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Okay people. You ask me how do I do my hair? It's not magic! It's not real talent! And now you can do it too if you have the patience. I'm writing this assuming you know a little bit about using the pen tool in photoshop.1. Make a line.
2. Put a point in the middle of the line.
3. Hold ctrl (or the mac equivalent of ctrl) and click on the new point, then drag.
4. Close the shape.
5. Make a point on the new line.
6. Ctrl drag to match up with your previous curve.
7. Use the handlebars to manipulate your curve however you'd like.
8. Repeat a thousand fucking times and voi la! Pull the 'magic' out of your ass and impress your friends with a wonderful head of vectored hair
I'm sorry if I've disappointed any of you, I'm not amazing. My method is simple, I just have a lot of patience with what I do and love doing it. Although sometimes works like Angelina drive me slowly insane.
Tip: I start off with the lighter shades of hair, and to minimize your layer count use the 'add to shape area (+)' tool. The thinner the strand, the more detailed your hair will come out. Once I've done a lot of thinner, more detailed hairs, I start layering thicker strands behind them, and finally large shapes to fill in any blank areas that I missed. Adding a few stray hairs here and there help your picture to look more realistic. I use colours for hair directly from the photo but that doesn't stop me from changing them around to fit with everything else better.
Any questions? Feel free to note me. If you have no idea how to use the pen tool, I suggest you take a look at Lemon Tea's Vector Guide 3.0 for the basics.
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Comments: 243
Sciwe In reply to ??? [2009-07-23 17:04:58 +0000 UTC]
Its a totally cool picture. And it doesnt even seem like you used that many colors. :b But why dont you just click 'add pressure' before clicking 'ok' and 'delete path'? With your method it takes almost 1/3 more time... Cause you have to click more strokes. o.O
Thats just weird? xD
Or, is there a good reason you dont do it?
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turp In reply to Sciwe [2009-07-23 17:41:12 +0000 UTC]
I dont use stroke path, those are all shapes.
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kre8tiv [2009-04-09 19:35:59 +0000 UTC]
Ahh the real secret to any true artistic piece. Not special filters. Not quick tricks. Its patience.
Great job bringing that point home.
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turp In reply to kre8tiv [2009-04-09 20:38:09 +0000 UTC]
i'm a traditionalist at heart even if i use the undo button
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JussMe [2008-12-25 06:27:14 +0000 UTC]
wow. Looks simple, sound simple.
But to get THAT level of details with that method...
it's nothing simple at all.
i wonder how long you took to complete that..
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turp In reply to JussMe [2008-12-25 11:47:55 +0000 UTC]
the tutorial? :b about 10 minutes, angies hair took probably a good two days off and on
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Jaala [2008-11-11 17:30:20 +0000 UTC]
XD
i think for me, hair would be alot faster to render realistically by hand.
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Darkmessiah999 In reply to ??? [2008-10-13 00:12:58 +0000 UTC]
Sorry, but the answer must be: no. No fucking way some human has this level of patience!?
Are you friggin' insane?
No way I'm able to pull that out of my ass.
Hahahaha No talent ? BULLSHIT! I count patience at this level a fucking talent! :3
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turp In reply to Darkmessiah999 [2008-10-13 05:06:41 +0000 UTC]
lol well i have absoloutely NO patience with everything else so i think my art sucks it all up haha
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Bogivry In reply to ??? [2008-07-11 15:21:49 +0000 UTC]
Hey there. Lemontea sent me over.
Holy sh** this is a LOT of work to do.
Well, I guess I'll find out if I have the patience for it or not, right?
Hey thanks for making this
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turp In reply to Bogivry [2008-07-11 16:30:59 +0000 UTC]
aw thats sweet of him :b and yeah, im sure there's shortcuts out there somewhere to awesome but honestly i don't think its worth it taking your time and putting all those details in just makes the piece that much more valuable to you. if you ever need any help in the future with it let me know
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Sympli-Me [2008-05-19 04:01:50 +0000 UTC]
I think the stroke path is much easier, should try it
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igisPL In reply to ??? [2008-03-19 23:27:46 +0000 UTC]
awesome tutorial Love
so, time to make hair ^^
thousands lines wait!
