To those on here who are posting saying that this is just tracing, ok, I tried this one out myself and in truth yes you do trace the basic hand shape, just as anyone using a reference image before drawing on an traditional medium. I just got my tablet today and have been drawing for over 12 years. I had to teach myself how to draw all over again, because everything I had taught myself (ie. muscle memory) changes with using a tablet. I didnt have any idea where to begin. This post along with another tutorial I read through that gave simple but good excersizes to get used to drawing with the tablet helped out a lot.
I used a different technique than cross hatching for the shading, and although the basic shape of the hand is traced It doesn't give you that much to start on, the rest is left to your own creativity. Those in here not complaining about not wanting to learn to draw, it intruiges me that they wasted enough of their time to read your post and leave a comment.
Thank you again for this tutorial it helped me tremendously. Its always good to see the techniques of all different kinds of artists, especially those that are this talented.