Help me with hair!

konidias · #1 03-08-2007, 06:30 AM

I'm drawing this picture and I want to get a really nice hair effect to match the image... it's gonna be like shiny blonde but I need to find a really nice way of doing a semi-detailed hair effect... like tons of hair strands with different shades of color and clarity... I wish I had an example of the kind of hair I want but it's basically like that uber detailed anime hair. (if you know what I'm talking about)

Also some critiques would be nice. Before anyone says anything, I don't plan to keep the dark black outline around the face or on the hair. =P

smirt362 · #2 03-08-2007, 06:32 AM

Like this?
Its just like pixel art...but you get to use more colors.

Draenin · #3 03-08-2007, 06:34 AM

Lighten / Darken tool if you're lazy. Layering / Alpha Blending if you're patient.

konidias · #4 03-08-2007, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by smirt362

Like this?
Its just like pixel art...but you get to use more colors.

Yeah something like that... but does anyone have any idea how to go about this using photoshop? I mean... do you just sit there and draw thousands of lines or what?

There's gotta be some shortcuts or a method of doing this...

smirt362 · #5 03-08-2007, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by konidias

Yeah something like that... but does anyone have any idea how to go about this using photoshop? I mean... do you just sit there and draw thousands of lines or what?

There's gotta be some shortcuts or a method of doing this...

Quality art has no shortcuts

konidias · #6 03-08-2007, 06:47 AM

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Quality art has no shortcuts

lol... yeah but I mean... even a tutorial on it would be nice... should I start with a dark base and do light lines? Light base and draw the dark lines? Draw every color on a different layer? Use opacity for layers? I'd like to learn how to do this as easy as possible... Any tips at all would be helpful.

smirt362 · #7 03-08-2007, 06:48 AM

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lol... yeah but I mean... even a tutorial on it would be nice... should I start with a dark base and do light lines? Light base and draw the dark lines? Draw every color on a different layer? Use opacity for layers? I'd like to learn how to do this as easy as possible... Any tips at all would be helpful.

Found a link...I'll AIM it to you.

Crono · #8 03-08-2007, 11:18 AM

i had this in mind but that other example above is better

konidias · #9 03-08-2007, 12:10 PM

Well I finished it. I'm happy enough with it. I still have a lot to learn with photoshop... It's freaking hard for me to do anything with just a mouse... I wish I had a tablet PC.

I sort of rushed after a while because it is seriously way too tedious to sit there and draw lines of hair. But I like the end result anyway... Oh well.

Chandler · #10 03-08-2007, 12:17 PM

That's very good. I really like it!

Crono · #11 03-08-2007, 12:24 PM

woah that looks awesome koni

Demisis_P2P · #12 03-08-2007, 12:41 PM

Very nice

Makes me think of Alice from Alice in Wonderland.
Except, her chin is kind of abrupt :P

SayianOozaru · #13 03-08-2007, 01:45 PM

her face looks a little to "long" or something...but i really like the shading, and the outlines on everything except the face

Crow · #14 03-08-2007, 04:15 PM

Nose and mouth are a little bit too low. Otherwise its nice.

smirt362 · #15 03-08-2007, 04:15 PM

Only a couple of things..her body seems to disappear on the left side.
She looks a little blurry...or maybe it's because I just woke up.

Stephen · #16 03-08-2007, 04:20 PM

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Well I finished it. I'm happy enough with it. I still have a lot to learn with photoshop... It's freaking hard for me to do anything with just a mouse... I wish I had a tablet PC.

I sort of rushed after a while because it is seriously way too tedious to sit there and draw lines of hair. But I like the end result anyway... Oh well.

Not bad, but you could have done that as vector art and achieved the same visuals... only with vector art you could resize it indefinitely, it'd be a smaller file, and you'd sleep better at night knowing you're almost as cool as I am.

SayianOozaru · #17 03-08-2007, 05:37 PM

He still would toss and turn for not being as cool as you are though, Stephen.

