Step 1
Crown and hairline
Mark the crown and draw the hairline across the forehead. Everything comes from here, the gathered half and the loose half alike: the tie is a stop along the way, not an origin.
Challenge 8 · Manga hair
Half-up hair
Half the head gathered, half of it loose: two different behaviours living in the same hair. Tension rules on top, gravity rules below. The hard part isn't drawing either zone — it's making the difference read without it looking like two hairstyles stuck together.
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What you need
- HB pencil, eraser and paper, plus a 2B for the final varied-weight line. The head is given in grey: trace it or draw it lightly and spend the attempt on the hair.
The steps
The first one is here in full. You follow the rest inside the app, with the plate full size and the voice that explains it.
Step 2
The whole silhouette
Step 3
The division line
Step 4
The tie point
Step 5
The fringe
Step 6
The framing locks
Step 7
The taut zone
Step 8
The elastic
Step 9
The tail out of the knot
Step 10
The loose mass
Step 11
The contrast: the fall
Step 12
Tips, cleanup and line weight
The rest is inside the app
The other steps, the voice that walks you through them, and the feedback on your drawing are inside the app. Creating the account is free and asks for no card.
An AI compares your drawing with the plate and tells you what to fix. It is not a person looking at your sketchbook.