How To Draw Anime Hair, From Construction to Styles!!!

[@shinobigamer3589]

Must be THE best hair tutorial. The hardest part about drawing manga for me is the hair, this video definitely helped more than any other.

[@thuaners]

ShinobiGamer i agree, such a good video!

[@JeromeProductions]

right!?

[@gxldexen6514]

For sure

[@boogerwall4264]

same here

[@jojokim5617]

hardest part for me is 3D bodies 😿

[@ThePlaceWhereWeGo]

amazing how u can watch a video, and then find it again several months later after practise and realise you've still essentially learnt something new again from the video for further improvement. It's why i wish more professional artists did videos like this. It really helps.

[@boogerwall4264]

Bro the exact same thing happened to me.

[@tankboi_]

2024 and still the most insightful tutorial i've ever watched. no clickbaits, no unnecessary stuff, just straight to the point. thank you ♥

[@KryatLore]

I have seen a LOT of hair tutorials and instructions all over the web. This is hands down the best hair tutorial EVER. Thank you for putting this out there!

[@lynnwest4674]

I couldn't figure out why every time I drew hair there was something off, and this completely fixed it! I'm still a beginning artist and honestly your videos are so helpful. Thank you so much!

[@Somedudeonline2023]

the FACT that youtube search bar doesn't show this is a crime literally, this si the best and i mean the best hair tutorial ever thank you for explaining all the little details about hair and also the common mistakes

[@RayanMADAO]

I think the biggest think I've learned about hair since Ive started trying to learn how to draw is drawing randomness, but of course still keeping the main shape. I remember drawing just very even triangles for the hair. I feel like it's because nothing really that straight and even exists especially for something that's supposed to have thousands of strands, and it just looks more appealing. Ive found this applies to pretty much everything, like not drawing a bunch of mountains the same exact shape and size, randomness=more appealing

[@javierlog08]

I really appreciate this, even in the books we don't get such detailed information, thank you so much man.

[@IggyTthunders]

Wow! This was incredibly helpful, thank you! I'll definitely raise the hair on my characters. I never realized how much it makes a difference, till just now!

[@dna8062]

Hey it has been several years but your hair tutorial is still the best I can find on the internet. Thank you so much man!

[@danyo8512]

I know this is so old now, but man. Thanks for all of your help, honestly with this and your head/ neck videos i have a better understanding of pretty much everything i look at now. has changed my drawing so much - take care

[@BROTERS707]

Ho hoh ho!! You just burned Sakimichan!!!

[@justincase309]

+BROTERS707 o snap

[@BROTERS707]

+Devilish Chap lol still for a pro like sakimi that kind of things shouldnt happen

[@vicio_shortshub]

I really don't think Sakimichan doesn't know what she is doing... What she did is all about her style,she stylized that fairy by making a different and weird skull shape,but i doubt it was a mistake...Remember that it is not always good to follow the rules,it might be boring sometimes,and it's nice to give a different touch,even tho is not based on reality. But IN CASE that was a mistake,i'd just say that even the bestes makes mistakes,nobody is perfect :P

[@trublgrl]

I just found Sakimichan's full version of this image, and I have to jump in. If you saw the whole picture, you'd see this is a stylized version of Dee-Dee, the sister character from "Dexter's Laboratory". The characters have completely unrealistic anatomy, and Sakimichan's version tries to mimic the weird head shapes in a more three-dimensional manner, so this is not a mistake, it's an intentional distortion from reality.

[@eXtremeGoLden]

I don't think, thar is just Style. Normally professional artist has a construction under their stylized figures and heads, like Manga Heads have an anatomy too. Her/his pictures just make no sense - at the first you have just no volume and this can not work. In the second is the perspective wrong too, so if the artist wanted to give the girl a biiiiiig brain, why he didn't make it in right perspective? If someone breaks all anatomy and perspective rules in one picture - yes it can be called "style", but if theire are just one perspective fail or on anatomy fail, then it is just a mistake. Or are you calling everything "style", when it is wrong drawn?

[@kithalie]

This is exactly what I was looking for, the whole thing about the mass on the head is what gets me. Thank you so much!!! I know its an old video but I've watched countless trying to find someone explaining what I was doing wrong in detail and not a "beginner how to draw hair" type thing as I'm pretty good, and know how, its all about the head.

[@extremelyfungibletoken6903]

He do be doing laundry doe And his computer or PC do be overheating doe Also AMAZING tutorial!!! This helped me sooo much since I'm a beginer artist. I have been really wanting to create my own art style and all I needed was the hair. This tutorial helped me alot! Thank you very much!!!

[@NoLifeKingRL]

I'm only 7 minutes in and this is already my favorite tutorial. Cracking up over here about the Sakimichan skulls. Really helpful demonstrating that.

[@Null834]

Great tutorial man. Hoping you have a tutorial for hands and lower body.

