This tutorial will show you how to draw anime boy and girl hair. Anime hair makes anime heroes look unique and beautiful – just like real humans, this is the crown of beauty. Let's start drawing!
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Method 1 of 6: Anime Boy Hair
Step 1. Draw the outline of the hair using a pencil as a guide in drawing the hair
Step 2. Draw the hairline
Step 3. Imagine what type of hairstyle you want and which way the strands flow
Try drawing a simple wadded hairstyle that you want.
Step 4. Add more detailed lines to the lines originally drawn to make the hair look more realistic
Step 5. Use a dark marker on the outline of the drawn hair and erase any unnecessary lines and curves from the outline
Step 6. When you have finished drawing the desired hairstyle, you can now add more details to the image such as eyes, and so on
Step 7. Color the hair the way you want
Step 8. Here are some examples of anime hair for male characters that are widely used in general
Method 2 of 6: Anime Girl Hair
Step 1. Draw the outline of the head using a pencil as a guide in drawing the hair
Step 2. Draw the desired type of hairline for the female anime character
Step 3. Draw a hairstyle based on your imagination
Most of the female characters usually have longer hair.
Step 4. Add more detailed lines to the lines drawn initially to make the hair look more realistic
Step 5. Use a dark marker on the outline of the drawn hair and erase any unnecessary lines and curves from the outline
Step 6. After drawing the desired hairstyle, you can now add more details to the image like eyes, and so on
Step 7. Color the hair the way you want
Step 8. Here are some examples of anime hair for female characters that are widely used in general
Method 3 of 6: Boys Manga Hair
Step 1. Draw the outline of the head using a pencil as a guide in drawing the hair
Step 2. Draw the desired type of hairline for the male character
Step 3. Using your imagination, draw a simple line of spiky and short hair
You can draw a zigzag line along the head, or a sharp angle for the hair.
Step 4. Add more detailed lines to the lines originally drawn to make the hair look more realistic
Step 5. Use a dark marker on the outline of the drawn hair and erase any unnecessary lines and curves from the outline
Step 6. After drawing the desired hairstyle, you can now add more details to the image like eyes, and so on
Step 7. Color the hair the way you want
Method 4 of 6: Manga Girls Hair
Step 1. Draw the outline of the head using a pencil as a guide in drawing the hair
Step 2. Draw the hairline
Step 3. Imagine the desired length of hair and which way the strands flow
Try drawing long slanted lines and simple curvy lines for the desired hairstyle.
Step 4. Add more detailed lines to the lines originally drawn to make the hair look more realistic
Step 5. Use a dark marker on the outline of the drawn hair and erase any unnecessary lines and curves from the outline
Step 6. After drawing the desired hairstyle, you can now add more details to the image like eyes, and so on
Step 7. Color the hair the way you want
Method 5 of 6: Alternative Boy Anime Hair
Step 1. Draw a sketch of the man's head as a hair skeleton
Step 2. Draw the hair using simple curls or strokes that extend to the shoulders
Step 3. Draw the details on the hair using short straight lines as well as curved lines
Step 4. Trace with the pen and erase unnecessary lines
Add details to the face.
Step 5. Fix and color as you like
Method 6 of 6: Alternative Anime Girl Hair
Step 1. Draw a sketch of the woman's head as a hair skeleton
Step 2. Draw the hair using rounded arcs that run along the skeleton to the neck
Step 3. Fix the hair using simple curls and strokes around the hair
Step 4. Draw details on the face, especially the eyes
