Which Tutorials Teach Accurate Drawing Anime Naruto Hands?

I get excited about this topic because hands are where character and motion live, especially in 'Naruto' fight scenes. When I was a teen I learned by copying favorite panels and then slowly unpicking what made them readable. For focused tutorials, start with Proko for anatomy basics — his hand lessons teach you about planes, proportion, and the tricky knuckle line. Then move to Mark Crilley and MikeyMegaMega to see how to simplify that anatomy into manga/anime-friendly shapes.

Quick practice plan I recommend: 5-minute gesture warmups, 10-minute constructive studies using cylinders and boxes, and 10-minute panel copies from 'Naruto' followed by one redrawn, corrected version. Use Magic Poser or a cheap hand mannequin for reference, and check sites like Pixelovely or Line of Action for timed refs. Small, daily drills beat occasional long sessions; I swear my fingers got more confident after two weeks of tiny sketches. Try tracing one panel to learn the artist's choices, then erase the trace and redraw it with your own fixes — that combo improved my work fast.

When I'm trying to nail the way hands look in 'Naruto' style, I treat it like learning a really specific dialect of a language — you need the grammar (anatomy), the slang (stylization), and lots of overheard conversations (reference). I binge Proko's hand tutorials to lock down the underlying structure: knuckles, tendons, the way the palm is a plane that tilts and rotates. Those videos are a reality check — even if you want anime hands, knowing realistic anatomy stops everything from looking stiff. After that, I watch Mark Crilley's manga-hand lessons and MikeyMegaMega's anime breakdowns to see how artists simplify shapes into readable, punchy forms. I usually have one of those videos playing on repeat while I sketch on sticky notes during coffee breaks.

A practical routine that helped me: (1) 10 minutes of quick gesture hand drills on Pixelovely or Line of Action — speed forces clarity; (2) 15 minutes building hands from boxes, cylinders and spheres so I can rotate them in my head; (3) 15 minutes copying panels from 'Naruto' manga and then redrawing the same pose with corrected anatomy. I also use a 3D posing app (Magic Poser or Design Doll) to set up foreshortened tricky angles — rebuilding a Naruto finger-point scene in 3D and tracing it for study was a revelation. For books, skim anatomy guides like Bridgman sketches or 'Anatomy for Sculptors' for reference on planes and volumes; they’re not anime but they make simplification far less guesswork.

Finally, focus on what the scene needs: quick, energetic battle hands can be more silhouette-driven (big thumb shapes, clear overlaps), while close-ups deserve knuckle detail and tension lines. Study Kishimoto's panels: notice how fingers compress when gripping kunai, or how bandages and sleeves hide parts of the hand — that’s a cheat you can use. If you want concrete starting points, search Proko's hand playlist, Mark Crilley manga hand videos, MikeyMegaMega anime hands, Jazza's stylized hand tips, and practice with Pixelovely and Magic Poser. Keep a tiny sketchbook for one-minute hand studies every day; I did that for a month and suddenly perspective problems felt manageable, and my Naruto-style hands stopped looking like mittens.