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Description 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

turp In reply to ??? [2006-09-12 01:31:57 +0000 UTC]

it was meant as a joke, i'm sorry you couldn't quite seem to understand that

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NOMAK119 In reply to turp [2006-09-12 02:20:58 +0000 UTC]

oh watch out, got jokes haha

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ID-entity [2006-08-14 19:28:59 +0000 UTC]

hilarious lol, great explanation, and awesome results indeed! you're really patient *envies you!*

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turp In reply to ID-entity [2006-08-15 16:31:09 +0000 UTC]

lol why thank you i'm usually impatient with everything >< so it amazes me sometimes that I can actually sit down and pull that stuff out haha, i guess with art i'm just lucky (maybe you're the same? )

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ID-entity In reply to turp [2006-08-15 19:06:56 +0000 UTC]

ahm...this patient? no way but then again, maybe I could give it a try... I mean, who knows! lol. I just started with vecotors anyway

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evo3 In reply to ??? [2006-08-12 17:09:31 +0000 UTC]

Very very nice I can feel the magic coming out of my ass already

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turp In reply to evo3 [2006-08-13 15:47:31 +0000 UTC]

lol, it's so sparkly

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evo3 In reply to turp [2006-08-15 10:37:14 +0000 UTC]

Fantasia all over again

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NickyLicious [2006-08-12 01:08:02 +0000 UTC]

Illustrator pliz

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AllGeekComics In reply to ??? [2006-07-18 15:38:32 +0000 UTC]

Easy, don't???

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pierrebernut In reply to ??? [2006-03-09 09:03:09 +0000 UTC]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I can't believe you fucking did this a bazillion time to get this head done LMAO

Ok man, you're my new god !!!!! <3

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turp In reply to pierrebernut [2006-03-09 16:26:57 +0000 UTC]

Seems almost ridiculous I'm know :b and prolly closer to a couple thousand haha.

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pierrebernut In reply to turp [2006-03-10 01:33:35 +0000 UTC]

haha you're a GENIUS I luv you !!!!
I will never ever use your Tut but it's sure the best, at least most fucking cool and hilarous thing I've seen on DA XD

Keep up the funny stuff !!!!

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turp In reply to pierrebernut [2006-03-10 02:37:58 +0000 UTC]

Lol why thank you

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ferdians [2006-02-07 13:47:00 +0000 UTC]

waaaaaaaaaa....omg thanks for tutor at last i have it

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silentruth In reply to ??? [2006-02-06 00:48:46 +0000 UTC]

lmao. this made my day

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MoonPrincessSerenity In reply to ??? [2006-02-03 14:46:54 +0000 UTC]

Ha... too much work for me...

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sandyclaws In reply to ??? [2006-02-02 01:41:33 +0000 UTC]

I <3 you for this. Thank you.

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marilysoucy In reply to ??? [2006-02-01 21:05:48 +0000 UTC]

lol ehehe ahaha funny comment

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darknesswthn [2006-01-31 13:31:33 +0000 UTC]

WOW! I knew that it had to take you along time to do all the hair, but I never thought you had to do THAT much. Whew. Just looking at it makes me impressed with all the time you put into your pieces. That is so cool! And now I can try and do it, if I can ever figure it out.

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turp In reply to darknesswthn [2006-01-31 15:41:43 +0000 UTC]

It's really not hard. For people with less patience (including myself) just take a break from it whenever it seems like it's taking too fucking long lol.

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chicho21net In reply to ??? [2006-01-31 01:29:19 +0000 UTC]

wow just wow

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turp In reply to chicho21net [2006-01-31 01:41:22 +0000 UTC]

Yup. Strands have that effect on me too.

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unbadger In reply to ??? [2006-01-30 23:55:56 +0000 UTC]

Hokay. Step one...

... WHAT THE HELL IS THIS "LINE" YOU SPEAK OF?!?!? DDDD:

[No talent my ass; patience itself is a talet. Or a magic trick. I have yet to decide. :\ Also, I'm pretty sure my brain would explode or something after the first hundred strands. Which probably why I don't do vectors. :D]

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Sewwy [2006-01-30 22:41:55 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou.

Honestly, im so sick of people being all "ZOMG HOW DO YOU DO YOUR HAIR!?"

Its not fucking rocket science.

I loved the ass-magic line, by the way. I love you.

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turp In reply to Sewwy [2006-01-30 23:27:24 +0000 UTC]

I love you too lol. I'm sick of it too, and I've done more than I can count of these lil mini tutorial things for people personally. So now it's a simple copy paste of a link instead of taking a bunch of screen caps etc etc.

