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Hope it's helpful! These are just the observations that helped me the most, and the ones that seem to get overlooked.

This stuff should work in any style. :3

More information can be found in the drawings (and in the drawings linked to below) than in the writing alone. For example, look at how the fingernail affects the angle of the tip of the finger when viewed from the side. (See, it'd just be confusing to write about that kind of thing. orz;; )

EDIT:
That's how high MY thumb reaches. (When lying flat. It can look longer in a more relaxed position.) Many people have longer ones. I wasn't aware that it was so many before I made this tutorial, or I would have averaged the length. This is why it's important to combine tutorial learning with personal observation! Everyone observes things in slightly different ways no matter what, partly because natural organisms vary widely in shape and proportion.

Recommended tutorials:
If you're looking for a longer hand tutorial, `alexds1 has a great one with a lot of helpful illustrations and examples: [link]
And for a more advanced hand/arm reference, this tutorial by ~Snigom is fantastic: [link]

Some more hand drawings for reference and inspiration!:
by me: [link] [link] [link]
by other deviants: [link] [link] [link] , [link] [link] [link]
Sarah Simblet: [link] (From her awesome book Anatomy for the Artist)
Egon Schiele: [link] [link] [link] [link]
Araizumi Rui (Whose art I first learned to draw hands from): [link] [link] [link]
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~MotherCosmos Mar 13, 2012  New member Hobbyist General Artist
Amazing.
Hands are by far the hardest for me to do besides a human profile. Thank you!
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Mood: Love ~fredbobbyjoe Mar 9, 2012
im having trouble drawing a pic hopefully these will thelp :)
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~Mothdeer Feb 24, 2012
That bottom hand... whoah.
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~MeloCardio Feb 16, 2012
I found this super helpful! I referred to the bottom hand here: [link] . My attempt only vaguely resembles your beautiful image, but that's because I'm still learning how to draw hands. Your tutorial helped me improve a ton, as you can see from here: [link] . Thanks so much!!!!!!!!!!!

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~RojalMia Jan 9, 2012  Student General Artist
this is really helpful, thank you :)
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Mood: Wow! ~ARACELICASANDRA Dec 26, 2011
VERY NICE!!!!!
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~Lfive Dec 16, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
This has saved my sketches so hard.
Thank you.

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~SapphiraTheMongoose Dec 11, 2011
This was very helpful, thank you for making it!

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Mood: Love ~omegacor Dec 10, 2011
I like it (y) good job

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Mood: Joy =eiledon Nov 16, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
great job. thanks for posting
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