Going out on a limb - no pun intended

Here and there, people tell me of the wonders of drawing hands, so here goes. As motivation to improve my skills, I'm going to force myself to do a few posts detailing my progress.

First thoughts? This sucks. I feel like I'm looking at a bunch of tiny penises on my paper.

Habits

At some point in my time at Wood Stone, I started drawing little kitty thumbnails. It was mostly a way to pester two of my favorite co-workers, Brett and Brian. I didn't really realize it for a while, but at one point, I was drawing at least a kitty-a-day. Here are a couple of examples: