How to Make Realistic Hands in Midjourney

Ah, hands… Drawing a realistic-looking hand can be difficult for even the most experienced human artist, but when it comes to our AI counterparts, it seems downright impossible. In fact, “Midjourney hands” has become such a big topic of conversation among the AI art community that it’s become an inside joke.

So, is it possible to prompt Midjourney to draw hands that don’t look like props from a Korean horror flick? In this post, we’ll try to find out.

Why Artists Struggle with Hands

There is a reason AI struggles with creating realistic hands – even the masters struggled with it.

A frustrated Leonardo Davinci paints a self portrait after struggling to draw a human hand