Arms and Hands

Depending on what you want to express, you might highlight the musculature, to indicate strength, or the fineness of the joints, to suggest elegance.

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Suggestion

Draw crosshatches along the volume of the muscles. Draw fewer of them along the fingers, and do not close the folds of the joints.

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