This step by stride in tutorial shows how to draw anime, manga or comic book mode hands holding diverse objects. The examples include hands holding a knife, sword, shopping pocketbook, phone, gun and pen or pencil. These examples can too exist applied to drawing real hands.

You may too want to see the How to Draw Anime and Manga Easily Pace past Step.

Anime hands holding different objects
Anime easily holding different objects

Drawing hands on their own can be quite complicated. Drawing hands that are holding something can be even more tricky as parts of the hand can exist covered past the object making it even more than difficult to get the correct placement and proportions of unlike parts of the mitt.

To help you this tutorial shows some examples of drawing objects that you are very likely to see in an anime, manga or comic books.

How to Draw Anime or Manga Hand Holding a Knife

Anime hand holding knife palm and thumb base
Anime hand holding knife palm and pollex base

Outset cartoon past getting the overall proportions of the major parts of the manus. When the fingers are together you can draw them as one big shape earlier drawing each finger individually.

Anime hand holding knife fingers and thumb proportions
Anime hand holding knife fingers and thumb proportions

Draw the base of the thumb and and then the thumb itself. The different shapes tin overlap each other but you tin can erase the overlapping lines as you keep drawing then that your sketch wont get as well chaotic.

Your finished proportions sketch should look like the manus is wearing a glove.

Anime hand holding knife thumb and finger proportions
Anime hand property knife pollex and finger proportions

After you have the rough shape of the manus (this can exist a very rough sketch) draw in the actual object that the paw will be property (in this case the knife).

Anime hand holding knife sketch
Anime hand holding knife sketch

Clean up your drawing by erasing any guidelines.

Anime hand holding knife
Anime hand holding pocketknife

Describe in the details of the paw and knife. Y'all can also go over the drawing with darker cleaner lines.

You tin also use the same view of the mitt and the same steps when drawing it holding other type of of objects and you can flip the object to point up instead of downwards. For example yous can also describe a social club or a sword. You lot can likewise rotate the hand and depict information technology belongings on to something similar a handrail.

How to Draw Anime or Manga Manus Holding a Sword

Anime hand holding sword palm and thumb base
Anime hand holding sword palm and thumb base

Start with the major shapes of the hand.

Anime hand holding sword fingers and thumb and index proportions
Anime paw belongings sword fingers and thumb and index proportions

Because in this case we will take the index finger pointing slightly away from the other fingers nosotros will draw it separately. You lot tin start drawing the rest of the fingers equally one big shape (same as in the start example).

Anime hand holding sword finger proportions
Anime hand property sword finger proportions

After you have the major proportions draw in the sword. Draw out the individual fingers later.

Anime hand holding sword sketch
Anime hand belongings sword sketch

Clean up your drawing.

Anime hand holding sword
Anime mitt holding sword

Depict in the smaller details.

Merely as the previous instance yous tin too utilize this view and position of the hand to show it holding other objects or holding on to things in a more than relaxed manner.

For a tutorial on cartoon a katana meet:

How to Depict a Katana Step past Step

For other types of weapons see:

How to Depict a Shuriken (Ninja Star) Step by Step

How to Describe Anime or Manga Hand Holding a Shopping Purse

Anime hand holding shopping bag palm and thumb base
Anime hand holding shopping bag palm and thumb base

Get-go with the major shapes of the hand. Describe the palm and the base of operations of the thumb.

Anime hand holding shopping bag fingers and thumb proportions
Anime hand holding shopping handbag fingers and thumb proportions

Draw in the overall shape of the fingers and then describe the thumb base of operations followed by the thumb itself.

Anime hand holding shopping bag finger proportions
Anime hand holding shopping bag finger proportions

Draw the bag after you have the rough sketch of the hand describe and each individual finger later.

Anime hand holding shopping bag
Anime paw holding shopping handbag

Erase the guidelines and finalize your drawing by calculation the details.