[@thequeenofboba6583]

this THE MOST HELPFUL hair tutorial. thank you

[@sharksocks8130]

Hands down best hair tutorial ever man you just explain it so well

[@alice_punk]

This video was as useful as long I could draw faces and heads, but couldn't draw hair. I believe your video helps me ❤

[@samiatay]

MAN YOU ARE GOOD

[@maino0019]

*not only you are an artist ... you are so smart too when you draw your lines !! thank you for the video that's one of my best vid i ever saw about drawing ... keep going (y)*

[@woniewrld]

this is literally the most helpful video I’ve ever seen

[@Morcotulke]

Watching this video again after a couple of months of practice. In the first time, I saw the video, it was very easy to understand what you said, but hard to try doing myself. Now on 2nd time, it was really helpful, I just grasped much more content!

[@Pancakegr8]

Hey, REIQ. Just wanna say thanks for your tutorials. My drawings have improved tenfold just by applying some of these techniques. certain things seem much more simple now. Keep up the good work.

[@ggyhtau2338]

This tutorial about hair is AMAZING and GREAT!!! I understand why I kept drawing helmet but not hair! Thank you!

[@jasonsykes4199]

This is a first. The best art tutorial on youtube is from someone who is speaking his second or third language (I don't know how many languages you speak.) Great Job

[@k_town4031]

Thank you for basing 'why' in form and reason. The feeling is necessary for a sketch, but rules must be understood. Understand the rules. Then you can break the rules on purpose - not by accident.

[@joe-zf7fx]

best video I've ever seen on hair

[@annemarieforster3736]

Best video I've seen for drawing hair, really helpful!

[@maimoua2570]

very good and thorough tutorial also one of the best I've seen thank you for all the tips and explaining.

[@444luxray444]

BEST. HAIR. TUTORIAL. EVERRRR

[@anthonywilson8366]

I don't think you know how much this helped

[@soumaalter6747]

i freaking love this video, this is what im looking for, thank you,sir

[@Renjility111]

Thank you for the lesson!

[@heberdarocha022]

really cool the way you analyse other drawings, keep bringing more of it!

[@thehistorymuseum8745]

Can you also make a video about how to draw comedy masks with a head and with all angles

[@pumpkibeezpt]

The difference between making Deedee's head flat due to the cartoon doing that and the way Sakimi did it is because Sakimi's style appears a lot more realistic, like a stylized blend of anime/realism so just chopping the skull in half just because a cartoon does it makes it look very weird. Her style is more realistic than Dexter's Laboratory, so seeing characters with their proportions drawn in a realistic style yet keeping those proportions admittedly does make it look strange and it's typically unappealing.

[@Gxmwp]

thanks for the tutorial!

[@pixels4331]

hello aqua. tis megumin :)

[@Doi931122]

Thank you for this awesome tutorial! The drawings are great, the instructions easy to understand!

[@fastfeet31]

Wonderful tutorial, very easy to follow a long Thank you again for posting your videos!

[@happyfrogday7414]

i'm terrible at hair this helped me a lot thx so much!

[@topdown7057]

Excelente!!, realmente he aprendido muchísimo con tus tutoriales muhisimas gracias por compartir tus conocimientos!! :D

[@Mister.05]

This is also really good for learning about forms and rotating them👏👏👏👏👏👍

[@REIQ]

Glad you think so!

[@thuaners]

thank you so much for this tutorial! so clear and covered so many important aspects of drawing hair! it helps me a lot :)

[@드림드림-c8h]

I try to copy ur drwaing everynight, U are my master of drawing. :D

[@barakatosalon]

Great class, thanks for sharing this kind of awesome concepts !!! Greetings from Guadalajara, Mex !

[@ellusiv5121]

the way he does the chunks of hair... Too pro

[@jaycecowley-liminton5364]

Hi Reiq great video hair can be a tricky one. Do you have any tips for the most efficient way to do digital line clean up? I often find when creating the kind of line I'm happy with I get a bit of overlap which means I have to spend quite a bit of time cleaning up, what is your approach?, I love your work by the way!

[@reynaldosilvas4735]

7:56 Kanbaru is that you?

[@REIQ]

+Reynaldo Silvas yes she is :D

[@geisterfahrerO]

yay my name is relevant :D

[@psych_ecst4sy]

Thx so much for the video it helped me allot with my drawing!

[@introspectiveCreator]

Awesome, very helpful. You are right, it is very hard to find information on how to draw hair. Even most head drawing books only have like 1 or 2 pages if at all. Thank you for sharing what you have learned. The most helpful part for me was the idea of using the strands of hair to describe the big volumes of the hair and make the hair wrap around the head.

[@KingMigz]

which tablet and stylus are you using sir? loved this tutorial I had the same problem with making characters look like they had no forehead or skull.

[@anna94k]

wow I just found your channel and you are amazing!

[@andrewvazquez4534]

Pretty good thanks for teaching this

[@holdthemayo5086]

1:25 what im expecting 2:31 reality

[@REIQ]

LOLHAHHA

[@nunezinkgaming]

Nice lol you dissed Sakimichan real good

[@user-lb3tg2qx8b]

Sakimichan has shit fundamentals. Those paintings are popular because they are shiny not because they are good. It's all tricks and very little actual knowledge.

