Short Hair Styles Tutorial Part 1

[@vaalentinanoelart]

I love how you draw faces a*sigh*med

[@AhmedAldoori]

+Valentina Noel I see what you did there.

[@mookthemerc]

+Ahmed Aldoori please do long hair. and a female with half of her hair cornrolled haha

[@francomasip]

Me too

[@Me-ue9dy]

can you please do a toturial on really, really, curly hair types? no one ever does tutorials on that hair type

[@PrettyCvnt_69]

Look up: how to draw kinky/curly hair textures 4a,4b,4c Idk if u found it yet bc u postet this 2 years ago but i hope it helps Lol

[@seancope6673]

Brushes are in the description :D

[@yunnazee]

Hi, I just wanted to thank you for posting your tutorials, I love watching them. Not only the humor but the way you approach color and design. Especially the way you break everything down into shapes has helped my own work improve so much. ^-^

[@martinitland]

Another helpful tutorial. I think I am going to pay closer attention to your channel from now on =) Also, I want to say that for a while after I started to practice drawing more seriously (8 years ago), I thought of the hair as more or less random lines starting from the scalp, and I struggled badly. Understanding that hair can be perceived as something simple like a flowing form with volume made things a lot easier. Tutorials like this one also helps to demystify the challenge that is drawing/painting the illusion of hair. Thank you for posting this!

[@MJPDesigns]

will be picking up part 2. I already learned a few good things from this video. going to be applying it. The little tid bits on subtle designs was interesting. Time to start sketching

[@shelbyb1413]

I think this was pretty fantastic. Your tutorials are definitely easy to understand with the way you explain things. Also, i personally think the only thing that would make them better is more rambling per say and random fact tidbits. Those are just some of my favorite qualities from your tutorials though. I'm totally on board for a how to draw hair kind of series like you mentioned

[@mistresshattrix1385]

Totally enjoyed this video, and the Part 2(which I bought, you were my first Gum Road purchase

[@MrTestamento]

Great!!! I love short hair

[@kylebennett6135]

Your stuff inspires me to draw every time I see it, dude. Keep being awesome!

[@celestielsigh]

Oh man, can't wait to sit down and watch this one, love your work and tutorials!

[@niema]

Again, superb video! You make it so easy to understand the concept.

[@bohomouse8890]

I look forward to part 2!

[@TheTyBear]

Thanks for these tutorials! You are awesome.

[@shaneth3178]

This is one of my favorites! I love your style

[@eirenii]

Your tutorials are very helpful for me!

[@inkbun]

I watched your second video, and I loved it! I'd love to see like... Curly hair, long hair, different styles of bangs, wavy hair, and braids. c: Could you also do a tutorial on how you draw different skin pigments, please? I love your videos!

[@eddiewinchester3272]

Hey Ahmed! A big big fan of yours! love your stuff(Literally took myself hours setting up bank acc and sht to buy part 2 lol), a teeny little feedback on the tutorial tho! it would be Awesome, if you can keep the videos raw, we want to see all the transitions, its hard to explain but, even if you dont talk when you are in da zone, we (or at least i) would love to see all the process raw. with or without commentary i think would be very very benefitial.

[@nicolasgabrieldelamerced1038]

2:22 "aww it's all in one layer" THE STRUGGLE😭

[@sebsbradley3176]

who else thinks med should be paid for these kinds of tutorials , i mean mAHHHN! u really are good

[@stanfordstryker4908]

please do one regarding long hair, I'm struggling as fuck with that

[@woodeniron9999]

The kinda Mowgli like black haired girl is awesome. I see potential in her. No doubt she's a good person.

[@CrystalTT]

Awesome tutorial! You're one of the few youtubers that I watch on regular speed because I love your videos so much! :P

[@inkbun]

I watched your second video, and I loved it! I'd love to see like... Curly hair, long hair, different styles of bangs, wavy hair, and braids. c: Could you also do a tutorial on how you draw different skin pigments, please?

[@emmanuelsylvester5703]

Cool. I'll be taking a look at that gumroad tut later this week mostly to watch you paint. Hoping to pick up a few techniques. :) Great editing on this vid by the way.

[@poy360]

I have been struggling with hair for a long time, i just never felt happy with it, but your process seems fun it helped me alot. Anyway, now Im struggling with designing clothes. Can you make a video showing your process with fashion design with characters? Thanks

[@MetalMaroCortez]

Love your vids and style man. keep them coming :)

[@faithsasser5679]

One thing I struggle most with, is folds in clothing. I learn more in video of yours than I do an entire quarter in art class. Can you do a tutorial in clothing folds please?

[@plakruslar]

Just finished part two and it was great! I liked how you mentioned things about skin/proportion/color choices/etc throughout the video on top of the hairstyles. As far as music, there was one bit where I felt like it was too short to need to be there... if that makes sense. :p But yeah, the repeating part that lalalelon mentioned is around 18:35. Great job, and happy to support!

[@Kaztx]

Great video man, the hair struggle have been a hard thing to grasp for me.

[@lalalelon]

Got part two and I love it! I have been struggling with coloring hair for so long and this showed up at the right time! Just gonna mention that you repeated a small section in the part 2 video (the one you said you want more realistic rendering, the sketching process was repeated lol). Also, I kinda hope that the last part was slowed down a bit so I can see more clearly what you did (that sped up was super fast!). Anyways, I love the videos and the devArt pic!

[@AhmedAldoori]

+lalalelon Omg I had no idea. I didn't even realize it! I will try to fix it soon! Thank you for letting me know

[@Shlock7]

I'm a lazy bugger. I don't really make an effort to do stuff unless it involves vidya games or being creative. Mostly the latter, since I mostly enjoy drawing and writing. I've invented my own fictional fantasy universe, so they kind of go hand in hand when I'm designing characters and creatures. Though I'd given up hope of ever making decent looking art when I saw all of the epic drawings other people can do. Seeing this channel, however, has inspired me to improve my art. And in turn, prompted me to improve as a person. So uh... Cheers.

[@shaarvanikore3553]

loovee your videoss!! 💘

[@CaCriGuz]

Such a great video !! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge :D

[@TheQueen-ro1co]

Thank you!!!

[@wsbolivar6644]

It would be really awesome to have your lesson about that stuff that you did at 2:28. Sketch almost instantly transformed into a little picture with a volume and shades. Somehow. Gj, bro!

[@limerous8053]

Hey! Ahmed could you please make a hands tutorial?

[@dechowdev]

Having bought the extra content on Gumroad I would love to leave some feedback :) The content is worth every penny - the way that you tell how you structure your hair styles and pick the colors really inspires and describes the ideas and thoughts you have whilst creating characters. I would love to see more character design tutorials from you and it really helps inspire my own little ideas that I tinker with in my spare time. I have also the pleasure of being a Pencil Kings member - where some tutorials of yours are as well (namely some about Character Design) - I would love to see content like that be made all within your own video style Because this feels really natural and your personality really pays off dividends when you are creating videos like this. Hope you will get around to see this message - and hopefully - make some character design tutorials sometime :P Best Lucas

[@Positive_Pepper]

how are you rotating your brush like that? Are you continually going into the brush dynamics or do you have a hotkey that works the same way?

[@AhmedAldoori]

+Commander S. Marvin Helloo - I am simply rotating/angling my actual Wacom pen. I have "pen tilt" enabled in the brush settings. This is a feature included with the Wacom Intuos Pro (Medium), I'm not sure if other models have it

[@16joeljd]

tus vídeos son de muchísima ayuda, gracias por los pinceles, eres de los mejores, saludos desde Colombia. 🎨

[@sophiacatarina2109]

so goooooood

[@narutomoonkun]

Hey Ahmed, I have watched the second video, it is really cool and gives a lot of insight. As for what could be improved, you could make them a bit longer with more commentary. And I don´t now about other people, but I don´t really love time lapse on a tutorial. But cool video! It was the first gumroad video I ever bought and it was worth it!

