How to go about posing/animating characters hands?

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  1. What do you want to achieve? Keep it simple and clear!

I want to figure out, based on popular opinion, which way I should pose hands for a grip regarding any type of held object.

  1. What is the issue? Include screenshots / videos if possible!

I currently have my rig posed to hold a pickaxe like this:

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As you can see the hands aren’t really gripping the handle, just vaguely stuck to it.

Now if I pose the hands like this:

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It… well… lets just say it doesn’t look great.

I’m split wondering if I should respect the orientation of hands while gripping certain objects, or just have it touch them while still being nicely attached to the arm.

  1. What solutions have you tried so far? Did you look for solutions on the Developer Hub?

    Tried searching around for “hand grips”, “hand position”, “how to pose hands” etc. Didn’t find anything.

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Yeah, use attachments or anchor the rig.

the only other way i could think of is to put it in the middle of of the hand and lower arm.