You will most likely find yourself changing smaller individual shapes to be more aesthetically pleasing, and not changing the entire hairstyle.Ī full hairstyle change should take place in step 2, the underdrawing step. However, you will see that the decisions we will be making in this step are more of a micro than macro level. In fact when you draw, do not hesitate to make changes from the underdrawing if you see an opportunity to improve your drawing. Our decisions can still change from the previous step. Notice that because we took care of a lot of more complex work in the previous steps (like the shape of the hair, it’s flow and rhythm and where it is situated on the head), we can now work on the details and line quality for this step. Now that we have a base underdrawing to work from, we can focus on drawing the final line art for our anime girl and her hair. As long as it makes sense to you and you feel like you can use it for the final drawing, it should work for our purposes.Īll of the underdrawings in the examples below are indicated in Gvaat purple for reference. Also, work on identifying the flow of hair, how the sections flow into one another.ĭo not worry about the quality of your lines, or how presentable the sketch looks. In this underdrawing, work on determining the shape of the hair you want to achieve in the final drawing. If you are using a pencil, draw lightly with a hard grade scale pencil (like a 4H). This is really easy to do with digital art since you can work on a new layer for the final line art.
An underdrawing is a loose sketch that is done first, before the final drawing. Now that we know where the edges of the skull of the character are, we can start working on an underdrawing. After a while, you don’t have to do that anymore, you will develop a feeling for it.ĭo not skip this step until you get more confident at drawing hair however, because it will help situate proportions in the next step. In the examples below, I will draw a purple line to approximate where the head of the character is behind the hair. Is the hair very puffy and big, or does it sit just on the top of the skull, kind of like wet hair does? Before proceeding, identify the outline of the head. That is to say, we need to know how much volume it takes up. So before we start drawing hair, we need to be clear on how the hair sits on the head. Without further ado, let’s go over the steps, and then look at some examples. Draw Anime Girl Hair for Beginners – a 4 Step Method Although anime usually refers to animated, and manga usually refers to drawn (printed) art, the general style and approach to drawing is the same.
In this tutorial, I will show you how I draw anime girl hair in 4 basic steps.