[@zhenelp3398]

Maaan I am having a hard time learning .... You are amazing and I bet you worked hard on getting this far in your drawing skills... I am currenty "self learning" / "Self studying" ny trying to follow your tutorials. I got the drawing pad with pen and photoshop CS6... yet i stink in drawing simple faces and hair etc etc. So dear Ahmed, what would give out of tips to a simple beginner such as my self..?

[@blahblah3726]

awesome series, do you plan to cover all the features of the head?

[@wendyhere7204]

Thank you so much for all your tutorials and other videos! I've just recently started getting into digital drawing (hours a day) and I learn so much from them. I also wondered how you sleep! Every time I try my mind just comes up with a million ideas and I've been exhausted. Do you have that? How do you deal with it?

[@EnzoDraws]

Are you me? I'm also very new to digital and I think of a lot of cool things I could do when I fail at sleeping, it's frustrating because I can't when I'm actually trying to draw something.Like I said I recently got into digital drawing, my tablet is just a couple weeks old. A long journey lays ahead for us...

[@ALNUHA]

thanQ so much for sharing ur experience by making those helpful tutorials! since the date that one my friend told me about ur channel i start to watch and practice then i feel like im leveling up because of that so please keep sharing them! ... BTW i have 2 question first 1 is there anyway for Photoshop to give a clean inking line like mangastudio or painttool sai.. etc? 2 do u recommend 2D artist to learn 3D program to analyze how to render and shaping their 2D lines in better way? or lifedrawing can be enough to teach us how to paint and shade in 3D way? one last thing don't know if u done it before but if u don't mind i want recommend u to make a #Hashtag for u that we can use it on IG or twitter when we share what we learn from ur tutorials instead of mention or tagging u to not bothering u so u can check them whenever u have a free time and thanX again

[@SvensPron]

Wanted to buy part two, but no PayPal option, blergh...

[@natiim2813]

yo Ahmed, big fan, im drawing a ton because of you now. i got one problem i would love you to help me with and other people. Knowing how limbs and the folds on clothes work. Like, if legs were crossing, how do you draw that? Arms over the shirt or over the pants, or maybe both are crosses with eachother? How do you do that? and some clothing ideas on characters thanks alot love you

[@gownouhang1224]

Did you do a video of facial hair? For men?

[@MrMonkeyindrag]

I'd love to see a Gumroad on a start to finish character design with your thoughts on the subject, that'd be amazing.

[@defiantfox4336]

thank you so much for this, your videos helps so much. i really look up to ya :D

[@durtyDraws]

love your stuff man, big motivation... Just finished part two on Gumroad for the third time and it's exactly what I'd want, just more of it. You free videos are so good I was honestly just expecting more. Plus the other tutorials I've gotten on there are usually a few hours or more. Maybe if you included the longer hair etc? Not complaining! Just giving feedback as requested. ;) Loved watching you render the faces so that was a nice bonus. Oh, and a high res image I could zoom in on and study would be nice. Anyway, I'll keep buying your shit regardless... just trying to help. Keep up the great work. ☝

[@michaelaclark2147]

I have buzzed hair but struggle to draw it, haha!

[@ethanwalker3392]

Yaaaaaaaaas!!!!!!!!! finally. also what's your opinion on iterative drawing practice(scyra)?

[@AhmedAldoori]

+Ethan Walker I'm on board with it - it's like learning to write your name, by the time you've iterated it a thousand times, it's obviously going to be better. Especially if you add in a little bit of analytical focus to it.

