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Description Okay people. You ask me how do I do my hair? It's not magic! It's not real talent! And now you can do it too if you have the patience. I'm writing this assuming you know a little bit about using the pen tool in photoshop.

1. Make a line.

2. Put a point in the middle of the line.

3. Hold ctrl (or the mac equivalent of ctrl) and click on the new point, then drag.

4. Close the shape.

5. Make a point on the new line.

6. Ctrl drag to match up with your previous curve.

7. Use the handlebars to manipulate your curve however you'd like.

8. Repeat a thousand fucking times and voi la! Pull the 'magic' out of your ass and impress your friends with a wonderful head of vectored hair

I'm sorry if I've disappointed any of you, I'm not amazing. My method is simple, I just have a lot of patience with what I do and love doing it. Although sometimes works like Angelina drive me slowly insane.

Tip: I start off with the lighter shades of hair, and to minimize your layer count use the 'add to shape area (+)' tool. The thinner the strand, the more detailed your hair will come out. Once I've done a lot of thinner, more detailed hairs, I start layering thicker strands behind them, and finally large shapes to fill in any blank areas that I missed. Adding a few stray hairs here and there help your picture to look more realistic. I use colours for hair directly from the photo but that doesn't stop me from changing them around to fit with everything else better.

Any questions? Feel free to note me. If you have no idea how to use the pen tool, I suggest you take a look at Lemon Tea's Vector Guide 3.0 for the basics.
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turp In reply to ??? [2017-04-25 03:59:14 +0000 UTC]

you are very welcome!

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ThunderMadArts14 In reply to turp [2017-04-25 05:35:58 +0000 UTC]

 

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RedPixies [2013-05-02 07:13:59 +0000 UTC]

wow. very helpful for a beginner like me

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turp In reply to RedPixies [2013-05-07 19:08:19 +0000 UTC]

awesome! good look on your future vectors

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Busger [2012-04-08 00:56:59 +0000 UTC]

I have some free time again so I wanted to improve my vector skills, so I had a question do you use gradients in the hair color? or is every hair a solid fill.

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turp In reply to Busger [2012-04-08 22:39:01 +0000 UTC]

I use gradients when I'm doing more blocky, pop styled vectors but with realistic stuff I do solid colours. I would definitely be curious to see that style with gradients though

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Busger In reply to turp [2012-04-08 23:28:57 +0000 UTC]

So in this vector you only used solid colors. At the darker and lighter places you use shorter strokes off hair ? Or is there a solid background behind it with a dark color ?

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turp In reply to Busger [2012-04-10 15:29:31 +0000 UTC]

yes to the last option i start off doing the light streaks very thin and fine, then work my way down the colour scale and block in all the gaps at the end with solid darker colours. it's all about putting depth into the hair, you want to have streaks fade into others and fade into the darker hairline

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SuperLamhot [2012-04-07 07:25:04 +0000 UTC]

woo... thank you.

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turp In reply to SuperLamhot [2012-04-08 22:39:15 +0000 UTC]

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Busger [2012-01-10 23:58:51 +0000 UTC]

Very nice work, I do have a question, do change the color during pentool drawings or after all the hair is done

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turp In reply to Busger [2012-01-12 01:48:30 +0000 UTC]

usually during the drawing, but i'm constantly taking breaks while doing pieces like this to take a step back (zoom out) and see how it all looks together. then i'll adjust whatever stands out.

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Busger In reply to turp [2012-01-14 02:04:51 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the reply can you check out my latest vector artwork lots of hair in it.

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LeyOnLine [2012-01-09 00:50:16 +0000 UTC]

Sooo Awesome man!, I LOVE IT SOOO MUCH!!!, I GONNA TRY TO DO IT...! AND THANKS 4 SHARE IT!

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TrinityRayne [2011-09-30 03:50:26 +0000 UTC]

how can i make the photo like that? not just the hair i just want a normal picture to be made like how this one is. I'm looking everywhere and its hard to find I guess. Would you kindly help me out? Do you have a tutorial for that or something?

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turp In reply to TrinityRayne [2011-10-03 16:11:49 +0000 UTC]

there's a lot of tutorials on deviantart and on google, vectoring in photoshop tutorials or vectoring tutorials. they're very easy to find

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TrinityRayne In reply to turp [2011-10-04 05:08:42 +0000 UTC]

i've looked but i guess i dnt know the right things to look for because i never find exactly what i want lol drives me nuts! xD

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turp In reply to TrinityRayne [2011-10-05 02:32:29 +0000 UTC]

the only tutorial i've ever really sworn by is by `lemontea and it's for vectoring in photoshop, but illustrator is pretty close. you can check it out i'm pretty sure its on his front page.

