Breakage

[Red Mimic]

just registered to this board a liitle while ago.

2 days ago i broke my right wrist (i am right handed) while snowboarding. what i was wondering is if any people here have temporarily lost the ability to draw due to some sort of accident or whatever. what did u do about it if u wanted to draw?

i figure i'll try usin my left hand and get some practice.

typin is a pain!:mad:

[RONIN]

I broke my arm and wrist playing football in high school. I had a cast for a LOOONG time because the bone didn't grow correctly so they had to re-break the arm. In the meantime I started to draw and write with my left hand. Once I finally got the cast off it took some time to get my right arm back to where it needed to be, BUT now I am ambidextrous. And, I can draw with my right hand and color with my left at the same time. Start to practice simple shapes with the left, yes they will suck and it will be hard but once you train the right side of your brain how to control your hand it will become easy.

Interesting fact ---
For most people the left side of the brain is analytical and functions in a sequential and logical fashion and is the side which controls language, academic studies and rationality. On the other hand, the right side is creative and intuitive and leads, for example, to the birth of ideas for art and music.

Good luck and get well fast!

:beer:

[Crash]

when i broke my thumb i had no troubles going back to drawing, but i only had the cast for 3 weeks though.

[usagi yojimbo]

I can draw with my right hand and color with my left at the same time.

no way, thats fucked up

[Nimrod]

In either junior high or high school (can't remember), I broke my pinky (I know woopty shit) and needed to wear a cast over my fingers and wrist about halfway up my forearm. When I had the cast on I just drew with big markers held in my thumb against the cast. I tend to draw really big with my whole arm anyway, so I lost fine control but I still did gestures and things. Pretty much I was fine so long as I drew extra big... Buy some butcher paper and some charcoal sticks and do figure studies.

[N D Hill]

That sucks! I've burnt my hand pretty badly once. I was half asleep and reached to turn my reading-lamp off by my bed and accidentally grabbed the bulb...That woke me up entirely.

[awalloffire]

I'm left handed and tore most of the connecting muscle tissue to my left thumb playing baseball. I didn't need surgery but I had to wear a splint for quite some time. Using my right hand is not a problem, being left handed in a world made for right handed people makes it necessary.
Learning to use your 'other' hand can only benefit you and drawing with a handicap isn't unusual. If you think about it, an artist can only operate within the confines of the chosen medium. For example, pencil will never look like paint. Your injury is just another factor.
I'd like to see what you can pull off considering. The fact that you aren't just 'taking a break' says a lot about your dedication.

[egerie]

I had a vicious dog bite on my right hand and had to have plasters, gauze and a cast on top after a quick operation. I used to jam my pencil down the thumb hole after forcing it a bit trough :)
Must.... draw... gnnn...!
I'm also ambidextrous but my right hand is much more trained when it comes to controled drawing. I think it's just a question of training / musculation.

[PhilHolland]

When I was 13/14 I shattered my right hand.
Not all of it, but the side of the pinky and ring finger and the bones that lead up to them were gone.

However, I was still able to draw.

I just used more "shoulder".
Years later, I believe that this actually helped me improve my line work.

Phil

[Red Mimic]

wow, great replies. makes me feel better about my wrist seeing what worse things could have happened.:D

thanks ronin for that information. i'll give it a shot and maybe in a week or two i will post the results.

i only have 6 weeks so i better make the most of it.

[ChadTHX1138]

Frank Frazetta lost control of his right hand due to a stroke and learned to draw with his left. now his pencil sketches are even better.