[@lilwookiee7341]

About part2 from gumroad: you don't have to speed up videos that much or even at all - it doesn't matter if it's a hairstyle tutorial and you're speeding up the skin colouring - seeing that process is valuable too and you know, if someone is impatient he can just skip a moment manually :) (also I don't think 7$ is too expensive - IMO it's ok)

[@MJPDesigns]

Ok i want to do another review ish of part 2 of short hair styles. Anyone reading this, read part one if you want to.Talking about part 2 here. The more I watch it, the more I get out of it. I originally went in it for one thing not realizing what else i could get out of it. I got a lot more than what I anticipated. Not going to spoil really anything but I recommend picking this up. Theres more value to it than just designing hair. Theres more to learn from it and I highly recommend pick it up.

[@AhmedAldoori]

+Malcom “MPDesigns” Ponder ⌒(＾▽＾)ノ thank you!

[@greenazure4367]

Just wondering but what songs did you use in part 2 of hair styles? They sound pretty cool :D

[@sketchysally]

It would be so awesome if you did a tutorial on drawing elf girls

[@harty5485]

oohhh... i need to call my hairdresser

[@tiktokloe]

Akhemd is back

[@chelsiaelsi]

thanks for another great tutorial there, sir! :D and.. when I see you rotate your brush, I realise that there are still many mysteries in photoshop that I need to search for.. 😵

[@SceneDollx3]

awesome! from others vids I know you are working as concept artist and you work with 3d animators right? ^^ can you talk about working in 3d animation game industy? (sorry for eng)

[@EnzoDraws]

Many of us owe you the honor of naming our future children. You're so helpful man, seriously. Right now I have an amount of 0 kids, so sadly I can only offer you the honor of giving me a new username at the moment.

[@KukuruzZza21]

EnzoFanOfTheYear giggity

[@AhmedAldoori]

+Enzo I forgot to respond to this, I read it on my phone earlier. I laughed, this was funny. Still laughing. Thank you

[@EnzoDraws]

Ahmed Aldoori oh no man, thank you! I still need that new username though, my name isn't cool enough for branding.

[@PiNPOiNT2K]

How long is the part 2 video?

[@BenkArtist]

You mentioned in one of your videos (it may have been this one) that you wanted a new way of saying 'Drawing from imagination'. I suggest 'Drawing from intuition'.

[@riccardomoscatello2030]

cool video man!

[@MegaDerpification]

"Not a hair utter person" a+ terminology xD

[@TheOneAndOnlyLewis]

Great video! will there be a male hair tutorial in the future?

[@hiiiiiiiiiiiiiii1713]

you should do more photo studies!! plz!!

[@Azlanshahahazamy]

Hey Ahmed. Thanks for your tutorials. Great stuff. You probably wont read this but hey no harm trying. Can you do a tutorial on drawing figure/anatomy from different perspective? maybe like upshot or downshot? Thanks again !

[@AhmedAldoori]

+azlan shah Hello, thanks! I have a "drawing poses" video that teaches how to do that in a simplified way.

[@Azlanshahahazamy]

oh i must have missed it. thank you ! you sir are awesome ! have a good day. Keep on drawing !

[@butterylabs]

A(hhhhh)med (seriously, someone calls you Ed? - but I digress) .. Ok they real win with your videos for me is the level of humour injected (mentioned below - you're at times the Rifftrax version of your own video - it's awersome). I, like most folks trawling KZbin for seriously talented people to follow I guess, kinda watch the same content a few times form a few different angles (for example, in my follow list Sycra, Todd Nauck, Cubebrush, Alphonso Dunn .. etc etc) But generally the Ahmed Aldoori ones are my favourite because they are plain fun to watch. If I had one small thought about a pain point (again for me, other's mileage may vary) it's that even with simple stuff like faces you make it look almost too easy - like "how the f' did that face become so good looking in so few strokes" - the drawing, not your face but hey .. run with it right? I recon the content is good - hair, hands, anatomy, colour therory, layout all of it does with with the Aldoori method =) Also if all your video's are $7 it might get expensive for me soon - my nonexistent children need to eat damnit (consider some sort of patreon subscription thingie perhaps). I guess we don't pay 1 liver and 2 kidneys for Art school in Australia so .. heck whatever floats your boat. TLDR: It's a humour!.