How to Describe Anime or Manga Paw Holding a Telephone

Anime hand holding phone palm and thumb base
Anime hand property phone palm and pollex base of operations

Although subsequently most of the hand volition be covered b the telephone you should over again describe the major shapes of the hand aforementioned every bit in previous examples to avoid making mistakes after.

Anime hand holding phone fingers and thumb proportions
Anime hand belongings phone fingers and thumb proportions

Depict a rough shape to point the outer shape of the fingers (you lot can also skip this for this detail view and start drawing each finger individually). Next draw the thumb.

Anime hand holding finger proportions
Anime manus belongings finger proportions

Draw in the phone very lightly and then that you can still see the hand.

Anime hand holding phone sketch
Anime hand holding telephone sketch

Make clean upward your drawing. For the purposes of the tutorial the phone is left as "see through" in this step but you tin go alee and eras the hidden parts of the hand.

Anime hand holding phone
Anime hand holding telephone

You tin erase the invisible office of the hand if y'all have non done and then in the previous step and draw in the details.

How to Depict Anime or Manga Paw Property a Gun

Anime hand holding gun palm and thumb base
Anime hand belongings gun palm and pollex base

Draw the major shapes of the hand.

Anime hand holding gun fingers and thumb proportions
Anime paw holding gun fingers and pollex proportions

Draw the index finger split from the other fingers (it will exist on the trigger) and describe the overall shape of the other fingers combined.

Anime hand holding gun index finger proportions
Anime hand property gun index finger proportions

Draw in the gun after you lot have the major proportions of the hand.

Anime hand holding gun finger proportions
Anime manus holding gun finger proportions

Describe the private fingers.

Anime hand holding gun sketch
Anime mitt belongings gun sketch

Clean up your cartoon.

Anime hand holding gun
Anime mitt holding gun

Depict in the details.

How to Draw Anime or Manga Hand Belongings a Pen or Pencil

Anime hand holding pen or pencil palm and thumb base
Anime hand holding pen or pencil palm and thumb base

Get the overall proportions of the the hand. Information technology tin can be a little more hard to draw the palm part of the hand in this view.

Anime hand holding pen or pencil thumb and index finger proportions
Anime hand holding pen or pencil thumb and index finger proportions

Draw the thumb and the alphabetize finger and afterwards depict in the pen or pencil.

Anime hand holding pen or pencil middle finger proportions
Anime hand holding pen or pencil middle finger proportions

Since the other fingers are not fully visible in this view it tin can be hard to draw them in the right position and proportions. Therefore it is a good idea to fully draw out each finger from the base to the tip with lite lines (you tin can erase the invisible parts later).

For the sake of the tutorial some parts of the hand are shown as see through to make it easier to meet other parts. You don't need to worry about this in your cartoon.

Anime hand holding pen or pencil ring finger proportions
Anime hand property pen or pencil ring finger proportions

Draw the ring finger.

Anime hand holding pen or pencil pinky finger proportions
Anime hand holding pen or pencil pinky finger proportions

Draw the pinky finger.

Anime hand holding pen or pencil sketch
Anime hand belongings pen or pencil sketch

Make clean up your drawing.

Anime hand holding pen or pencil
Anime hand holding pen or pencil

Depict the smaller details of the hand.

Decision

Every bit already mentioned yous can use the examples in this tutorial to depict the hands holding other objects. You tin likewise draw the hands in other views using the same principles by starting with a crude sketch, drawing the major parts of the manus first and working your way downwardly to the details. If you are having problem drawing the parts that are not fully visible try and draw the paw equally "see through" to assist you identify them correctly.

E'er be certain to compare the dissimilar proportions of the hand to 1 another to help avoid mistakes. Hands are hard to describe and so don't get discouraged if your drawings don't come out right the first time. Proceed practicing.

For more on cartoon hands see:

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  • How to Draw a Handshake Step past Footstep
  • How to Describe Paw Poses Step by Step
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