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korsokov In reply to ??? [2006-01-30 21:37:38 +0000 UTC]

0_0 u know how long that would take to make a full set of hair lol
i guess u do, after all u did made that picture XD
it still awesome though

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turp In reply to korsokov [2006-01-30 23:28:47 +0000 UTC]

Lol and that's why you 'magically' pull it out of your ass I in no way condone spending countless hours on hair hun haha, that will push too many people over the edge. You don't know what staring at the same person's face for hours on end can do to you

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korsokov In reply to turp [2006-01-31 03:04:45 +0000 UTC]

lmao XD
yeah, i guess i dont lol

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lilioum In reply to ??? [2006-01-30 19:08:44 +0000 UTC]

hey thnx so much for the tutorial... finaly i managed to do hair lalalalala lilioum------> failed vector designer LOL

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Felixsihombing In reply to ??? [2006-01-30 13:50:09 +0000 UTC]

at last you've opened the secret!
or just the way you do the hair
but who cares if you say you aren't amazing
your vector will always amazing

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StigmataPhotos [2006-01-30 09:26:12 +0000 UTC]

Fucking hell Kat! I don't know how you haven't gotten repetative stress syndrome yet...

You got wrists of steel there, buddy.

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turp In reply to StigmataPhotos [2006-01-30 16:13:19 +0000 UTC]

-rubs my wrists, flexes- oh yeah baby.

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hologlyphic In reply to ??? [2006-01-30 08:29:23 +0000 UTC]

lol you know what? it's so not simple!! it's hard.. i didn't know how much serious hard work you put into it.. i mean, i know it takes time & talent to do what you do, but yikes!! that's TIME consuming and VERY VERY HARD!! *throws roses at your feet* you deserve it!

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X-zer0 [2006-01-30 07:37:27 +0000 UTC]

bless your soul lol

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naiomi-chan In reply to ??? [2006-01-30 07:00:07 +0000 UTC]

thats amazing! i think i shall try my hand at this, but you give yourself too little credit, this is so great!!

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itsajamesfest [2006-01-30 06:48:18 +0000 UTC]

People have left you a thousand comments on this one and I couldn't take the time to read them all so if I'm being repetitive, ignore me. Can I just say that that was probably the best tutorial I've ever read. It made the most sense and made me laugh all at once. Great job.

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turp In reply to itsajamesfest [2006-01-30 16:15:59 +0000 UTC]

Simple is best? :b

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KamikazeMizZ In reply to ??? [2006-01-30 06:42:13 +0000 UTC]

-__-" XO ... fucken a ... i love what you do ... but it's crazy how you do it ... i'd blast myself in the head from frustration of doin that more than just a few times ... gorrssshhhhhh *GLOMP* ...

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chikinnugets In reply to ??? [2006-01-30 06:24:45 +0000 UTC]

I have neither the time or the patience to do that a couple thousand times. You're crazy Kat, crazy crazy.

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turp In reply to chikinnugets [2006-01-30 16:17:00 +0000 UTC]

I'll make a reputation on that one day lol.

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chikinnugets In reply to turp [2006-02-02 06:55:51 +0000 UTC]

I think you already have. P: <3

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turp In reply to chikinnugets [2019-01-09 09:55:27 +0000 UTC]

reading this years later made me smile, hope you're doing well dudeΒ 

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turp In reply to chikinnugets [2006-02-02 19:11:49 +0000 UTC]

..BAH! STOP RUINING MY FUN! :E

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crash-complex In reply to ??? [2006-01-30 06:21:43 +0000 UTC]

Favorited for the next time I have an overabundance of patience and creativity. You, my friend, are beyond talented for I would NEVER have that amount of patience. lol Hats off to you, milady.

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plugz In reply to ??? [2006-01-30 06:13:22 +0000 UTC]

LOL its like those tutorials...
draw a line, draw a circle, then draw the mona lisa.

just kiddin dork :]

Its that simple and that hard

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SnowAnjel In reply to ??? [2006-01-30 05:53:23 +0000 UTC]

Holy crap.
You're amazing. XD

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ligerzero97 [2006-01-30 05:34:22 +0000 UTC]

OH MAI GAWD!!! you amaze me with ur greatness in patience!!

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turp In reply to ligerzero97 [2006-01-30 05:36:08 +0000 UTC]

It's easy if it's something you love lol.

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ligerzero97 In reply to turp [2006-01-30 05:45:49 +0000 UTC]

good point! xDDD

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