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by Reba Rath V 9 min read
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How to draw an anime character with hair?

Although both characters can have long or short hair, we opted to sketch short hair for the boy anime and long hair for the girl anime. First, you’ll need to sketch the head, since you can’t have hair without a head. Draw the head in the shape of an inverted egg because it needs to be narrow at the bottom. You can add some ears as well.

How to draw a model of a girl with hair?

Draw the hair using rounded curves which extend along the framework to the neck. Refine the hair using simple curves and strokes around the hair. Draw details for the face especially the eyes. Trace with a pen and erase unnecessary lines. Color the drawing as you like!

What is the difference between anime and manga drawing?

Although anime usually refers to animated, and manga usually refers to drawn (printed) art, the general style and approach to drawing is the same. Without further ado, let’s go over the steps, and then look at some examples. So before we start drawing hair, we need to be clear on how the hair sits on the head.

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How to draw anime hair?

To draw anime hair, start by drawing the outline of the head and the hairline. Next, draw the basic outline of your desired hairstyle, making sure to focus on which direction the hair strands flow. Then, add details to make the hair more realistic, and emphasize the outlines by tracing over them with a dark marker.

How to draw hair that blows one way?

Sometimes when I draw the hair, it looks like it blows one way, but then other strands are blowing the other way. Stand by a mirror, get your blow dryer or a fan, and test it out. Observe how your hair is blowing. If you have short hair, ask a friend or family member to stand in.

How to erase hair from outline?

Use a dark marker on the outlines of the hair you have drawn and erase all unnecessary lines and curves from your outline .

How to test your hair?

Stand by a mirror, get your blow dryer or a fan , and test it out. Observe how your hair is blowing. If you have short hair, ask a friend or family member to stand in.

Why draw a sketch for a man's head?

Draw a sketch for a man's head to provide framework for the hair.

Can you use shadow hair to fall over eyes?

You could use the shadow of the hair to fall over the eyes giving it a gloomy look. Spiked hair can look evil sometimes. Slicked, oily hair can give the impression of being greasy in character as well as in hair. Check out cartoon character and movie villains for an idea of what might work.

Is it necessary to draw hair?

It is not exactly necessary, but solely drawing hair floating in the air is an image which is rarely drawn. Even for the purpose of practicing how to draw hair you should draw it with head so you get a feeling how hair, face, eyes and so on work together, so that your "real" drawings have a realistic and good looking outcome.

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Drawing Anime Girl Hair Step-By-Step – Example 1

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Although I do not clearly draw the line of the head like in this example every time, I do identify it in my mind when I draw. So here, in these examples, I identified the line in purple for you. Here is the under-drawing sketch for this example. I used procreate and an iPad pro to draw the face on a separate layer. The face is used i…
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Drawing Anime Girl Hair Step-By-Step – Example 3

  • Step 1: Again, I identified the outline of the head so we can see how the hair maps onto it with this particular hairstyle. Step 2: Here is the underdrawing for this example. You can see that I am deciding on the overall shape out the outline. Try to finalize the silhouette of the hair in this stage if you can, and leave the details to step 3. Step 3: Here you can see the overall shape is the sam…
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Drawing Anime Girl Hair Step-By-Step – Example 4

  • So here is the underdrawing step. We identified it earlier as step 2. However, as you get better, you will inevitably complete step 1 and step 2 at the same time. You will draw the underdrawing of the hair and identify where the head shape is as you do so. You can also try a final line art variation where you use a heavier line weight for the outline and thinner lines for definition inside the hair …
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Drawing Anime Girl Hair Step-By-Step – Example 5

  • Here, let’s go back to step 1, and identify where the structure of the head is before we draw in the hair. We are coming back to this because I want to highlight that this step is extremely important. It can happen in your mind or on canvas, but it really does need to happen. You should understand where the hair maps on top of the head before going further. Step 2 and Step 3: in this example, …
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Drawing Anime Girl Hair Step-By-Step – Example 6: Asuka from Evangelion

  • In this image, I am again showing the outline of the head for reference. And here is the actual underdrawing sketch for this piece. You can see that a lot of scratchy indecisive lines come through. It was okay for me to do that at this stage because I knew I would replace these lines with better final line art. In this step, I worried little about how the lines look, instead I spent mos…
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How to Draw Anime Girl Hair For Beginners – Final Thoughts

  • Practice, practice, practice! Drawing an anime girl’s hair is not an easy thing to draw. Getting better at drawing anime hair should consist of both learning through tutorials and practicing what you learned through drawing. Draw every day and draw lots of hair. Find anime and manga artists who inspire you most and try to study their art and draw studies from their work. By the way, ther…
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