Above you can see a preview of the different hairstyles shown in this tutorial. Even if you are only interested in some of them it may be a good idea to read over the entire tutorial as certain hairstyles have more detailed explanations on shading particular parts of the hair. It’s set up this way to avoid some repetition.
Before going into the actual drawing examples below are a few things that can help you gain a better understanding of how to shade anime hair and why it’s shaded the way its.
When drawing hair it can be helpful to break it down into the front, sides, and back/top sections as shown in the red, green and blue above. This is also how to hair will be broken down in this tutorial.
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For examples like the one above of all of the hairstyle used in this tutorial as well as general instructions on drawing anime hair see:
Generally anime and manga hair is shaded without gradients and has hard transition between it’s light and dark areas. This makes the shading process much faster but at the same time a little tricky as it can be difficult to figure out where the boundary between light and dark should be placed.
This particular tutorial will focus on the more generic shading as it’s very common and can be used in most scenes. Please note however that even in the “well lit” lighting setup the strongest light will generally comes from somewhere above (the sun or indoor lighting). This means that shadows will tend to form towards the bottom parts of the hair.
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Don’t however confuse this with a one directional light source form above which would be more like shining a flashlight down on someone in a dark room.
Finally also keep in mind that anime/manga style shading does not need to be perfectly accurate or overly realistic. The goal is to have just enough basis in reality so that it looks believable.
When drawing the shadows for this “generic lighting” setup make them just dark enough to stand out from the base hair color. If you make them too dark they will look unnatural and if you make them too light they may not be visible.
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For how you actually darken the shaded areas can depend on the drawing method you use (paints, pencils, etc…). For example you can either mix in darker paints or simply press harder on the pencil.
For this particular tutorial the main difference between shading digitally and shading on paper can be in how you add the highlights.
If you are going to be shading the hair on paper you can use a white correction pen or white paint to draw the highlights. Alternatively you can also simply leave the area white and color around it.
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If you are drawing digitally or are going to add the highlights using a correction pen or white paint as suggested earlier you can fill the entire area of the hair with one solid color. If you don’t have those options available then simply leave the highlights area white and color around it. If you wish you can also lightly outline the highlights with a pencil to help make sure you don’t go over top of them.
As explained at the start of the tutorial the hair shadows will be added in a generalized way. This means that such shading can apply to most scenes of anime or manga where the character is in a fairly well lit area.
Due to the cone like shapes of the hair clumps and the lighting setup described above the shadows will tend to form along the bottoms parts of the clumps running along their sides.
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You can also add a few shaded parts sort of “cutting into” some of the larger clumps to give a hint of hair folds.
The last shaded area will form due to that area of the hair being fairly closed off from the light on most side as the hair/head make a kind of “tent” around it.
To make the hair look shiny add some highlights. You can draw these as a series of lines with some joined into small zigzags.
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Sometimes anime hair will be drawn with only one main highlight area but in this case we will add a highlight for each major part of the hairstyle (also common in anime and manga).
In this case add the highlights running across the top part of the hair (around the forehead area) with a another set of highlights lower down running across the sides and background portions of the hair.
Apply color to all of the hair if you are going to add the highlights over top or leave the highlight area white if you want to simply color around them. You can see the last step for their shapes and placement.
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To add the highlights over top of the hair color it’s recommended that you either use a white correction pen or a white paints.
As explained at the start of the tutorial the shadows will be added in fairly generic places that they are likely to form in with.
Depending on how you are going to add the highlights either fully color in the hair or leave the highlight area white.
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As mentioned at the start of the tutorial you can add the highlights over top of the hair color if drawing digitally or by using a white correction pen or paints.
You can also simply leave the highlight area white and color around it. If you wish to do this then see step four for their shape and placement.
For this particular hairstyle the hair clumps will be trimmed off as compared to the pointy clumps in some of the other styles.
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Add the main shadows along the the sides of these trimmed clumps and draw a few smaller shadows randomly “cutting into” some of them.
As already mentioned for the long hair shading example the large shadow around the neck will be created by that part of the hair being largely closed off from the light.
Place one large highlight going across the forehead area of the hair with two smaller highlights lower down on each of the sides.
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If you are drawing digitally or if you have a white correction pen or white paint you can draw the highlights in over top of the hair color. If not leave the highlights white and color around them.
Draw the shadows running along the sides of the various hair clumps towards the bottom portions of the different section of the hair.
Yet again as mentioned in some other examples this large shadow around the neck is created due to that part of the hair being fairly closed off from the light.
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Draw the highlights as a series of lines and small zigzags. Place the largest highlight running along the forehead area with two smaller highlights lower down along the sides.
To emphasize the messiness of the hair you can also add a few tiny highlights along the clumps sticking out from its outer edges.
If you are coloring digitally or have an option to draw the highlights over top of the hair (white correction pen or white paints) fill it’s entire area with color.
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Alternatively you can leave the highlights white and simply color around them. For this option see step four for their shape and placement.
You can again shade these hair clumps by adding darker areas along their sides and add a few random shadows “cutting into” these clumps to show some hair folds.
You will want to almost fully shade the bottom part of the ponytail as the part where it gets narrower will generally curve away from the light and start casting a shadow on itself.
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Draw the highlights as a series of small curved lines or zigzags. The main highlight will be going across the forehead with the second going across the ponytail though for this example they will look as pretty much one continuous set.
If you have the option to adds the highlights over top (drawing digitally or using white correction pen/paints) than you can color/fill in the entire area of the hair.
If you don’t have those options available then simply leave the highlight area white and color around it. To make this easier you can lightly outline them with a pencil.
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For this hairstyle and the generic shading used in this tutorial most of the shadows will again be running along the sides and bottom ends of the hair clumps.
Add the highlights as a series of small curved lines and zigzags. Place the main highlight going across the forehead area of the head. Afterwards add another one lower down on the left side of the drawing going across the side.
Finally draw a sort of “broken up” looking highlight with fewer lines over the part of the hair that is covering one of the eyes.
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Either fully fill the hair with a solid color or leave the highlight area white depending on what drawing options you have available.
If those options are not available to you then leave the highlights white and color around them (see step four for their
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