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BEFORE YOU CLICK TO ENLARGE!!! It's 1291 x 2502 pixels! If your browser hates that sort of size, download it and use a preferred program to view it.

Please note this isn't the only way to paint hair and I'm in no way an expert on it. This is just one of the few ways I do it.

PART 1: [link]

1. Taking the next lightest color, start brushing in finer strokes, focusing on the lighter areas. Don't be afraid of adding a couple strokes to the shadows, but don't add too many or the hair'll end up too light.

2. And again, grab your next lightest color and, just like the last step, add this lighter color onto the lighter areas of the hair. Play around with the brush size, but never go bigger.

3. A quick mention of adding a new color! Colors 1 - 4 are a nice, gradual change from dark to light, and color number 5 is supposed to be much lighter on purpose. This'll be your highlight color. There are couple ways to add highlights. You can stick with the brush we've been using since step 8 of Part 1 of this tutorial, OR there's a brush used for more realistic textures. I'll cover both.

4. Using the same brush we've been using up until now, decrease the size by a bit and start adding short strokes over the curvey parts of the hair that would catch light. The redlines help show those areas (Seriously, I love redlines. They make describing things sooo much easier).

5. That other brush that works well for hair. In all reality you could use this brush after you've begun blocking your colors in, just like from here on out if you play with the sizes of this brush you could finish your painting with this brush. Its sort of a tricky brush though--you'll have to really play with the brush size. There's a link to this brush in Part 1 of this tutorial, Step 2.

6. Just like in step four go over the areas I redlined with this brush. In my opinion this gives it a more realistic shine, while the other brush has a more "digital painting" feel to it. Personally, I like both equally, it just depends on the painting.

7. Hide your line art. =/ Looks sorta...bad, doesn't it? Yeah. Ewwww. See all those "clumpy" ends and borders? We getta refine those. Use whatever brushes you feel most comfortable with and with a decently small size and fix it up to help it look like the rest of it. At this point we're sort of repeating what we've done so far, but in concentrated areas and with smaller brush strokes.

8. Looks much better ^.^! On top of fixing those clumpy areas, I also anded uber tiny ranom wisps of hair to help make it look more natural. It looks like I also added a few more highlights (becuase I love things that shine). =3 More redlines to point out a few places I added the wisps to.

9. And there it is on top of my line art. After this its all a matter of erasing parts of the line art that shouldn't be showing. Sometimes I add steps to the painting process but those are dealing with brush sizes and strokes so small I'm not sure how I'd be able to accurately explain it. That's why its GOOD to experiment

Description
BEFORE YOU CLICK TO ENLARGE!!! It's 1291 x 2502 pixels! If your browser hates that sort of size, download it and use a preferred program to view it.

Please note this isn't the only way to paint hair and I'm in no way an expert on it. This is just one of the few ways I do it.

PART 1: [link]

1. Taking the next lightest color, start brushing in finer strokes, focusing on the lighter areas. Don't be afraid of adding a couple strokes to the shadows, but don't add too many or the hair'll end up too light.

2. And again, grab your next lightest color and, just like the last step, add this lighter color onto the lighter areas of the hair. Play around with the brush size, but never go bigger.

3. A quick mention of adding a new color! Colors 1 - 4 are a nice, gradual change from dark to light, and color number 5 is supposed to be much lighter on purpose. This'll be your highlight color. There are couple ways to add highlights. You can stick with the brush we've been using since step 8 of Part 1 of this tutorial, OR there's a brush used for more realistic textures. I'll cover both.

4. Using the same brush we've been using up until now, decrease the size by a bit and start adding short strokes over the curvey parts of the hair that would catch light. The redlines help show those areas (Seriously, I love redlines. They make describing things sooo much easier).

5. That other brush that works well for hair. In all reality you could use this brush after you've begun blocking your colors in, just like from here on out if you play with the sizes of this brush you could finish your painting with this brush. Its sort of a tricky brush though--you'll have to really play with the brush size. There's a link to this brush in Part 1 of this tutorial, Step 2.

6. Just like in step four go over the areas I redlined with this brush. In my opinion this gives it a more realistic shine, while the other brush has a more "digital painting" feel to it. Personally, I like both equally, it just depends on the painting.

7. Hide your line art. =/ Looks sorta...bad, doesn't it? Yeah. Ewwww. See all those "clumpy" ends and borders? We getta refine those. Use whatever brushes you feel most comfortable with and with a decently small size and fix it up to help it look like the rest of it. At this point we're sort of repeating what we've done so far, but in concentrated areas and with smaller brush strokes.

8. Looks much better ^.^! On top of fixing those clumpy areas, I also anded uber tiny ranom wisps of hair to help make it look more natural. It looks like I also added a few more highlights (becuase I love things that shine). =3 More redlines to point out a few places I added the wisps to.

9. And there it is on top of my line art. After this its all a matter of erasing parts of the line art that shouldn't be showing. Sometimes I add steps to the painting process but those are dealing with brush sizes and strokes so small I'm not sure how I'd be able to accurately explain it. That's why its GOOD to experiment