Hi everyone I am back with a new video and this is a tutorial on how to draw hair. This
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out and you join using that link if you haven't already. In order to draw hair we first need to
have a head which I've already drawn and if you want to learn how to draw the head and its facial
features I have a video for that. I also added the neck and shoulders for this demonstration.
The first thing to determine is the hairline which is located on the forehead and it indicates the
roots of the hair closest to the face. If you draw seven lines equally spaced down the head
the second line on top is our guideline for the hairline. There are many different lines you can
draw for the hairline depending on the face shape and you can see them all on screen but for the
demonstration let's keep it simple with an oval face shape therefore an arched hairline. Next is
to determine if there is a partition on the hair as we know hair can be parted on the left, center
or right side of the head, therefore the guideline we will use is a line located on the top of the
head and we can change the position depending on where the partition is located. The partition line
that we draw also indicates the roots of the hair and we can also change the length of this
guideline to show different types of partitions. For the demonstration we will have a center part
on the hair therefore the guideline is located on the center of the top of the head and if you
decide that a hairstyle doesn't have a partition you don't have to draw this guideline. Next is to
determine if there is a hair accessory or anything that's gathering or pulling hair strands together
for example if hair is tied in a ponytail this means that hair strands gather to a point where
the hair tie is located so we add a guideline which I will call the gather point this is located
anywhere where there is hair and we can change the position and length of this guideline depending
on the hair accessory. For the demonstration I'm going to tuck some hair behind her ear which
isn't a hair accessory but it acts like one as it gathers hair to that one spot, and because of this,
the guideline I used is not a point but instead a line that follows the top of the ear. And once
again if you decide that a hairstyle doesn't have any hair accessories you don't have to draw this
guideline. Now that we have the guidelines in place let's draw the strands of the hair, and
there are two curves that I like to use. The first one is the S curve which I use to draw long hair
strands so that's what I'm predominantly using for the demonstration. Keeping in mind that hair grows
from the hairline and the partition line, this is where we start to draw our s curves. It follows the
shape of the top of the head and it falls down to the shoulders and depending on the type of
hair we can change the degree of the s-curve and you can also make it irregular so a subtle s can
be used for a natural straight hair and a strong s can be used for wavy hair. You can also repeat
the number of s curves in that strand to create curly hair or kinky hair so if you draw these
curves repeatedly side by side you get something that vaguely resembles hair. That's pretty much the
idea of hair strands however I personally don't like to draw every single strand of hair, rather
I like to think of hair in bunches or in bulk in order to draw that let's take our single strand
of hair and draw a similar looking strand next to it but draw it on an angle. This way the lines meet
at one point and we get a pointed end. Another way is to draw the letter s starting from the
top tip of the strand and making sure they meet again at the bottom tip. Now let's draw a letter s
again starting from the top tip but this time it doesn't meet at the bottom tip and if we draw a
horizontal line at the bottom we get a flat end. Basically we've just done four different ways
to draw bunched-up strands of hair and that's what I'm using for the demonstration to give it
a layered look. Some hair strands are shorter than others. I also make sure to vary the s curves that
I draw so it looks a bit natural and sometimes I change the direction of the hair to create some
flyaways and it just adds movement to the hair I also like to vary the line thickness where a
thicker line is used to indicate a bulk of hair and thinner lines are used for detail. This is
where the second curve comes in handy this is the C curve which I used to draw short hair strands
as well as details for the hair similar to the S curve. We can once again change the degree of the
curve so it's almost like a straight line and you can make it as irregular as you want depending on
which part of the hair you're drawing for the details of the hair because the hair isn't as
wavy. The curve I'm using is a very subtle curve. I will also be using this for the part of the
hair coming down from the partition line to the ear where I've drawn a gather line. As you can
see the hair starts from the partition line and every single strand meets at the gather line. The
idea behind this is that the hair is being pulled from the root to behind the ear and the hair falls
back down to the neck and the shoulders. I then continue to draw the rest of the hair as well
as add some details that I feel are necessary, but that pretty much explains the foundations of hair.
You can use these guidelines and curves to create a variety of hair types and styles allowing you to
experiment and use this as a starting point to stylize and create different characters. As you
can see on screen the guide lines can move around and change to your discretion. You can create short
hair, long hair, hair that's tied up or hair that's kept down, braids and up-dos. The basics are there
and now it's up to you on what you want to create with it and as I mentioned before I've included
some resources from Skillshare down below which I believe are really helpful when drawing hair. I
really liked Hairstyles 101: Draw and Color Hair for Character Design by Maria Lea Malandrino. I
think that would be a great follow-up video to this as she talks about how to draw hair
for different characters and personalities. This one isn't hair related but I absolutely loved the
animation classes by Libby Vanderploeg and Manon Louart. I'm not sure if I'm saying their names
correctly but they both inspired me to improve my animation skills which I've applied onto this
video and I hope that you guys appreciate the little animations I did to help my tutorial. I
will link all the classes down below so I highly recommend that you check them out. A few final tips
are to: of course practice and don't be afraid to use reference photos. I think it'll be very helpful
to see a reference image and identify where the hairline is, the partition line is and if there are
any gather points or gather lines on the hairstyle. I think this will help a great deal when it comes
to tackling hair which can be as simple or as complicated as you want it to be. And that is it
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