[@damianogiolitti3416]

@@user-lb3tg2qx8b whatever gets the job done.. She makes a lot of money out of that. Edit: without some fundamental knowledge she wouldn't be able to paint like that

[@smalltugz]

nice do a tut on dreads next -_-

[@Revmasterxolo]

Thanks for the tutorial man this was really helpful. Can you make a video on Clothing folds as well. Thanks, looking forward to your next video.

[@FruitPencil]

I love you for this! I can draw hair but there's always something a little off.

[@zahraahmadi8700]

It was so useful thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️

[@sindrisuncatcher9786]

thnx for making this video! it rlly helped me alot!! :)

[@soulstar005]

thank u i really needed this :) u r da best

[@COLORPAPERPRINCESS]

i love the way, how you make it! i subscribed!

[@danajones6699]

Thank you! i always make my characters with what i call "Pankake head" ^^

[@MrSpriken]

Anyone know what his brush settings look like? In this video it looks quite nice and I can't seem to get anything close.

[@kateternityart7613]

what program are you using for the drawing tutorial and does it have scan support also do you have to buy it; if you do is it montly/yearly subscription or single payment?

[@GolpeVisual]

ERES UN MALDITO GENIO!!!

[@brotheralaric7177]

Hello, does this work also for beard ?? And How drawing some kind of Dreadlock??

[@RandomPath]

So helpful! Thank you!

[@damvantungtunghien1635]

It is very good for beginer,

[@Artenesama]

all the basics we need

[@WYLTEN]

Great tutoriallll!

[@loszhor]

Thank you for the information.

[@anahiflores7202]

Mil gracias! Aprendí mucho con éste video.

[@guyzo540]

this is a great video

[@frokorijjal4427]

"there is a lot of skull is missing" hahha

[@estoydepasso1394]

Very useful, thanks.

[@РоманХмель-ы6ь]

5:20 It is not missing a part of scull. It is pitecantropus scull!))

[@andrianarmecin8427]

Men your amazing . Thanks a lot 😊

[@meowsticmeow7372]

Thanks! It helped alot

[@cookiesxcream7495]

I love the art style!!! 😍😍😍 MUST.... COPY..

[@fmj_556]

Cool it helps me make hair

[@silastym4074]

wish you had one like this fro males i find it very informing but when drawing males i feel it needs a explaination to understand it more

[@dexter.morgan.]

muchas gracias reiq

[@barnyed]

Which digitizer does reiq use?

[@taranoami2512]

This is amazing to me! It helped me a lot! Thank you so much. :) ~Noami

[@VonEYEzine]

Yeah i can see you will catch alot of fire from the community pointing out those flaws in her pics specifically, but I'm with you 100 percent. Ive been toying with a hairflow mechanic that is very similar to your method. I mean, you allready knew how to draw and appease the crowds with fanart with your own style. Yet ,you stripped yourself of what you thought you knew about drawing and started on a path to learn more refined ,proper methods that are taught by professionals. That is commendable. Kids today find a knack to draw a certain anime character dtyle, dont want to be taught hard points in rendering because they have found they're own groove in anime characteristics. They think that there are no set rules to anatomy as long as it looks like a popular style in the latest character expressions in the latest anime, so they are dont care to progress beyond that, and become over confident and set in thier way. That being said, your demonstration figures have taken on a sort of 'Mark Crilly'or kinda of a "christopher hart" textbook look, that don't really relate to as much, as opposed to the look they are desiring to achieve . If you were to incorporate the more structured stylistic hairstyles that distinguish the current manga looks, kids will pic up on these points more so. I appreciated the tips though i benefit greatly by them. Thanks again for a great tutorial.

[@taroumaso354]

+VonEYEzine I don't think he will catch fire, since his critique was constructive. And every good artist knows how important critique is, to develop your skills even further.

[@smile-sq7pt]

People can choose which style they want to use. Anime style might not be pretty to you, but it will be beautiful to someone else.

[@ckpxiso8957]

can you make a character design tutorial

[@DenZuck]

What kind of tablet di you use?

[@dr.slushie]

22:27 What kind of hair style is the one on the left

[@styarrmusic]

can you do the back of the head please

[@alyannedelarosa6017]

26:11 i swear im focusing on the hair😌

[@Dragoon876]

Omfg watching this from the future and thinking Sakimi-chan has gone a loooong fucking way from those two examples of your's hahaha

[@animerman2017]

How come this has 100k views? We need more views for this REAL DRIP right here.

[@oAINGIRYo]

What art program you using???

[@cocolemon8205]

Thanks a lot

[@2Blu2]

Thank you thank you thank you!!

[@AmiMizuno2]

So this can be used to draw realistic not just anime right.

[@lordkks]

Realistic would be better to draw line by line in the hair, but i still do the blocking part.

[@chiokfay]

waa buen video y con ejemplitos, Reiq pa la proxima podria ser un video de como hacer epelo largo? sobretodo entintarlo se me hace mas dificil :c con trazos mas largoss

[@leevan9847]

thank you

[@pokevids5870]

DUDE THANKS