Need Help with hair. I feel I do not fully understand it

[lone summit]

Here's a more finished version. I tried

[granite arch]

Girl.... Ur so good why are u even talking... Am a 2y artist am so stunned rn

[main parcel]

I feel like it looks stiff cause you have one big chunk of hair that isn't as flowy as the other

[lone summit]

I couldn't really find a way to make it flow well though

It's kinda like a large chunk so in my mind it doesn't really mesh well

[cobalt veldt]

Might have to do with the general motion of the face. Since the character is moving to the left due to inertia the hair 'goes' to the right. That chunk of hair sort of looks like it's just... sitting there rather than moving. You could raise it up (like how a flap might) or change the bottom to curve a bit to the left. I'm talking about the chunk of hair that didn't look as flowy. Beyond that it's just missing a lot of the details that will get added as you go further into the piece

[main parcel]

What they said ⬆️

[lone summit]

Im lowkey struggling with that detail aspect since I cannot properly shade hair for the life of me

Details

No bueno

[main parcel]

I made like a step by step image on how I shade hair if you wanna see it?

[lone summit]

Sure

[main parcel]

Ok so your hair is split into chunks and everything right? Based on these chunks, add basic shadows that will be visible even in darker areas (So for example, if multiple chunks overlap over one, that one chunk is gonna have an occlusion shadow, if one chunk is over another the higher chunk is gonna cast a cast shadow, etc). If you have an intense light source just add the big shadows created by it over the shadows separating the chunks in a multiply layer or something (Though if the light/shadow effect is REALLY strong you might want to make the dark part of the hair just one big dark shape). After that, use a slightly darker colour and add it to the bottom and the top of each hair chunk to give it a 3D look. Finally, depending on the light source add highlights on the lighter part of the chunk chunk.

This is a really simple explanation though

[lone summit]

Alrighty

[lone summit]

I changed the curve of the hair more up

Your tutorial gave me an idea for the top of the head to make it less naked looking

[cobalt veldt]

The issue here is that your hair is just a gradient, there's no separation of hair strands.

Also the left side of her head looks like it lacks hair altogether. There should be the hair that goes down to your ear over there

This area

[lone summit]

ill fix that

[cobalt veldt]

Does this make sense?

[lone summit]

yeah. Youre basically saying that my hiar is basically undefined clumps mostly

[cobalt veldt]

Mhm, there need to be strands which you'd define in darker colours

[lone summit]

ill work on it