How to Draw Like Jim Lee - Hair

[@LearnComicsWithPancake]

I have added a poll so you can vote on your favourite artists for my next deep dive! :) strawpoll.com/ajnEOY3KxZW

[@Inkbludd]

I’ve been drawing comics since the 90s . Thorough and in depth! I learned a lot! It’s great to see a younger generation drawing comics!

[@LearnComicsWithPancake]

Thankyou for commenting and the accidental compliment of grouping me with the younger generation - thankfully the camera doesn't show my greys haha! May comics live on forever! 😁

[@inktologist]

An absolutely brilliant study on drawing hair! Great job!

[@LearnComicsWithPancake]

Thank you so much, my official biggest fan! 😁

[@inktologist]

@@LearnComicsWithPancake FACT! And you’re easily welcome!

[@phillipcarson2544]

Really great series of videos! Love the scientific and methodical breakdowns! These have been super motivating. Makes me want to pick up a pencil and go!

[@LearnComicsWithPancake]

Yes! 😁 Go grab a pencil and get sketching! I'm so glad it inspired you, that's awesome!

[@austinrhoads]

This is so helpful! I've been struggling with hair and you've done the work of analyzing it and explaining it so well! You are a natural teacher. Thanks! 😊

[@LearnComicsWithPancake]

Thank you so much, that's a really really wonderful comment to hear! I'm glad you've found a video that resonates with how you learn, and I'm extra glad it's somehow my video haha! Keep me updated with how you get on with your hair progress :)

[@omegaredtooth5104]

Another eXtravagant style analysis!

[@omegaredtooth5104]

My suggestion (request) is do the rest of the 90s X-men artist team 🙏 this is all gold

[@LearnComicsWithPancake]

@omegaredtooth5104 So far I have been requested to do Whilce Portacio and Marc Silvestri, any others you'd like? 😁

[@omegaredtooth5104]

@@LearnComicsWithPancake awesome! maybe Neil Adams, Joe Mad, John Byrne…. Art Adams or Barry Windsor Smith if I were to stretch it out haha

[@Channel51_LA]

Thank you for this! You've done a great job of breaking things down.

[@LearnComicsWithPancake]

Thank you for commenting! It really warms my heart that the way I learn, other people also found helpful, so thank you for taking the time to give me positive feedback!

[@samankucher5117]

awesome :) its the main inspiration for the new x man cartoon :3

[@LearnComicsWithPancake]

I just watched the last episode this morning, and I can definitely see some Jim Lee-isms in there! :)

[@samankucher5117]

@@LearnComicsWithPancake 100% i think they wouldve done more but the tech is limiting 3d will not be able to copy jim and his style anytime soon:)

[@wallrider73]

Inject this into my veins! I stared at Jim Lee's art for hours when I first had these comics. I got to meet him at a con once and he signed the first 6 issues of X-Men for me - really nice guy. I love these analyses and breakdowns - please continue!

[@LearnComicsWithPancake]

I'm so jealous of you being able to meet him! 😱 and of course the signed copies! More deep dives and breakdowns coming up - next is Jim lee (and Scott!) Rendering style. Oh BOY is there a lot to learn! 😁

[@antonio.clark.art01]

Love this series of videos.

[@LearnComicsWithPancake]

I love that you love them! Thank you for commenting 😁

[@trickshot_katebishop7612]

Once again love these videos! It’s so awesome to see someone break down Jim Lee’s art, especially hair! It always gives me a hard time. Thanks for the great tips! 😃

[@LearnComicsWithPancake]

Hair is my worst enemy too! 😫 I hope you enjoy the video and it helps you with your art journey. 😁 thanks as always for commenting, I super appreciate it!

[@trickshot_katebishop7612]

Thank you! 😊

[@mindrealmillustrations9234]

You just cleared up hair for me and I'm an artist!

[@LearnComicsWithPancake]

I'm glad I can help - we're all learning no matter the level 😁!

[@robertcarey45]

This is a super helpful tutorial on how to draw hair.

[@LearnComicsWithPancake]

@robertcarey45 thankyou Robert! 😁

[@robertcarey45]

You very welcome Learn Comics With Pancake.🙂

[@madurandoafuerza6122]

Awesome job as ever love. I am waiting with my whole soul and heart what you have to say about rendering from Jim lee. Just to tell you I have 5 years trying to enter into the business and this video literally can bulk your art style at a 100 %

[@LearnComicsWithPancake]

Thank you so much! :) I can tell you I am putting my whole heart and soul into the script for the rendering video, so I hope it comes out to your expectations haha :D It's going to be my longest study video yet - there is so much to decipher and learn!

[@Fallout_280]

After you done with Jim you should do David finch

[@LearnComicsWithPancake]

David is in my top 3 artists of all time! 😁 I've been debating whether to do a deep dive on him or not, mainly because he obviously has his own channel that where he explains his techniques. I will do a poll with all the suggestions I think! 😁

[@goob8945]

excellent!

[@LearnComicsWithPancake]

You're excellent Goob!

