How to Draw Hair Tutorial: Step by Step Instructions

The tutorial says hair drawing starts with the hairline and the way hair frames the face. It then builds the hairstyle by blocking in volume, dividing the mass into sections, and adjusting strokes for straight, wavy, or curly textures.

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• Start by locating the hairline and deciding how the hair will fall around the face.
• Hair textures need different stroke patterns, with straight, wavy, and curly hair handled in different ways.
• Short hair works with short choppy strokes, while long hair needs longer strokes.
• Reducing pen pressure helps create thin, tapering lines for loose strands.
• A bald head can be used as the base before adding a hairstyle.
• The hair mass should sit above the head and extend around the scalp.
• A messy bun can be broken into separate sections, including a looser top layer, tighter side hair, a lower hanging section, and the bun outline.
• Hair pulled back tightly or wet lies flatter and closer to the scalp.
• Thin lines under outer layers help show dimension, overlap, and depth.
• Filling the mass with more detailed lines keeps the hair from looking like a solid block.
• Color can be built from a midtone base, darker shadows, and thin highlights.
• The tutorial also suggests rendering hair in black and white first, then adding color afterward.