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Aleccha β Hair tutorial
Published: 2009-11-07 14:16:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 15250; Favourites: 290; Downloads: 344
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OMG I can't believe I made a tutorial!I've followed others' tutorials for three years and I practically learned everything from them!
But some people asked about my way of painting hair and so... here's my first hair tutorial! XD
As you can see, my way of painting is pretty simple; also, my Photoshop version lacks of some tools such as the dodge tool, so I had to find alternative methods to obtain a softer result: I always use the airbrush, but I used to use soft brushes when I worked with a mouse.
Well... I really hope you find it useful! ^^
Please, let me know if the instructions aren't clear enough: you can ask me whatever you want, if you need help to understand difficult steps.
Also... please, let me know if there are grammar mistakes in the texts! XD I've been studying English for ages, but I'm not English. :'D
Finished picture here ---> [link]
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One of the best tutorials for hair I have found yet...thank you!
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Hi again! I've decided to correct one of my pictures with your tutorial
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Thank you so much for this; hair is my nemezis 
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Thanks to you for following my tutorial!
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this was VERY detailed and easy to understand. You should totally make one for coloring the skin and clothes too!
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is there any way you can give me a link to a tutorial that teaches how to clear the lineart? GREAT tutorial by the way!
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I suggest you type and search "lineart tutorial", dA has plenty of them
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found some helpful ones here: [link] [link]
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Not really... it depends on how much accurate you want the final result to be
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that explains so much, now i just need to make backgrounds that awesome and improve my art lol
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Thank you for making this, it was really useful!
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Avevo proprio bisogno di un tutorial su come si colorano i capelli con Photoshop (io uso la versione CS4) perchè negli ultimi tempi sto avendo dei problemi con il colore delle mie immagini perchè... SEMBRANO TUTTE UGUALI!
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Ahah, ti capisco! 
Sono contenta che lo trovi utile! ^____^
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If I weren't so lazy on my hair skills, I would totally use your tutorial, Aleina!
Maybe someday, eh?
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Never too late, Joey... Never!
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Very nice! Thank you!!! It'll be lots of help to me in the future!!
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It's great to know that you were able to put this tutorial together afterall, and I have to say that the result is a very good one! A sign of a good tutorial is one that makes a seemingly difficult technique look and feel rather simple, and I think that's what you were able to do here. I'm quite impressed by how few layers that it take you to get the results you do on hair like this, actually. Plus, this tutorial does offer nice room for experimentation (something you seem to encourage, as well), which is pretty great.
Although a Photoshop tutorial, I can see some methods here that might be useful in other programs, as well (my only concern as far as other programs go is whether or not they have something similar to the "flow" option for brushes using the mouse). Last, but not least, this is a very-well written tutorial; don't worry to much about your English, as it's definitely understandable and shows you have a really good feel for the English vocabulary! Overall, I can't really find anything to complain about here. Thanks and superb job!
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Glad you've found it useful! ^____^
I believe every graphic programme has its own potentialities; obviously I can't say anything about those which are different from Photoshop, because I've never used other programmes apart from it. Hmm...actually, I started my first digital paintings with Corel Draw 12, but I was not able to use it in the right way and I can't remember anything about its functions! XD
Haha! Well, while I was making it I thought: "Since I started, it's better if I add as many instructions as possible!" XD Sometimes I can be a very perfectionist person, this was one of the cases.
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awesome! I've been looking for a decent hair tutorial <3 thank you!
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Very good. I was surprised about your trick with Hair and Shadow layers - I've never heard it before. But it works fine, I tried it already.
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Glad you've found it useful! ^^
I learned those tricks from DA... and I thought: "Why shouldn't I share them with my friends?"
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