The most important thing in this step is that you follow the flow of the hair! Notice how the shading follows the shape of the hair and head, curving noticeably at the roots. For the green, I opted for a darker green with a blueish tint to it. That helps bring out the hue in the base color. Instead, I used a dark red with a slight tint of pink to give it a purplish feel (re: tip #1!). To make it look more interesting, I didn’t pick pure dark red. Let’s get painting! Select a darker hue of your base color for this. Tool: Brush Settings: Min Size 0% | Density 100% | Shape Stringy_L (simple circle is the default, use it only if you don’t have Stringy_L) | Blending, Dilution and Persistence 8% Know where the light source is and place the shadows in the places that light doesn’t reach. If each shade points to a different direction, it will break your piece. Set your light source from the start! Think of where you want the light source to be and shade your piece accordingly.Also, since the background has a lot of blues and purples, adding these colors to the overall shading will help the characters feel like they belong in that setting, rather than look like they were copy-pasted in it. Therefore, the colors aren’t as bright and vivid as they would if they were at the beach in a sunny day. For example, in this piece, it’s a stormy night in a softly lit bedroom. Why? Simple: it will help you know where the light source is and you will be able to adapt the colors to match the ambient light in the piece. This may go against your instinct but… Whenever possible, make sure to paint the background of your image first.Now that the base colors are set, it’s time to have fun!īefore we begin, I have a few tips for you: STEP 2 – ADDING THE FIRST LAYER OF SHADING Since I’m using one of my favourite fanarts of Darkiplier and Antisepticeye, I’ll be using their official colors: black + red & green + brown. This should be an easy and straightforward step! Fill in the hair with your base colour(s) of choice. Don’t worry, it’s a very easy anime painting technique! You only need to make sure you don’t go out of the lines OR that the hair layer is blocked to prevent you from colouring out of the base layer. ![]() Note: you need to work on a single layer throughout the painting process, you can’t create extra layers or else the colors won’t blend in the way they’re meant to. You’ll need to find the equivalent tools for your program of choice. Note: this technique may be applied for other programs but it was specially developed for Paint Tool SAI, using the tools included in this program. It’s a very simple, easy and quick technique to color anime hair and I want you to master it! A video tutorial on this same process will be available soon! After 10 years of being an artist and learning how to draw, there’s one thing I know for sure: drawing and coloring anime hair is one of the best parts of any project! Well, I probably love painting landscape backgrounds a little bit more, but coloring hair is a close second! It’s been over a year since I developed this technique to color anime hair and not only does it look really good, it also saves me a lot of time compared to my other techniques! So, today I want to show you how to color anime hair using Paint Tool SAI!
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