Anime Hair Shading Tips
Step 2 color the hair.
Anime hair shading tips. Forehead will be completely lit up as it curves towards the above light source nose the upper side as it faces towards the light cheeks the upper area of the cheekbones upper lip as it sticks out just a little. Finalizing the hair shading. How to shade anime hair 1. Most of the face will be shaded with the lighter areas being placed as follows.
Shading curly anime hair step by step step 1 prepare a line drawing of the hair. However you can still use these brush settings in the first version of sai. Select base color before starting to shade the hair. First of all let s consider the style and the shape of the hair you want to shade.
Building the volume for the hair. Fully color in the hair if you have an option of adding the highlight over top of it such as if. This is a step by step guide to cel shade anime hair. Style and types of hair.
Get the shading going on the anime style. Shading individual hair strands. The version of sai i m using is sai 2. Post melody madoka magica.
This is a pretty lengthy tutorial. Once you decided how to. Picking light source for the hair. Drawing does take time so don t be impatient and skip through parts.
Unless the character uses gel or has dirty hair always remember not to stick it to the. Shading in hair is my favorite thing to do because it can really bring dimension to an artwork. Don t forget the volume. Step 3 add the shading.