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most-wanted In reply to ??? [2008-03-02 17:47:32 +0000 UTC]
it is beautiful.But how do you pick color for them ?
do you use gradients ?
thanks in advance for your reply.
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turp In reply to most-wanted [2008-03-02 21:00:51 +0000 UTC]
i dont typically use gradients with my hair and a lot of it is just pick and choose if they dont look good together then i'll just change it to eye
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SynysterK [2008-01-19 13:26:14 +0000 UTC]
I too have to agree, I can do hair, i find it Very tedious but the results are worth it!
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cednik In reply to ??? [2007-12-15 21:29:16 +0000 UTC]
one hair after hair.. hhe how much hairs are on her head?
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turp In reply to cednik [2007-12-16 01:58:11 +0000 UTC]
way too many i'd be lying if i said i counted
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cheduardo2k In reply to ??? [2007-12-06 19:39:28 +0000 UTC]
wow this is what i was looking for, right now i cant vector hair.. let's see if after i read this i can pull "magic" out of my ass
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turp In reply to cheduardo2k [2007-12-06 23:22:51 +0000 UTC]
lol, well i'm glad to help with the whole magic and the ass pulling out of procedure if you need any like specific help or have questions though i know this was kind of basic haha feel free to note me
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digitalmatt [2007-11-26 14:03:10 +0000 UTC]
Very good technique that requires a lot of patience. However, I would invest in a Wacom tablet. You can achieve the same results in way less time.
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turp In reply to digitalmatt [2007-11-26 20:33:17 +0000 UTC]
yeah, investing is all good when you have the money. i have priorities over a wacom tablet and unfortunately my paycheck never covers for all of them
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sniickerdoodlex In reply to ??? [2007-09-17 22:34:28 +0000 UTC]
you freaking amaze me. just so you know.
i'm working on a lot of stuff right now.
and trying to get into an art school.
and your tutorial is the most amazing tutorial EVER.
only because it's the simplest way.
and you explain so well.
so therefore, you amaze me A TON. (o:
thanks...
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turp In reply to sniickerdoodlex [2007-09-19 00:33:08 +0000 UTC]
lol you don't need to over complicate something that's really easy when you get down to it people just want to act like its SO AMAZINGLY SPECIAL ya know?
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PastScarsFromLove501 [2007-09-02 22:15:51 +0000 UTC]
ah.... a million times.... god. you are good
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lunardreams [2007-08-20 06:36:00 +0000 UTC]
wow! amazing.
i hope i have more patience for this though. >_<
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mikeli7o In reply to ??? [2007-08-15 16:38:10 +0000 UTC]
the detail on the angelina drawing is AWESOME
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inyourveins In reply to ??? [2007-02-19 18:07:53 +0000 UTC]
i've been looking at this tutorial for over a year and its helped me, very well explained
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chellis In reply to ??? [2006-12-22 21:24:32 +0000 UTC]
LOL i could never ever do that!! i have NO PATIENCE xDD
anyway i love your hair!
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SeeminglyDepressed91 In reply to ??? [2006-12-18 00:06:35 +0000 UTC]
ha.
ha.
well at least i basically knew how to do this already.
you've got a lot of patience. i wish i had the time to be as detailed.
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tul In reply to ??? [2006-11-26 15:51:48 +0000 UTC]
You just repeat that 50 billion times then? O_O
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tul In reply to turp [2006-11-26 22:28:22 +0000 UTC]
I thought people who use the internet don't have much patience
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NOMAK119 [2006-09-07 14:22:48 +0000 UTC]
that the most bullshit tutorial in the universe, your full of shit
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turp In reply to NOMAK119 [2006-09-08 04:07:30 +0000 UTC]
Well what would you like me to do, do it for you?
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NOMAK119 In reply to turp [2006-09-12 01:15:37 +0000 UTC]
no thanks i can do it just fine, but that tutorial is crappy, is not even a tutorial. but w/e im not hating on you is a nice picture.
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