Okay, so here’s an illustration I just did for APU. It’s actually the last in a series of five, used for a bunch of related programs. If I can find the other ones, I may have to put them up at some point also.
Albino Kraken
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They look better than your last hands, but I think there’s too much space between the first two knuckles.
I like the line work in the shadows
The knucke spacing has been bothering me a bit, so I tweaked it slightly.