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If you want neater looking hair you can draw them the same as the first example.Now draw in some small splits into the front and side parts of of the hair to make them look more natural. You can pretty much draw these at random but try and somewhat follow the outer curve of the bun with at least a few lines. For the “side hair” you can draw the section on the side of the covered eye somewhat blending into the front hair.For shading these hairstyles see:Draw this type of hair as follows:Add the side sections with the splits at the ends sticking out in opposite directions.Draw the head and hairline. Just draw a wavy circle for each pig tail.
Also erase the outline of the head where it’s hidden by the hair.For the actual pigtails draw them similar to the “Ponytail” example vaguely resembling two questions marks in their overall shape with one being flipped over.Draw the back hair split into tow curves that pretty much hug the shape of the head as they go down eventually sticking out in clumps to each side.Finally you can add a little clump of hair hanging down from the middle of the front section of the hair.
Anime hair is drawn using thick, distinct sections instead of individual strands, so draw a few thick sections coming down off of the hairline. Two for the sides and one for the bottom. The front section of the hair however is a little different from the previous examples.Long straight hair is probably one of the most common hairstyles in anime and is fairly easy to draw.For drawing characters that can go along with these hairstyles see:For this particular hairstyle where the front section of the hair has been cut fairly short you can draw it in relatively small pointy clumps.Next add some folds in the “back hair” to give a bit more definition of it’s shape as well so that it does not just look like a flat cut out.You can draw it in the following steps:Above you can see the breakdown of the long hair drawing example into:Now erase any parts of the head hidden by the hair to avoid confusion and add the background lines of the hair curls.
My new OC is gonna be c u t eWe are going to draw 6 different girls with 6 different hair styles.
Erase the line in between the splits when you are done.
Don't give up until you try drawing with our easy lessons. Generally it’s a good idea to leave this section of the hair for the last part of the line drawing as in the front view of the head it will be in the back behind most of the other parts of the hair. You can pretty much draw these at random but try and somewhat follow the outer curve of the bun with at least a few lines. The front section of the hair however is a little different from the previous examples.Long straight hair is probably one of the most common hairstyles in anime and is fairly easy to draw.For drawing characters that can go along with these hairstyles see:For this particular hairstyle where the front section of the hair has been cut fairly short you can draw it in relatively small pointy clumps.Next add some folds in the “back hair” to give a bit more definition of it’s shape as well so that it does not just look like a flat cut out.You can draw it in the following steps:Above you can see the breakdown of the long hair drawing example into:Now erase any parts of the head hidden by the hair to avoid confusion and add the background lines of the hair curls.
For more hairstyles you can experiment by mixing different parts of the front, side, and back sections of the hair in this tutorial or by adding entirely new designs.Make the “back hair” pretty much following the shape of the head.Add the inner fords (just one in this example) and if you like, some basic shading.Same as for the “Hime Cut” draw in some small splits into the front section of the hair and erase parts of the bottom line of the “front hair” to make spaces in between them.
We will be drawing a few girls with pig tails, one with curly pig tails, one girl with braids, a girl with a simple short hair style, and one with a punk hair style. The back consisting of the hair over the top of the head and the pony tail.The pigtails are another very common style of anime hair. Lets start the 2nd row of girls. :DThe little girl on the right has curly hair pig tails. Though usually pony tails will face directly backwards for anime hair you can draw it slightly more to one side so that it’s shape is more visible. This particular hairstyle can again be split into the front sides and back with the front hair being similar to the previous example.Add some small hair clumps for the bottom background hair.If you would like to learn how to draw the head with all of the facial features check out the:The actual breakdown of the drawing process can be as follows:For the final step you can draw a little squiggle of hair hanging down from the middle of the front section and add some lines to the bottom of the background hair to indicate some inner folds. While in this particular hairstyle the hairline is less important as it’s full covered by the hair it can still help you better judge the overall length and position of the front and side hair sections. Step 6.
Roughly from the middle of the hairline draw two curves going downwards towards the “side hair”.Start by drawing the hair and indicating the hairline.