NormalCompactSlideShowDraw Sheet
Details
| Uploaded: | January 1, 2008 |
| Artist: | Dawn |
| Difficulty: | Novice  |
| Steps: | 8 |
| Updated: | May 10, 2010 |
| P.O.V: | na |
| Favorited: |
Interact
Artist Comments
How to Draw Realistic Hair
Hair, hair is probably one of the most frustrating tasks to get right when starting your day for work or play. The only way I ever get my hair right is when it’s on paper. In this tutorial I will show you how to draw realistic hair. These are some styles that I personally like. Drawing hair is really not that hard at all. It’s probably the easiest thing to draw when drawing people or a face. The best part is you can make up your own unique styles. You have to first understand the basics of drawing it. Hair comes in tons of styles; curly, long, short, straight, buns, ponytails, pig tails, braids, punk, emo, and a whole bunch of other varieties. Since this tutorial is for the novice drawers, I will give you the easiest instructions on drawing hair. Beware; drawing hair can be frustrating at times. Getting it right takes patience and persistence. Of course this depends on the style you are trying to draw. The fun part of this tutorial, you can create your own styles by mixing up the hair dos. Well, time to stop the chit chat and let's get down and draw some realistic hair shall we!
Tags
How to Draw an Eye in Pencil
by artistperson95
1
How to Draw Psy, Gangnam Style
by Dawn
2
How to Draw a Body
by Dawn
3
How to Draw Wiz Khalifa, Wiz Khalifa
by catlucker
6
How to Draw Peppermint Butler
by Dawn
7
How to Sketch a Rose
by Dawn
8
How to Draw a Chibi Angry Bird
by Dawn
9
How to Draw Manga Bodies
by Dawn
10
11
How to Draw Realistic People
by Dawn
12
How to Draw Mike Wazowski Easy
by Dawn
13
How to Draw Spongebob Easy
by Dawn
14
16
How to Draw Iron Man
by Dawn
19
How to Draw Trollface, Trollface
by Dawn
20
How to Draw Swag, Swag
by Dawn
21
How to Draw a Rose Bud, Rose Bud
by Dawn
22
23
Learn How to Draw Tinkerbell
by Dawn
24
How to Draw Chibi Applejack
by Dawn
25
How to Draw Anime Body Figures
by Dawn
26
How to Draw My Little Pony, Friendship is Magic Style
by PuzzlePieces
27
28
How to Draw Meloetta, Pokemon
by Dawn
29
How to Draw Female Figures, Draw Female Bodies
by MauAcheron
30
32
33
How to Draw an Orchid For Kids
by Dawn
34
How to Sketch an Eye
by quynhle
35
How to Draw Pikachu, Pokemon
by mstormw
36
37
How to Draw a Rose In Pencil, Draw a Realistic Rose
by DuskEyes969
38
How to Draw Yolo, Yolo
by Dawn
39
How to Sketch a Wolf, Arctic Wolf
by finalprodigy
40
How to Draw Subway Surfers
by Dawn
41
How to Draw Anime Couples
by Dawn
42
How to Draw Hello Kitty for Kids
by Dawn
43
How to Draw Mickey Mouse Easy
by Dawn
44
How to Draw a Minecraft Pig
by Dawn
45
How to Draw a Baby Penguin
by Dawn
46
47
How to Draw Spongebob
by Dawn
48
49
How to Draw Nicki Minaj
by Dawn
50
 |  |  |
STEP 1.
Define the motion of your hair. This is very important. This helps you figure out what motion your hair is moving in. The hair style to the left is more of a bouncy curly style. This is considered hard for some people. Each curl you make must be bouncy looking. To the right, is the straight style hair? School girls in Japan wear this style. The motion that the hair is going in is straight. Be sure to add some splits at the end of it!
STEP 2.
Begin with your hair drawing by sketching out a mannequin head. Don't draw any facial details!
STEP 3.
Roughly, sketch your hair out. This is ideal to define the motion your hair is going in. At this point the sketch looks like a big python wrapped around the head
STEP 4.
Next, start to sketch in some thick strands. Later, these strands will be filled in by more thinner strands. Draw some thick curls too.
STEP 5.
When you draw curly hair, make them seem to have a lot of bounce. Don't make them lifeless and flat. To make these curls, draw them nice and loopy. This will make your hair seem thick and attractive.
STEP 6.
Start adding some thick strands to the left side of the hair. Make sure they all connect to the ending tips. This gives the hair volume.
STEP 7.
Now, the fun part. Start sketching in some of those thinner strands. Make most of these where the hair starts. At the tips of the hair, add more of these thin strands. This makes your hair seem more realistic and bouncy.
STEP 8.
Enough strands, and you should come out with this. I didn't ink out my hair, but when you do, your hair should look realistic. This is also a good idea for drawing manga hair. Well I hope my realistic hair tutorial taught you a lot. I tried my best in making this tutorial understandable. If there's anything I'm missing, comment this tutorial and I will improve. Thanks, enjoy your new hair!Comments: Post Comment
mangamania ~ Jan 31, 2010, 7:25:28 PM
is that you in your pic?
Dawn ~ Dec 26, 2009, 11:56:03 PM
thats the truth, so dont break up with andre, u need to trust me,and him
@Serenula
you inked the outlines, right? or is that pencil?
Dawn ~ Dec 26, 2009, 11:55:47 PM
Guys, can we all plz just be friends here? think of nice things like unicons and rainbows and lollipops. thats it, happy thoughts! let me see smiles! 
@Rockitjmr1995
aw this pic is cute! 
Dawn ~ Dec 26, 2009, 11:53:54 PM
I dont even know how i do it myself 
but i could give u a few pointers... 
but i could give u a few pointers... @sanusai
nice...
Serenula ~ Dec 26, 2009, 10:01:39 PM
you inked the outlines, right? or is that pencil?
Rockitjmr1995 ~ Dec 17, 2009, 6:21:29 PM
aw this pic is cute!
sanusai ~ Nov 29, 2009, 10:05:55 AM
nice...
Dawn ~ Nov 12, 2009, 10:58:56 PM
yeah youre right 
lol how are you today? 
lol how are you today? @Leaannhoule
thanks!!! 
that was my second manga 3-4 years ago 
that was my second manga 3-4 years ago 
Leaannhoule ~ Oct 2, 2009, 6:45:43 AM
thanks!!! that was my second manga 3-4 years ago
that was my second manga 3-4 years ago
Dawn ~ Jun 3, 2009, 12:06:48 PM
i see that u like dragons
@LindsayTheArtist
u might wana look at the face again but i like it 
