Death Grasp.

An illustration for a school assignment.

This took almost 7 hours from start to finish but the effect is pretty impressive I think. 

I am almost satisfied with this artwork, what really bugs me is something I did not notice until it was done, the little finger. Something about the little finger is making a strange effect around the lower part of the hand, as if it is flat, yet has a 3D effect.... Also the skulls shading is completely unlogical, thanks to a mistake I made where I started shading at the wrong place, I had to try and repair the damage by adding a strange shading to the skull, however this shading gave the skull more contrast to the hand making it much more visible to the viewer.

All in all an ok illustration in my eyes.

Not perfect, not even close but I keep in mind that the hand is an incredibly complex subject to draw and therefore I give myself some credit for being so close to drawing a good hand, the proportion is there, its the dimensions I messed up.

I hope the drawing is at least illustrating a hand and a skull in the end.