How do I shade hair?

[random finch]

Depends on the light source. Assuming this pieces' source is the from the viewers perspective, areas like the neck area and back/top of the head have larger areas, while the bangs and strands have light amounts of shading on the edges. Made a pretty bad sample but maybe it helps idk

[midnight totem]

Use this for reference, the shading is really just Darker versions of the colors

[modern trench]

For shadows just color pick the base color and slide your Hue slightly and darken it a little, same for highlight but lighter

here's how I did the shadow

[midnight totem]

Like what I posted?

I basically said the same thing and gave an example of my own

[vivid rock]

Gracias this was a very good explanation

[vivid rock]

I would say yes BUT it looks like his hair is greasy his hair isn’t meant to be a super model but I will do the shade idea bc that still looks very nice ty for the help

[vivid rock]

I don’t understand this at all I’m sorry- the thing is I’m not trying to learn to just shade this drawing I just mean in general at least some tips and I think since my characters hair is also not as curly as this it won’t work

[midnight totem]

His hair isn’t either, it’s just messy, it just shows in the general areas that shading should be put

[vivid rock]

🤔 yeah but I still don’t under stand where like the black boxes areas?

[midnight totem]

You could buy them on some of the tips of the bangs and near the top

[midnight totem]

Sort of like this

[vivid rock]

Also Ty for this

[vivid rock]

Uh alr

[midnight totem]

I Unfortunately have few human drawings so that was the best I could do

[vivid rock]

We’ll still thank you anyway

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