How I Got Good at Drawing Hair - 5 Tips that Changed Everything

(2024.6) UPDATE: Since a lot of people requested it I made the hair coloring tutorial!

I used to really struggle drawing hair but over years of practice I found these 5 tips which completely changed everything and lead to massive improvement. I still use them to this day. Enjoy!

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Hey 👋 I'm Ori, an anime style artist. On this channel I share drawing tips and tutorials.
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⌚️Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:20 Divide it up
1:44 The level up drawing system
3:50 Don't draw grass
4:59 Think ribbons
5:48 Add in AO
6:28 Practical application
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[oridays]

(2024.6) UPDATE: Since a lot of people requested it I made the hair coloring tutorial!

Thanks for watching and I hope these tips can help out!
Drawing hair is hard for real, so don't worry if you're struggling to get it at the start - that's perfectly normal.
The important thing is to keep on practicing 💪

[Default_Rain]

PLEASE. I'd love to see a coloring tutorial

[Nyokicat]

actively crying cause im so frustrated. some drawings i can do well and others look like they werent even drawn by me, my art is so inconsistent and hair is just one of those things i constantly struggle with. shading, hair, hands, i just wanna tear my notebook apart

[LannyLeArtist]

O. M. G.

I WAS SO STRESSED OUT DRAWING HAIR BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE AN IMAGE ON THE HEAD, BUT THIS LITERALLY HELPED SO MUCH

GOD BLESS YOU❤️

[jimiwills]

Layers. I'm so envious of digital artists.

[sparkleshangout]

Thank you this helps a lot because for me I would focus on “THIS HAS TO BE PERFECT I HAVE TO MAKE THIS PERFECT” or “My drawing sucks I have to make it better” but after this video I learned that mostly caused stress on me just like when I was younger I would tell my mom “my drawings look better when I’m drawing because I’m bored but when I actually am trying and wanna draw it looks bad” and I honestly really struggle with hair so thank you ❤

[swisdom]

Dude idk how your videos are free! The leveling up mindset 2:11 is absolute genius!!

[daveroll]

4:20 this actually has an official term for it! They are called "tangents", where you can either have a tangent where two lines meet wrong, or patterns are repeating unnaturally, distracting the eyes

[angrypanda_]

"Clumps! They're clumps" -Ty Lee

[swisdom]

7:16 you are such a great teacher. That demonstration at the end really drove everything home for me. Gonna split up the head in one of my sketches now so that I can retain this info by doing

[staryxz]

Another quality tutorial form Ori-sama, I'm in love with your style so these tips are very helpful 😭🙏🙏 Would love to see the coloring tutorial!

[justsomenightowl]

I love your tutorials! Other artists have the same tips, but their style is realistic, so I didn't really understand how to apply them to my art. Watching you reference anatomy for your anime-style drawings helps a lot :p

[nikecoro]

Coloring tutorial would be amazing! Coloring is the one thing I struggle with the most, I just can't seem to pick out a good color (either comes out too dark or light so I try using the tonal correction to help in s lot of my decisions)

[itsmidnight]

Your advice is some of the best and most genuine advice I've seen! This is super helpful thank you!!

[MushroomKnight]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! Everyone who tried to teach me kinda said I was hopeless with my art and I agreed with them but this video made me feel like I could do something :))

[nikecoro]

Thank you for this hair tutorial! I have always wanted to draw hair in style similar to yours and anime illustrations, but most times I feel they come out flat and more cartoonish. I'll give these methods a shot next time I draw and see how it goes!

[rafaelsaraiva]

Damn, this was the best tutorial i've ever seen about hair. I mean, i watched literally dozens of videos of hair and couldn't get it done, untill now. THANKS!

[flopjack]

as someone who's been struggling for a really long time, i'd like to personally thank you for this video

[bokosYT]

As a person who is new to art and just got a drawing tablet, I would like to say thank you. This is going to help me a lot in the years to come.

[chrisdenmark]

I LOST IT when the anime girl chopped through the door like the shining hahahah!!!