[@jaejoongiex]

Nearly cried when I saw the notification. Okay gonna watch it now ;___;

[@MJPDesigns]

So like you asked at the end of part 2, heres my feebback/review. I liked the tutorial. Just started practicing some more of what I just saw and I'm exploring more shapes an stuff. Watching part 1 and 2 together really does help you understand how hair works a bit more. The music was not annoying nor to loud just in case you needed to know that as well. These are the positives now for negatives. Now I don't want to sound cheap or anything like that but I don't believe the $7 price tag is justified. I have your concept art tutorial video as well an I personally felt I got more out that video than the hair tutorial. In that tutorial(wont spoil contents) you explained more techniques as well as why you were making certain decisions in the design and so forth. I don't know if "cheated" is the right words but part one is on youtube for free so what you end up paying for is just part 2. So I feel like it could have been a bit cheaper. But hey you gotta live right and I'm happy to be a supporter This of course is just my opinion. Others may differ. I'm not sad face for buying this at all either. I still learned a good bit about hair and buzz cuts.(never do this hair style) Also learned some cool brush things. Anyway keep up the awesome work. I look forward to future work of yours in the future. :)

[@valentinarivera4511]

heyyy do you know any art app in play Store or if the one you use is in app Store

[@felicia.anabella]

Hello c: He's using Photoshop on the pc. You can download the mobile version even though it's more focused on editing. I recommend Procreate if you're planning to draw on ios ^^

[@cadenza8909]

Not even gonna fully watch, just gonna buy it, cause I know you'll give a quality product and I've been asking for this :P Thanks A-Ha(Taaaaake Onnnnn Meeeee)med

[@snikkt]

what do you usually say to people who say that "illustration isn't Art"?

[@AhmedAldoori]

+pan I haven't really come across someone saying this - but the proper and ONLY answer is - there is no such thing as art, there are only artists.

[@snikkt]

Good answer c:

[@kiramoth2766]

+pan If someone ennoys you with that, you can remind them that "art" comes from the french word "artisanat" which means "craftmanship". By definition, art is at first a craft, and that includes illustration :) TO make it easier I make a distinction "art" and "creations", all art being creation but not all creation being art, because art is a craft before all, and not all creations are.

[@luvcoreangel2867]

+pan you're my favourite artist !

[@RanOutOfSpac]

pan Frankly, I'd pay no mind to these people. History says otherwise about illustrations. I respect illustrators more than most modern artists.

[@donatoseyelash]

Inspired here :>

[@Yrenne]

The last face reminds me a bit of Max Caulfield from Life is Strange.

[@The_Twilight_Cuts]

I honestly didn't even care for the hair tutorial. The head structures and faces, especially the second one was amazing!

[@bullduff]

13:40 woow, you made a Kristin Kreuk face

[@drawingstuff6660]

You have q elf addiction and I can t blame you

[@Taofizzle]

I enjoyed it as a casual video, but it leave a bit more to be desired as a paid educational video. I would like to see a bit more structure , for example talk about each topic seperately and more extensively before bring everything together in a demo i.e the highlights, reason for choosing colors and etc. ps love the rant but maybe that could be more suited for the demos and not really during the actual tutorial. just my 2cents or should I say 7dollars :)

[@thejuanandonly8557]

Song at 13:37 ?

[@seismicdna]

+TheJuanAndOnly sarude - dandstorm

[@Salamanders4life]

I can't see any guitar here xD Nice tutorial btw

[@SerratedWings]

What is the instrumental playing in the background? alot of your videos have nice music playing in the back

[@danabolic4579]

I'll pick up the gumroad tut 25% b/c I've always been terrible at designing hair and 75% for the nonsensical commentary

[@AhmedAldoori]

+Dan abolic haha aw wow thanks!

[@138_art]

Nice work, I'm big supporter of ur work, keep up with a good work. Have a nice day! Antonio Bakarec, 139ART

[@celestielsigh]

Can someone buy part 2 for me? Lol

[@ezenart]

Has anyone told you that your voice is very similar to Barry's voice from Steam Train (Game Grumps)?

