Author:
Monica Porter
Date Of Creation:
13 March 2021
Update Date:
1 July 2024
Content
This wikiHow teaches you how to draw Japanese anime male and female hair characters. Hair is the detail that makes heroes unique and beautiful - for real people it is perfect beauty. Let's get started!
Steps
Method 1 of 6: Male comic characters hair
Sketch the head with a pencil, which is a basic guide to drawing hair.
Draw the hairline.
Visualize the desired hairstyle and direction of the hair. Try drawing simple shapes of the hairstyle you want.
Detail by meticulously adding strokes to the hairstyle from the original imagination to make the hair look more realistic.
Use the black brush to paint over the outlines of the hair and erase the unnecessary lines.
Once you have the desired hairstyle, you can add more details (like eyes, nose, etc.) to the drawing.
Color as you like.
These are some of the most used hairstyles for male comic characters. advertisement
Method 2 of 6: Female comic characters hair
Sketch the head with a pencil, which is a basic guide to drawing hair.
Draw the hairline style you want for the female character.
Use your imagination and outline the desired hairstyle. Most female characters have longer hairstyles.
Detail by meticulously adding strokes to the hairstyle from the original imagination to make the hair look more realistic.
Use the black brush to paint over the outlines of the hair and erase the unnecessary lines.
Once you have the desired hairstyle, you can add more details (like eyes, nose, etc.) to the drawing.
Color as you like.
These are some of the most used hairstyles for female comic characters. advertisement
Method 3 of 6: Male cartoon character hair
Sketch the head with a pencil, which is a basic guide to drawing hair.
Draw the hairline style you want for the male character.
Use your imagination, create a simple draft of the haircut that is short or spiky. You can draw wavy lines along the head or sharp corners of the hair.
Detail by meticulously adding strokes to the hairstyle from the original imagination to make the hair look more realistic.
Use the black brush to overlay the hair outline and erase the unnecessary lines.
Once you have the desired hairstyle, you can add more details (like eyes, nose, etc.) to the drawing.
Color as you like. advertisement
Method 4 of 6: Female cartoon character hair
Sketch the head with a pencil, which is a basic guide to drawing hair.
Draw the hairline.
Visualize the length of hair you want and which direction it will lie. Try drawing long sideways lines and curves for the desired hairstyle.
Detail by meticulously adding strokes to the hairstyle from the original imagination to make the hair look more realistic.
Use the black brush to overlay the hair outline and erase the unnecessary lines.
Once you have the desired hairstyle, you can add more details (like eyes, nose, etc.) to the drawing.
Color as you like. advertisement
Method 5 of 6: Other cartoon male characters hair
Sketch the head of the male character to frame the hair.
Draw simple wavy lines that extend up to the shoulders.
Detail the hair with short straight lines with curvy.
Retouch with ink pen and erase excess lines. Add details to the face.
Refine and color as you like! advertisement
Method 6 of 6: Another cartoon female character's hair
Sketch the head of the female character to frame her hair.
Draw the hair with circular curves that follow the face to the neck.
Draw curled lines around to refine hair.
Draw details for the face, remember to focus on the eyes.
Retouch with ink pen and erase excess lines.
Color the drawing as you like! advertisement
What you need
- Paper
- Pencil
- Pencil sharpener
- Eraser
- Crayons, crayons, quills, watercolors, markers or copic crayons.
- Paintbrushes
- Figures for Reference
