Right-hand rule for a general vector product a⨯b:
% Author: Izaak Neutelings (July 2018) \documentclass[border=3pt,tikz]{standalone} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{physics} \tikzset{>=latex} % for LaTeX arrow head \usetikzlibrary{angles,quotes} % for pic (angle labels) \usepackage{xcolor} \colorlet{pinkskin}{pink!25} \colorlet{brownskin}{pink!5!brown!45} \colorlet{myred}{red!90!black} \colorlet{myblue}{blue!90!black} \colorlet{mypurple}{blue!50!red!80!black!80} \colorlet{Bcol}{violet!90} \colorlet{BFcol}{red!60!black} \colorlet{veccol}{green!45!black} \colorlet{Icol}{blue!70!black} \colorlet{mucol}{red!90!black} \tikzstyle{BField}=[->,line width=2,Bcol] \tikzstyle{current}=[->,Icol] %thick, \tikzstyle{force}=[->,line width=2,BFcol] \tikzstyle{vector}=[->,line width=2,veccol] \tikzstyle{thick vector}=[->,line width=2,veccol] \tikzstyle{mu vector}=[->,line width=2,mucol] \tikzstyle{velocity}=[->,line width=2,veccol] \tikzstyle{charge+}=[very thin,draw=black, top color=red!50,bottom color=red!90!black,shading angle=20,circle,inner sep=0.5] \begin{document} \Large \begin{tikzpicture} \coordinate (O) at (1.2,0.3); % ORIGIN \coordinate (WT) at ( 2.9,-1.1); % WRIST TOP \coordinate (T1) at ( 2.3, 0.7); % THUMB \coordinate (T2) at ( 1.75, 2.3); \coordinate (T3) at ( 2.0, 3.1); \coordinate (T4) at (1.38, 3.15); \coordinate (T5) at ( 0.9, 2.3); \coordinate (T6) at ( 0.85, 1.2); \coordinate (T7) at ( 0.85, 0.2); \coordinate (I1) at (-1.0, 2.4); % INDEX \coordinate (I2) at (-2.9, 3.45); \coordinate (I3) at (-3.3, 2.9); \coordinate (I4) at (-1.5, 1.8); \coordinate (I5) at (-0.9, 1.1); \coordinate (I6) at (-0.9, 0.5); \coordinate (M1) at (-2.2, 1.25); % MIDDLE \coordinate (M2) at (-3.9, 1.4); \coordinate (M3) at (-4.0, 0.8); \coordinate (M4) at (-2.3, 0.5); \coordinate (M5) at (-1.1, 0.25); \coordinate (R1) at (-1.9,-0.1); % RING \coordinate (R2) at (-1.8,-0.7); \coordinate (R3) at (-0.3,-1.5); \coordinate (R4) at ( 0.1,-1.7); \coordinate (R5) at ( 0.1,-1.0); \coordinate (R6) at (-0.5,-0.7); \coordinate (R7) at (-1.2,-0.3); \coordinate (P1) at (-1.9,-1.3); % PINKY \coordinate (P2) at (-0.8,-1.9); \coordinate (P3) at (-0.2,-2.1); \coordinate (P4) at (-0.05,-1.65); \coordinate (W1) at ( 0.4,-2.9); % WRIST BOTTOM \coordinate (W2) at ( 1.6,-3.5); % HAND \fill[brownskin] (WT) -- (T6) -- (I5) -- (M5) -- (R2) -- (P2) -- (W2) to[out=25,in=-90] cycle; \draw[fill=brownskin] (WT) to[out=120,in=-60] % THUMB (T1) to[out=120,in=-90] (T2) to[out=80,in=-110] (T3) to[out=80,in=50,looseness=1.5] % tip (T4) to[out=-130,in=80] (T5) to[out=-100,in=70] (T6) to[out=-100,in=100] (T7) (T6) to[out=150,in=-30] % INDEX (I1) to[out=150,in=-30] (I2) to[out=150,in=145,looseness=1.7] % tip (I3) to[out=-30,in=150] (I4) to[out=-30,in=105] (I5) to[out=-75,in=100] (I6) (I5) -- % MIDDLE (M1) -- (M2) to[out=170,in=180,looseness=1.5] % tip (M3) to[out=-5,in=175] (M4) to[out=-5,in=165] % bottom knuckle (M5) (M5) to[out=-160,in=50] % RING (R1) to[out=-130,in=140,looseness=1.2] (R2) to[out=-30,in=160] (R3) -- (R4) to[out=-20,in=-20,looseness=1.5] % tip (R5) -- (R6) to[out=140,in=8,looseness=0.9] (R7) (R2) to[out=-160,in=155] % PINKY (P1) to[out=-35,in=150] (P2) to[out=-30,in=160] (P3) to[out=-20,in=-30,looseness=1.5] % tip %(P4) -- (R4) (P2) to[out=-50,in=140] % WRIST (W1) to[out=-40,in=160] (W2); % FOLDS \draw[very thin] (T5)++(-80:0.3) to[out=40,in=180]++ (25:0.45); \draw[very thin] (I1)++(180:0.2) to[out=-160,in=100]++ (-130:0.6); \draw[very thin] (I1)++(155:1.3) to[out=-160,in=90]++ (-135:0.55); \draw[very thin] (M4)++(140:0.1) to[out=110,in=-140]++ (80:0.6); \draw[very thin] (M3)++(-5:0.6) to[out=100,in=-130]++ (80:0.5); \draw[very thin] (M5)++(-140:0.1) to[out=-20,in=90]++ (-54:0.8); % RING \draw[very thin] (R6) to[out=160,in=10]++ (180:0.2); \draw[very thin] (R3)++(155:0.5) to[out=120,in=-100]++ (100:0.2); \draw[very thin] (P2)++(140:0.1) to[out=95,in=-110]++ (80:0.4); %\draw[very thin] (P1)++( 10:0.04) to[out=95,in=-130]++ (70:0.4); \draw[very thin] (I5)++(-40:0.45) to[out=-70,in=90]++ (-70:1.7); % PALM \draw[very thin] (P3)++(-155:0.05) to[out=-120,in=40]++ (-130:0.2); % PALM \draw[very thin] (W2)++(80:1.3) to[out=-180,in=-50]++ (160:1.2); % PALM % VECTORS \draw[thick vector,mypurple] (O) --++ (85:3.4) node[above,scale=1.5] {${\color{myblue}\vb{a}} \times {\color{myred}\vb{b}}$}; \draw[thick vector,myblue] (O) --++ (145:3.7) coordinate (A) node[above=2,left=-7,scale=1.5] {$\vb{a}$}; \draw[thick vector,myred] (O) --++ (172:3.7) coordinate (B) node[above=4,left=-5,scale=1.5] {$\vb{b}$}; \draw pic[->,"\huge$\theta$",draw=black,thick,angle radius=35,angle eccentricity=1.24] {angle = A--O--B}; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}