If you muck up the silhouette of the head, it probably won't get better with details FYI
just kinda guess where the shadows are. Also you can begin to define the texture of the hair here
make it shiny+ add curls
shrink the size of the highlights+shift them a tad. Flyaway are for realism or something
tricky part. define the actual curls and loops of the hair
At this point, I generally blend the hair with the background color a bit to soften those edges (remember that if you soften certain edges, you draw attention to sharp edges elsewhere)
So Tumblr doesn’t allow picture formatting to ask answers, whoops.
An anon asked me how2draw hair (’specifically wavy or curly’), and here’s my process. You really have to draw/paint hair a lot to get an idea of how it should look in my opinion, but hopefully you can glean something from this^ Check the captions for extra tips :)
vulpixenthusiast
Dude srsl how did u get soo goooddd? Like, how long did it take until u finally reached a point where you could clearly see the progress in your work? Did you have a routine like, 1 drawing per day or..? I could rlly use some insight and inspiration tbh you have amazing skills
Shoot, that’s a tricky question. Nowadays, I can only notice improvement between pieces six months or so apart, but when I started I think I noticed skills developing after just 2-3 months. To be entirely fair I was doing 1-3 pages of studies/imagination pieces in a sketchbook every day–fyi, I had no other extracurriculars throughout high school which meant lots of free time.
I started studying near the beginning of sophomore year (September or October), so this would have been around January or February. Of course, the progress was pretty minor, but I was honestly just so relieved that I wasn’t stagnating anymore that it gave me a burst of motivation to keep drawing.
One note I need to make, for anyone else reading this–if you’re beginning to study right now or if you’ve recently begun to study, try your very best to draw every single day for these first 6 months or so. If you make drawing a habit (that is, a part of your lifestyle), it is extremely difficult to stop permanently. During multiple parts of my senior year, I would be unable to draw more than once every week or two because of college apps and studying for tests/APs/finals, but I still had zero trouble getting back into drawing once I had the time (mainly because I craved the hell out of it on the days I couldn’t draw).
During my sophomore year, however, if I didn’t draw for more than two or three days, I would encounter two serious problems: 1, my skills would seem to atrophy (it would be difficult to control my lines, and I couldn’t visualize things in 3D space unless I took hours to warm up– this in itself was pretty discouraging); and 2, I wouldn’t have the motivation to draw anything. Not drawing for even a short period of time would give my mind other things to focus on, and it took a fair amount of discipline to push myself back into my routine.
She has voiced Bulma for over 31 years, as well as: Ukyo Kuonji (Ranma ½) Madoka Ayukawa (Kimagure Orange Road), Miyuki Kashima (Miyuki), Mery Strife (Trigun), Naomi Hunter (Metar Gear Solid), Dokin-chan (Anpanman), Asuna Kujou (Maison Ikkoku) Chameleon Jun, Mermaid Thetis (Saint Seiya), Natsuko Shouno (Kinnikuman), Kim Kabirov (Super Dimension Fortress Macross), Cat’s Eye (Cathy Akiko) and so many more…
Drawing by SUHIO in her memory.
Your character gave me so many memories in my childhood. Rest In Peace, Hiromi-chan.
T_T We better start searching for Dragon Balls… Yo, brother, remember wakin at 6am to watch this series :’(
vulpixenthusiast
Dude srsl how did u get soo goooddd? Like, how long did it take until u finally reached a point where you could clearly see the progress in your work? Did you have a routine like, 1 drawing per day or..? I could rlly use some insight and inspiration tbh you have amazing skills
