Deconstructing a Hand

Product Design Sketching

Human Hand in Product Sketching

Human hand is an essential element in product sketching. It is used to suggest the scale, size and operation of a product, as well as its relationship with the user.

Building on Geometries

As most other familiar objects, human hands can be simplified into simpler geometric forms

Drawing of a hand can be constructed using geometric volumes as simple as rods and slabs

rod as fingers

slab as palm

Pay attention to the proportion of different fingers and that between fingers and palm

No gap among different fingers

Tail finger almost flushed with the palm

Building on Wire frame

To draw human hands in different gestures, wire-frame drawings may also be used

It is important to understand the anatomy of a human hand, i.e. its skeletal structure and operation angle of individual joints. With that, you may construct different gestures

Human Body Curves

Then you can give a final touch to the hand drawing by giving “flesh” to the geometric forms, i.e. adding human body curves

Hands in Design Sketches

Hands in Design Sketches

Hands in Design Sketches