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How do you draw hair?
I've researched it and everything and still haven't found the trick to drawing it so it doesn't look wonky.May 13, 2023
I've researched it and everything and still haven't found the trick to drawing it so it doesn't look wonky.May 13, 2023
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#drawingtip
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I divide the skull into 3 sections and decide which section the hair is going to come from , after that , I start to fill in each section strands of hair that are really just lines
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Recently I just draw the outline like how Tatsuki Fujimoto draws CSM characters hair. I usually just treat it as a single shape tho without actually drawing each strand, just a single black shape with sometimes a lighter shade for areas in light.
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If you've researched it and all, then you really just need to do the thing. All the research won't help if you spend all the time on research as opposed to doing.
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•- First define on the head the area where the hair attaches. Then, depending on the hair cut and hair style, you can divide that area in smaller areas where the hair looks different than in other areas.
-Think like an hair dresser: where is the middle line that parts the hair in two? Draw that line.
- Based on the hair line and areas, define a vague mass of hair having a certain direction and length and flow. Later you can add detail by dividing it in smaller hair strands
- Remember that hair grows on the surface a 3D sphere (more or less, I guess you can say the head surface is similar to a sphere surface), therefore behind a group of hair strands it is sometimes possible seeing other different hair strands peeping out. It depends on their shape but also on the view on the head.
- hair has mass. Don't be afraid of exaggerating its mass, test the limits of exaggeration. Make sure that under the hair there is room for the whole head, and that you have not cut off a bit.
- if you find difficult drawing the masses of hair strands, you can first draw many lines going in a similar direction, as if they where single hairs, and then define the contour of their group: that is the mass of the strand they make.
- best thing is, analyse the elements I mentioned in a real picture, try to find the growing surfacey the hair line, the strands areas, the directions of the strands, etc.
I hope this helps, good luck!
-Think like an hair dresser: where is the middle line that parts the hair in two? Draw that line.
- Based on the hair line and areas, define a vague mass of hair having a certain direction and length and flow. Later you can add detail by dividing it in smaller hair strands
- Remember that hair grows on the surface a 3D sphere (more or less, I guess you can say the head surface is similar to a sphere surface), therefore behind a group of hair strands it is sometimes possible seeing other different hair strands peeping out. It depends on their shape but also on the view on the head.
- hair has mass. Don't be afraid of exaggerating its mass, test the limits of exaggeration. Make sure that under the hair there is room for the whole head, and that you have not cut off a bit.
- if you find difficult drawing the masses of hair strands, you can first draw many lines going in a similar direction, as if they where single hairs, and then define the contour of their group: that is the mass of the strand they make.
- best thing is, analyse the elements I mentioned in a real picture, try to find the growing surfacey the hair line, the strands areas, the directions of the strands, etc.
I hope this helps, good luck!
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I kinda just make general shapes.There are several techniques for drawing hair but one that can be useful for you it's to divide the head in parts so you can find where the hair goes, I saw many tips for drawing in pinterest also! May this help.
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I tend to do hair chunks, the highlights and shadows then imply the details so I rarely actually paint single hairs all over.
Also I usually keep the entire shape of the hair in mind, so for my scetch I put blobs there to get a feel for that as it has to balance with the anatomy and the rest of the picture~
Also I usually keep the entire shape of the hair in mind, so for my scetch I put blobs there to get a feel for that as it has to balance with the anatomy and the rest of the picture~
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•It takes practice, and I sadly don't know how to explain. Maybe observations from real life help. Best of luck in learning.
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