Need help w rendering hand in grayscale

[jaunty spire]

I'm really struggling with finishing this piece because I'm not able to render the hands good enough to the point where it doesn't conflict with the rest of the piece/style, the attempts I previously made didn't look like fingers because I'm not sure where/how to start with the details and I've spent already too much time and references didn't really help. Pretty much I have no idea how to render them especially in greyscale and any guidance on how to make them look more like fingers or whatever is appreciated, also I'm making a fist now because I felt it might be easier to render. If you'd like you can draw over it or whatever, I just need help knowing when to start and how to make details so it isn't just shaded cylinders

also any general feedback/critique on the entire piece too is appreciated!

[shadow maple]

Hi ! I'm not that good at drawing hands either, but I want to share what helps me to shade hands, I hope it can help

Usually I start with outlining the shape first, to seperate each finger, I use a pretty dark shade for it. I also shape the glove near the knuckle to be more circular, to follow the shape of the finger

[jaunty spire]

Ahh

[shadow maple]

I'm not so sure if the triangular shape on the glove supposed to be a slit, but if it is, I saw from your previous hand that the slit is on top of the back hand, so I move the slit on the fisted hand to be on top of the palm, not the side

[jaunty spire]

Ye it’s a slit

[shadow maple]

When the shape is correct, I soften the outline using a lighter shade, but still a darker value compare to the base shade

I often look at my hand for reference, but yea drawing hand is a struggle lol but I hope it helps a little