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TrinityRayne In reply to turp [2011-10-27 00:32:11 +0000 UTC]

ty very much

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Bagelbagel81 [2011-09-29 02:26:51 +0000 UTC]

hah "a thousand fucking times"

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turp In reply to Bagelbagel81 [2011-10-03 16:12:01 +0000 UTC]

:b it feels like a million

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SarahCampbell [2011-09-06 07:19:38 +0000 UTC]

HOLY SHIZNIT you must have ALOT of patience.. But your instructions did give me a good laugh so cheers.. ill give it a go

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turp In reply to SarahCampbell [2011-09-09 02:33:31 +0000 UTC]

hahaha I look at this now and I'm like holy shit how did you that Kat, I think I had a lot more patience (or free time) when I was younger. I'm glad it's inspired you to try it out though! this is still one of the best looking methods i've found

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ssovashines [2011-08-08 10:49:32 +0000 UTC]

niz

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LeopardKisses [2011-06-08 07:49:20 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much . Using right now.

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LeopardKisses [2011-06-08 07:48:24 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much . Using right now.

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Luminaire17 [2011-05-31 05:48:40 +0000 UTC]

wow! that hair is difficult to do..

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turp In reply to Luminaire17 [2011-05-31 15:16:10 +0000 UTC]

it definitely takes time! its so worth it in the end though

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Luminaire17 In reply to turp [2011-06-02 10:58:36 +0000 UTC]

yeah I can imagine that. I'm just really having a hard time right now doing the hair.. By the way, your work is one of the best I had seen so far..

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turp In reply to Luminaire17 [2011-06-02 16:20:12 +0000 UTC]

thank you! i feel like doing some hair now haha i really appreciate the compliment you should check out verucasalt82 as well if you haven't seen her, i got a lot of my inspiration from her when i first started vectoring and she has some vectors for free download so you can see up close how she does everything

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Luminaire17 In reply to turp [2011-06-03 05:45:28 +0000 UTC]

I've just seen verucasalt82's work, I can say that's some pretty advanced stuff .. She's definitely talented.. I'm currently still exploring more vectors to enhance my technique and seeing both your vectors is definitely helping me a lot (inspirationally). So thanks to that.. By the way, you should see ultimat3shi3ld , he's actually the one who got me to start doing vector, though he's more famous as a doodle guy now, and.... he's also my brother ..

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Tirrithx [2011-04-09 20:18:34 +0000 UTC]

I've always wanted to learn how to paint a picture like that but I just can't figure it out!
Could you maybe refer me to a good tutorial that explain how you paint this way? 'Cause I freaking love it!!

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turp In reply to Tirrithx [2011-04-10 01:02:41 +0000 UTC]

Well this is a vector, not quite as fluid as painting :b I do have a couple tutorials in my gallery, you can check out the tutorial folder. the one i learned off of was by lemontea, you can find it [link]

but you can find a bunch more just by going through resources >> tutorials >> digital >> vector or vexel and you can use either photoshop or illustrator for vectors, i just prefer photoshop because thats what i learned on originally. good luck! especially if you're a photographer you should pick it up fast!

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Tirrithx In reply to turp [2011-04-10 08:04:02 +0000 UTC]

Thx!

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Dazzhrani [2011-03-06 02:34:41 +0000 UTC]

wooow perfect.. I love it

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turp In reply to Dazzhrani [2011-03-06 16:53:57 +0000 UTC]

thank you so much!

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Nahumury [2011-01-26 14:56:57 +0000 UTC]

i love it very much
i have patience but not so so so much like this..

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Cozythrias [2011-01-13 11:38:25 +0000 UTC]

awesome output but that much hair... wtf nice tut

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turp In reply to Cozythrias [2011-01-13 17:06:30 +0000 UTC]

haha yeah i don't know if im gonna be doing that ever again

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iddesign88 [2010-12-22 21:51:24 +0000 UTC]

Simply Wonderful!!

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turp In reply to iddesign88 [2010-12-23 16:49:40 +0000 UTC]

glad it could help!

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insanesound [2010-07-29 18:59:04 +0000 UTC]

Holy sh*t that must have taken some time

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turp In reply to insanesound [2010-07-30 17:25:24 +0000 UTC]

forever :E

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MYiiO [2010-05-18 18:27:05 +0000 UTC]

this helps me alot xD tthnks

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turp In reply to MYiiO [2010-05-18 18:45:21 +0000 UTC]

no problem

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meniomenio [2010-03-15 03:59:40 +0000 UTC]

it's awesomeee (:
but i didn't understand the step 6 x)

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turp In reply to meniomenio [2010-03-16 20:30:04 +0000 UTC]

basically repeat step three and make the shape look like a hair strand

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TBS-Tobias [2010-02-23 20:22:59 +0000 UTC]

YEEAAH! I just finished my first vector! [link]
I just used this tut a little bit though, just for the details.
what do you think about it?
I think your vectors are awesome!

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Flamegrilledsam [2009-08-04 02:42:23 +0000 UTC]

Its worth a try at least xD
nice tut

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turp In reply to Flamegrilledsam [2009-08-04 03:40:17 +0000 UTC]

definitely :b

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