*****.

Stephen · #18 03-08-2007, 05:54 PM

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He still would toss and turn for not being as cool as you are though, Stephen.

*****.

I'm sorry to hear that you're suffering from this afflction; appearantly it's quite common.

contiga · #19 03-08-2007, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by konidias

Well I finished it. I'm happy enough with it. I still have a lot to learn with photoshop... It's freaking hard for me to do anything with just a mouse... I wish I had a tablet PC.

I sort of rushed after a while because it is seriously way too tedious to sit there and draw lines of hair. But I like the end result anyway... Oh well.

I know who that is!

Zideruic · #20 03-08-2007, 10:39 PM

hot momma

konidias · #21 03-09-2007, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Stephen

Not bad, but you could have done that as vector art and achieved the same visuals... only with vector art you could resize it indefinitely, it'd be a smaller file, and you'd sleep better at night knowing you're almost as cool as I am.

I'm not really aware of the difference. What makes something vector art?

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I know who that is!

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Originally Posted by Zideruic

hot momma

I know, right?

Stephen · #22 03-09-2007, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by konidias

I'm not really aware of the difference. What makes something vector art?

Generally speaking - it's the use of vectors rather than raster images.

Devil · #23 03-09-2007, 12:54 AM

Where are the cheek bones? The face is undefined.

konidias · #24 03-09-2007, 01:05 AM

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Where are the cheek bones? The face is undefined.

Uhhh, not all women have prominent cheek bones...

Stephen · #25 03-09-2007, 01:08 AM

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Where are the cheek bones? The face is undefined.

Looks find to me, boyo.

Googi · #26 03-09-2007, 01:11 AM

hay guyz 4 the makign of hair u just folow this tutorila

Gambet · #27 03-09-2007, 01:12 AM

Yeah, it was only funny the first time.

Stephen · #28 03-09-2007, 01:15 AM

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Yeah, it was only funny the first time.

I agree.

Googi · #29 03-09-2007, 01:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Gambet

Yeah, it was only funny the first time.

For the making of funny posts, you just follow this tutorial.

Stephen · #30 03-09-2007, 01:31 AM

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For the making of funny posts, you just follow this tutorial.

For intentional repetitive unfunny I'm tempted to give you an infraction under the guise of "linked images" rather than attached images.

Crono · #31 03-09-2007, 01:35 AM

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For intentional repetitive unfunny I'm tempted to give you an infraction under the guise of "linked images" rather than attached images.

im sorry, discussing infractions = illegal

Googi · #32 03-09-2007, 01:37 AM

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For intentional repetitive unfunny I'm tempted to give you an infraction under the guise of "linked images" rather than attached images.

This may call for another tutorial.

Stephen · #33 03-09-2007, 02:13 AM

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im sorry, discussing infractions = illegal

We're only discussing fictional infractions... for now...

James · #34 03-09-2007, 02:31 AM

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Nose and mouth are a little bit too low. Otherwise its nice.

Kind of similar to Christina Ricci's forehead.

konidias · #35 03-09-2007, 03:30 AM

The camera angle is above and slightly angled down, which is why the mouth and nose seem lower.

DustyPorViva · #36 03-09-2007, 03:34 AM

I think it might need some kind of, even a very subtle, shading of the nose bridge. The huge blank area there is a little distracting.

SayianOozaru · #37 03-09-2007, 08:25 AM

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im sorry, discussing infractions = illegal

He was just thinking outloud.

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I think it might need some kind of, even a very subtle, shading of the nose bridge. The huge blank area there is a little distracting.

I noticed that to. Didn't want to say anything though, because I didn't feel like getting into an arguement over something stupid, and end up getting myself bant again

contiga · #38 03-09-2007, 12:15 PM

That really looks like.. 'her'

Tom · #39 03-09-2007, 04:40 PM

really nice work dude, one really simple thing to change. Either the background or the inner aprt of the ribbon. They are very similer and seem as though they are the same thing.

But still, mega nice