilde first

Day 2: Elize 1

Day 2: Elize 2

Day 3: Bridgman Hands 1.  And here...We. Go.

Day 3: Bridgman Hands 10

Day 3: Bridgman Hands 11

Day 3 Bridgman Hands 2

Day 3 Bridgman Hands 3

Day 3 Bridgman Hands 4

Day 3 Bridgman Hands 5

Day 3 Bridgman Hands 6

Day 3 Bridgman Hands 7

Day 3 Bridgman Hands 8

Day 3 Bridgman Hands 9

Day 4 Bridgman Hands 12

Day 4 Bridgman Hands 13

Day 4 Bridgman Hands 14

Day 4 Bridgman Hands 15

Day 4 Bridgman Hands 16

Day 4 Bridgman Hands 17

Day 4 Bridgman Hands 18

Day 4:  At this point, I ran out of Sketchbook pages, so I decided to try to draw from a photo of Tarja.

Day 5: New Sketchbook. New Day.  Bridgman Hands 21

Day 5: Bridgman Hands 22

Day 5: Bridgman Hands 23

Day 5: Bridgman Hands 24

Day 5: Bridgman Hands 25

Day 5: Bridgman Hands 26.  In pencil.

Day 5: Bridgman Hands 27. In pencil.

Day 6. Bridgman Hands 29. In pen again.

Day 6: Bridgman Hands 30

Day 6: Bridgman Hands 31

Day 6: Bridgman Hands 32

Day 7: Bridgman Hands 33

Day 7: Bridgman Hands 34. Day 7 was done at work in the break room.

Day 8: Bridgman Hands 36

Day 8: Bridgman Hands 37

Day 8: Bridgman Hands 38

Day 8: Bridgman Hands 39

Day 9: Bridgman Hands 40

Day 9: Bridgman Hands 41

Day 9: Bridgman Hands 42

Day 9: Bridgman Hands 43

Day 9: Bridgman Hands 44

Day 9: Bridgman Hands 45

Day 9: Bridgman Hands 46

Day 9: Bridgman Hands 47

Day 9: Bridgman Hands 48

Day 9: Bridgman Hands 49

Day 10: Bridgman Hands 50

Day 10: Bridgman Hands 51

Day 10: Bridgman Hands 52

Day 10: Bridgman Hands 53

Day 11: Bridgman Hands 54.  THUMBS!

Day 11: Bridgman Hands 55

Day 11: Bridgman Hands 56

Day 11: Bridgman Hands 57

Day 11: Bridgman Hands 58

Day 11: Bridgman Hands 59

Day 11: Bridgman Hands 60

Day 11: Bridgman Hands 61.  Day 11 was a busy day.

Day 12: Bridgman Hands 62.

Day 12: Bridgman Hands 63

Day 12: Bridgman Hands 64

Day 13: Bridgman Hands 65. FINGERS!

Day 13: Bridgman Hands 66

Day 13: Bridgman Hands 67


Day 13: Bridgman Hands 69

Day 13: Bridgman Hands 70. KNUCKLES!

Day 13: Bridgman Hands 71

Day 13: Bridgman Hands 72

Day 14: Bridgman Hands 73

Day 14: Bridgman Hands 74

Day 14: Bridgman Hands 75

Day 14: Bridgman Hands 76

Day 14: Bridgman Hands 77

Day 14: Bridgman Hands 78

Day 14: Bridgman Hands 79

Day 14: Bridgman Hands 80

Day 14: Bridgman Hands 81.  The last page of hands--the chords of figure drawing.

SPECIAL BONUS:  My attempt at Olivia Wilde's face

2 comments:

  1. For this, I challenged myself to upgrade my hand-drawing skills, so I took it upon myself to draw George Bridgman's "Book of One Hundred Hands" IN IT'S ENTIRETY as an effort to level up. I also wanted to work on my line quality, and decided to use a "Point of No Return" medium--PEN! I also decided to post (nearly) ALL the drawings in order as a means to demonstrate my gradual growth over time. In the beginning, it took me too long a time to draw the hands and it was difficult in HOW to approach drawing hands. By the end of this, I could produce numerous hands on a single sheet much more rapidly than before. To that end, it also upgraded my skills in drawing other parts of the body--the approach may not be the same, but it's SIMILAR to constructing the hand. I've also learned that drawing hands for an artist is like practicing chords for a guitarist--practice every day no matter how skilled you are. Next up will be George Bridgman's "The Human Machine," followed by Bridgman's "Human Anatomy." Thanks for taking a look at my work!

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  2. This is great work! Makes me pumped up to draw hands and feet. I just recently drew something and realized how out of practice I've been. I'm really proud of your growth dude. One day when we're famous, I can write a graphic novel and have you draw them. Our fans we squeal like,"My two favorite artists actually collaborated and are old friends! This is like Batman and Superman!"

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