[@kiakamill1589]

I was thinking gassymexican o.o

[@Zacarovs]

gumroad =/ even you man... unfortunately dolar price is insane over here(Brasil here) and my wallet is not in its best conditions. maybe a few months from now I'll have this

[@Шизлманизл]

ikr, here in Kazakhstan one dollar is like 400 in local currency. I thought Ahmed wouldn't block his content behind the paywall. he can do whatever he wants but that was a little unexpected.

[@AhmedAldoori]

+Шизл манизл +Zacarovs There's still a bunch of free stuff, dear friends. It takes a lot of time (most of my weekends) and effort to make these videos, and the content I share with all of you is a culmination of a lot of investment from my behalf, both financially (art schools, workshops, etc) as well as the years I've put into my craft. So right now, that video is extremely ridiculously affordable compared to the many many thousands I've put in to learn what I know. $7...That's generously cheap compared to what you'd pay at a workshop or art school. I feel that some people aren't realizing how valuable this is, especially since most of it is free. It's not that I don't think my efforts are appreciated, I find it insulting that one would label it as "blocking content behind a paywall". That's like walking into a restaurant, they give you a free sample of something valuable (let's say, 6 months worth of free samples, and continued free samples anyway), and when they say they have other food that you can buy - you belittle their efforts by saying they're blocking you from accessing it. I was very serious about pursuing art as a career, so much so that a tuition of $17,000 per semester (which I could not afford) didn't stop me from applying and finding ways to make it happen - because I was determined. So it's quite baffling that something the price of a meal would raise disdainful sentiment (I don't know how much food costs where you live but...). *edit* I did some research and math for both Brazil/Brasil as well as Khazakhstan based on the cost of living/food prices. Yes, so the video is still the price of a decent meal. Drew Struzan, who went to Art Center and is one of the most prolific artists today - was extremely poor when I went to school. He didn’t have any money, he even starved a bit just so he could go to drawing class. Look at the Star Wars movie posters, that’s his job now. I’m not saying you should starve, I’m only highlighting some facts here. Offering extra content for money is part of an effort to establish a revenue stream so I can actually make more content for you guys, I have no desire to create a malevolent blockade against those who follow this channel.

[@Zacarovs]

+Ahmed Aldoori In my behalf I didn't mean to acuse you of anything and of course I understand you have to make something in return for the effort you put up to make this channel(which is awesome by the way). The thing is that I also spend my money in my art education, and since I don't even have "art center" or nothing even close to that around me, I pay for courses/workshops/schools online. The economy over here is at it's worst and even with this price tag of a "decent meal"(prettey decent I would say), it's pretty expensive to my financial situation right now. Just making clear that I wasn't disdainful in any way, I was just putting out my sadness for not being able to acquire this material of yours, which is one I was reeeealy insterested in. Keep up the good stuff.

[@ArielMariceli]

I draw & i do hair. . . Still need HELP lol

[@augustocultochico177]

muy bueno, adios!

[@marinareinheimer2639]

adoro tu apellido XD

[@augustocultochico177]

gracias, por eso fui una estrella durante la secundaria

[@kj5246]

I wanted to watch the short short hair stuff bc I'm a short haired girl but guess not

[@ilovemikkymikyy5311]

how to draw a female face in front view

[@rebelmvnchkin]

Click.

[@monobloc]

wanna head

[@thomaseulogy7206]

1:51 Thank you! So easy and so logical. Shapes and framing ✔ checked.

[@inkbun]

I watched your second video, and I loved it! I'd love to see like... Curly hair, long hair, different styles of bangs, wavy hair, and braids. c: Could you also do a tutorial on how you draw different skin pigments, please? I love your videos!

[@SceneDollx3]

awesome! from others vids I know you are working as concept artist and you work with 3d animators right? ^^ can you talk about working in 3d animation game industy? (sorry for eng)