This hand was created in Adobe Illustrator using the mesh tool. I created this hand for a greeting card project. I wanted to showcase the cards with a custom-made hand and not just
a Photoshopped image.
a Photoshopped image.
To create the hand I went out on the web and found a picture of a hand holding a card. Then I used the shape and mesh tools to create the outline of each finger, section of hand, and wrist. After that part was finished, I used the eyedropper tool to get the correct colors for the hand. When that part was done I went back over the whole thing three or four times. Fixing, changing and making sure everything was the right shape and color.