My Second Blog: Anime Fundementals~Hair

Week 2: Hair

Step 1: Start out with a simple drawing of a head and shoulder. This is going to be the base where we are going to start drawing the hair. You can do anything you want to do to the face; in this case I'm just going to give her normal facial features. From the left side of her face, draw a circle that exends to the right side of her face and down to her shoulder. Add an upside down "V" that starts between the left eye and ends on the right side of the right eye. Add a curve outside the face that goes down the shoulder. Draw a thick line from the right side of the V that goes to her chest.

Step 2: Start drawing lines for the lines we started at the top circle going down to each curve of the hair, some stopping in the middle. Make most of the curves in the middle area where her eyes are go down to her eyebrows. Make sure you erase the top of her  head. We only need the hair to be showing. Add a line that comes from her ear and goes down her shoulder. After that make a few more lines that go all the way to her shoulder on the right hair part. Have some of these curves go under her hair that is on the shoulder.
 

Step 3: On the curve left to her face add a new curve that goes a little past it and ends on her arm. Start drawing curves from her left chin to her shoulder. Add a thick curve starting a little to the side of the point of the chin going down to her chest. (Optional): Decorate the girl by giving her a shirt and decorating her eyes. Darken every line.Shade all of her hair in a very light shade. To do this, press on the pencil very lightly. Don't shade the curve that is on the outside of the left part of her hair because those are only strands of hair.