[@Omarcomics911]

thx you so much

[@LearnComicsWithPancake]

You're welcome Omar :)

[@tedzagaro]

Good series, analyzing Jim Lee’s peak bat Marvel. Informative and straight to the point. I’d like to see you do a series on Marc Silvestri’s Wolverine era. Both artists existed at Marvel around the same time and had completely different ways of rendering. Would be very interesting.

[@LearnComicsWithPancake]

Thank you for the comment Ted! Thankyou especially for the compliment on being straight to the point. I hate videos that take 5 minutes to say the point 🙃 haha! I'd love to do one on Silvestri! He's in my top artists of all time, and I think it would be a great comparison like you said 😁

[@tedzagaro]

@@LearnComicsWithPancake Awesome. I’ll be on the look out for it in the future. 😉

[@CoreyStrange]

Less rendering on the hair also makes it feel like it’s in motion. Notice how the level of detail in an image weighs and slows it down. It becomes a freeze-frame. Manga uses speed lines to break up the outline of the form in-motion for this reason. Deleting information as Jim Lee does can give a similar effect, but without the direction or speed.

[@LearnComicsWithPancake]

That is a wonderful analysis, thankyou for sharing! 😁 I will be honest, I've never had a hard look at manga so maybe I should and spread my wings!

[@dr.strangeloves4632]

I haven’t either until lately. Like everything, there are a variety of styles with different voices. Steal from the best! Keep up the great work!

[@LearnComicsWithPancake]

@dr.strangeloves4632 you're absolutely right - copying = learning which then turns into development. 😁 thank you for the kind words my friend!

[@wrenja73]

Good stuff!

[@LuisLopez-fq5sz]

By the way, keep up the good work on these videos.

[@mylesaustinleetaylor2000]

I love this! I’m glad I found your channel!

[@LearnComicsWithPancake]

Thank you! I'm glad you found my channel too! 😁

[@ShinGallon]

Jim always nailed that super wavy 80s hair, but having had long hair for a few years recently myself I can't help but imagine how much work Jean and Rogue put into maintaining their 'do. In my comic "Tough as Nails", the main character Nails, being a 7' anthro tiger, doesn't have human hair but I do render little fur tufts at her knees and elbows, as well as the ruffs on her cheeks. I imagine her fur isn't suuuuuuper thick/fluffy, so I try not to over-render it and make the pages look cluttered/messy. Her kobold friend Ravani obviously doesn't have hair but sometimes his horns/cheek spines form neat shapes depending on the angle.

[@LearnComicsWithPancake]

The answer: nuclear amounts of hair spray I reckon haha! I love the word ruffs for fluffy cheeks, I think that is my word of the week. I don't envy you having to draw quite so much fluff and fur at all! :O

[@ShinGallon]

I usually just put little render lines around her muscle contours, but my style is a little more manga/cartoon flavored than Jim's. What takes forever and a day is her stripes x.x

[@VsevolodiyBrotskiy]

It would be very interesting to see an analysis of curly hair in the style of George Perez and John Byrne, which they used to draw characters like Starfire and She-Hulk. P.S. your cat is very cute

[@LearnComicsWithPancake]

I love this idea! I'd love to compare different hairstyles between artists and how they differ, or how they take inspiration from one another :D P.S.S. Batman says thank you! :3

[@LifeOnSaturnComics]

Great video!

[@LearnComicsWithPancake]

Thank you very much! 😁

[@LuisLopez-fq5sz]

You should make a video of the art of whilce portacio, he is a super underrated artist.

[@LearnComicsWithPancake]

I agree, super underrated! I have added him to my list of artists to cover. 😁

[@artbyty]

Great tips!

[@LearnComicsWithPancake]

Thank you so much Tyler! :)

[@ex8280]

nice!!!

[@LearnComicsWithPancake]

You're nice!! 😁

[@Hafiz_7178]

Well done pancake!

[@LearnComicsWithPancake]

Thank you so much Hafiz! 😁

[@davidfilho1232]

keep doing pls

[@LearnComicsWithPancake]

You got it 👍

[@imlearninghowtodraw3250]

Hair is just a pain in the butt for me. It's not the volume or the clumps, but the detailing that gets me. I can put hair into ribbons all day long but once I add lines, it turns into those stringy scratchy individual lines they tell you not to do.

[@LearnComicsWithPancake]

I understand your pain deep in my soul! Lets both try and remember - less is probably more when it comes to detail. Keep on sketchin'! :)

[@imlearninghowtodraw3250]

@@LearnComicsWithPancake Have you checked out any of David Finch's paid lessons?

[@LearnComicsWithPancake]

@@imlearninghowtodraw3250 I have not! I have watched every video, and every stream of David's though. Maybe one day I will get around to supporting him by paying for some of those lessons! Have you?

[@imlearninghowtodraw3250]

@@LearnComicsWithPancake I took advantage of Skillshare's free preview for first-timers, but I canceled after watching his head lessons because I couldn't afford it.

[@goob8945]

@@imlearninghowtodraw3250 ive found a google drive with some drawing resources on it, i can share if youd like? you can also find a few classic drawing books on internet archive if thats what you're looking for