#left hand
Forgot to add some of these left hand practice drawings… top two are from march (day 6 and 7), bottom is from just now (day 8)
Surprised w how the bottom one came out considering it’s been several weeks… guess my left hand was just in the zone fnnfngndn
More left handed art tiring;;
Some progress comparisons of my left hand initial sketches under the cut:
My workmate was intrigued by the last picture, so I drew a second one to show him how I do it. Off-hand to do the base sketch, then working details and rendering as normal with the dominant hand. It’s a good bit of fun.
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I had a real hankering to work with some random elements, so I drew the base sketch for this figure with my off-hand (left) and then worked details into it with my right hand. Dealing with crossing lines and finding ways to disguise them where necessary is a fun challenge.
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Not my art, but my partner’s! Icon of the Morning Star.
I normally only post my own stuff on this blog, but I just love this so very much I wanted to give it a bit more visibility since the artist themself is internet-apathetic.
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Ah, the days after finals are wonderful!
Anyways, here’s another K.O.!
The first kanji we’ll look at is 工. This is not the katakana エ. The hiragana is likely based off the kanji, as all hiragana/katakana are. But anyways, 工’s meaning is “work” or “engineering”. It’s often used in words like ‘factory’ and 'man-made’. It’s pretty simple, so I don’t know how to write a story to it. Maybe it’s a shovel with the sharp part in the ground? I don’t know.
Next is 右. This is a combination of 屮 and 口. In this case, we ignore that 屮 means “left hand” and just think of it as “hand”. A “hand” + “mouth” equals “right hand”. In a way, this makes sense, because most people in China (and the world) use their right hand to eat.
So, with that in mind, it’s might be simple to deduce what 左 means. “Hand” + “Work”. This one actually means “Left hand”. I guess because you don’t just use your right hand to work, but also your left hand. I guess that’s how they did it.
目 is supposed to be an eye, so it means “eye”, but it can also mean “item opening”. But rather than an eye, I think of Bomberman. Look how you can only see his eyes, and they’re most lines at that! 目 looks like Bomberman put on his side, and you can only see his line-eyes. So that’s how I remember it. Of course, I highly doubt they thought of Bomberman when making that kanji.
Last today is 見. 見 uses the radical 目 and also 儿. 儿 is another radical for 人. 亻is still a radical of 人, but 人 just has two, ok. So “Eye” + “Person” is…..“To see”! specifically, it’s Eyes on a Person, so that you can see. It’s used in the verb 見る.
So the Kanji this time were very simple, so they don’t need much explanation. If I don’t post again soon, then Happy New Year to all!
