How to draw hair

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Hi everyone, here's an art tutorial on hair, since this seems to be something that a lot of people struggle with. I'm not an expert by any means, but hopefully this video will still be helpful to someone.

00:00 - Intro
00:32 - Studying real life hair
01:36 - Textured hair
03:49 - Stylized hair is not the same
05:03 - Constructing stylized hair
06:33 - Shape design (variations)
08:13 - Shading
09:49 - Final touches

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Edited by @chashuu0

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[liveinamber]

I love that Pikat said "improbable anime hair" instead of just "impossible" because it implies that, statistically speaking, there is someone out there who's got natural anime protagonist hair

[tumisangmashile]

Hair tutorial that includes textured hair you are the goat

[Kapuchu]

the fact that pikat is left-handed is somehow such a huge plot twist I did not see coming...
The fact that the animated hand is also left, should have been the clue... But apparently not enough for me!

[AnimatingBeats]

I’ve been needing this tutorial so badly. I always oversimplify hair.

[JayCel-vvdg]

TIPS: Big, medium, small Principle dont just work on hair but also any design elements like clothing designs and etc

[SUTAZZZ]

THE WAY YOUR HAIR DRAWING TURNED OUT IS JAW DROPPING

[rixiant]

Damn, I just finished the previous video and now a new one is out already! We're being fed good!

[minitapsstudio]

I struggle so much with drawing hair. Needing more practice aside, I just generally have a hard time visualizing and drawing. I'm slow to learn creative things, but I get there hehe. This hair is so beautiful I'm even more inspired. Thank you.

[djroscurro]

As someone with textured hair I'd say you did a pretty damn good job

[zesty]

I’m still not used to hair tuts/studies including textured hair LMAO you did an amazing job

[hypergu]

New pikat video just dropped, today is a good day

[Kagane]

Im sure you mentioned it in other videos, but when shading/adding details, always remember: determine the big primary shape (for hair: which half is in shadows). Don't let the secondary shapes obscure the primary shape (shade the individual, big strands). Repeat for tertiary shapes (individual strands/texture /locks within a bigger strand)
I think proko did a good explanation on that principle

[GuiYuan_Art]

never knew about the 70-30 ratio, helped alot ty

[SPIDERVITOR]

11:03 that's all I wanted to hear, absolute happiness😊

[kroffen]

Just wanted to say, being an artist who’s been leaning more on the cartoony side and is shifting more to anime/realism and you’ve quickly become my favorite artist YouTuber!

[justomerocks]

me putting anime-ish hair on a realistic potrait 😃

[Flash-FireCC]

Even though I am a beginner artist, I still have trouble with the hair size (I make it too small). I also have trouble making hair have the curves but describing them as ribbons is great advice and I'm gonna give that a try. Also can't wait to see the dragon tutorial.

[lonecolamarine]

Pikat artstyle(mainly in the faces): Neuron activation

Pikat personality: _heccin wholesome lvl 100 digital scribble-scrabbler_

[wertyjess]

you know, about a week ago I've been trying to learn how to draw hair to improve my 3D modeling. And now a bunch of artist that I follow started making hair tutorials lol

[lapiscrow]

Your guides are so helpful! Ive been wanting to learn to draw for years, but Im so impatient. If I dont see near-immediate progress I decide its not for me and give up. And then I work on my fantasy novel and think how great it would to draw these characters I see in my head non stop, so I try again. Rinse and repeat ad nauseam.
But this time Im sticking with it, been practicing a lil bit every day for a couple weeks now and Im seeing decent progress(who would have thought😅)
Hair has proven to be a particularly large roadblock, its so frustrating. Between this video and the "You can learn anything" one hope has been restored and Im ready to try again. ❤❤❤

PS: I am so hype to see Monster Hunter fan art. My favorite game series hands down