Anatomy Quick Tips: Hair

Untangling the basics of drawing and painting hair. The first half of the video is all about design and drawing basics, the second half is just painting tips.
Let me know what part of the human anatomy you would like to see more information on drawing! Leave your thoughts in the comments below.
All painting in this video was done using Corel Painter.
!! the usual links !!
Instagram is @sinixdesign
Twitch streams: / sinixdesign
Visit my patreon at: / sinix
Stop by my public Discord!! / discord
#art #digitalpainting #arttutorial

[@claire8620]

"hey everyone, sinix hair"

[@sumbunny2009]

I like that pun more than I should

[@gabepe3972]

YOU CAN STILL BLOCK CLAIRE AND STEAL THE PUN SINIX LETS GOOOOO MAKE IT HAPPEN

[@WangleLine]

bvwahahaha this comment is great

[@alliknowisthatiknownothing8247]

When sinix does ears: "Hey everyone, sinix ear"

[@wardeeen_]

nice hahahahaha

[@MohammedAgbadi]

those shapes...those juicy head shapes!!!!!

[@SebastianTinajero]

Mohammed Agbadi the Art world is probably one of the few places where people can drop the term “juicy head shapes” casually without coming off as a cannibal lol!

[@dannyboygregory-mccormick9157]

Omg MOHAMMED AGBADI!!! Two of my fav artists in the same place 💗

[@leiasart4610]

everything about sinix is juicy and I love it

[@EckosamaGhostTsushima]

@@SebastianTinajero unless its "niche" art, then im scared XD

[@neerajj8937]

One of my favourite artists

[@YTartschool]

You’re ruining my plan for this week’s video I’ll never forgive you.

[@sinixdesign]

Lol, that's what you get for not having hair.

[@jasminecruz3751]

Sinix Design 😂

[@bagjailmulianizar3384]

@@sinixdesign lol

[@vhf3yd781nt]

@@sinixdesign lmao

[@KershalJC]

@@sinixdesign lmao

[@quadrodopollock]

Regular people: Hair strands with more volume Sinix, an intellecutal: E X T R A C H O N K Y 18:43

[@haydenhoes12]

6:24 lmao that shot at Ethan Becker

[@a.j.2243]

Id like to see it as a good representation

[@TC-yw7ni]

Big medium small all day, everyday...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@aki9059]

I’m glad someone else noticed 😂

[@TheSantifive]

I almost die there

[@yeh4319]

This is how friendship works

[@PokaPopap]

Sinix tutorials be like: *focus on the shapes*

[@tiinevuh_]

*on the shapes, focus.*

[@krigom_ori]

May I know who is the artist that did your profile picture? It looks nice

[@PokaPopap]

@@krigom_ori i made it myself!, it's from a few years ago

[@sumbunny2009]

@@PokaPopap so you have an Instagram account? I'd like to see more of your art

[@PokaPopap]

@@sumbunny2009 no i'm not have one for the moment sorry :(

[@abudgie6909]

6:22 it’s Ethan lmfao, what a reference

[@naumchomsky8840]

"FIXED"

[@insomniaxe]

Sinix: draws Ethan Becker *everyone liked that.*

[@hanchan1673]

needs the disney princess eyes

[@joshualane1716]

Glad he fixed his trash art

[@hyperbolicparaboloid154]

@@joshualane1716 They're friends tho. _(in case you didn't know)_

[@anoushkashenoy692]

@@hyperbolicparaboloid154 it’s a joke i think since ethan always jokingly calls other people’s art trash

[@ben251]

THANK YOU i had been trying to remember his name for ages

[@diocastile]

Me: struggling to draw hair Sinix: Allow me to introduce myself

[@j.h170]

Me with the entire Anatomy Quick Tips series.

[@tiinevuh_]

fr!! i was just thinking about how i wished he had a quick tips about hair and baam, he just posts it.

[@user-wz7ud4mv9g]

Lol i acctually needed it and sinix is on time

[@skeletoninyourbody9896]

**still struggles cuz adhd so I didn't listen well**

[@kazumiytplayz3976]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kion_wolfheim]

Sir... I just wanna say, “Thank you.” You have no idea how much of a blessing you are. You have taught me more about anatomy, color, and just drawing in general, than my art college classes.

[@leigh4756]

Dude same. I love the internet and the people on it

[@silas537]

@@leigh4756 right. the internet is great if you know the good places

[@patriciajin6206]

​@@silas537 But it can be pretty.....bad at some places.

[@k8ie.s562]

My desire to do art normally: *** My desire to do art after I watch sinix: ***************************************** Thank you! :D

[@aun7106]

I thought I'm the only one who feel in this way :''''D

[@northkoreangovernment6894]

But why tho?

[@k8ie.s562]

North Korean Government im not quite sure to be honest, I guess his videos just inspire and encourage me :)

[@spoofyartz5079]

HELK YEAH!!! this happens to me lot as well!! Everytime I watch a art tutorial I get more motivated than I would be normally

[@k8ie.s562]

@@spoofyartz5079 yesss, its great!

[@idiotmiho]

u know a tutorial is out of your league when their "simple" head drawing is something of a masterpiece within itself

[@axokat]

dude this is so random but are you the one who made that jerma breakdancing video with the michael buble song

[@zeearts9484]

@@axokat Omg you're right this is so random 😭😂 I love it

[@hehehohok]

so are you the one who made that jerma breakdancing video with the michael buble song

[@vaurnlala]

wait are you the one who made that jerma breakdancing video with the michael buble song

[@iamgt2392]

are you really that one who made that jerma breakdancing video with the michael buble song

[@IronTyse]

6:25 I spot Ethan

[@penguinz3438]

“Am I satisfied now? Not really...” HE WILL NEVER BE SATISFIED-

[@realswobby]

That's an artist for ya

[@juicebaggins]

I WILL NEVER BE SATISFIEEED ~

[@ItsJJOLO]

never satisfied

[@poppunu]

HE WILL NEVER BE SATISFIED, SATISFIED HISTORY HAS ITS EYES ON YOU-

[@Hello-1243]

@@poppunu LOOK AROUND LOOK AROUND NON STOP

[@Kira-kg4kl]

I love how you've done these tutorials on simple non detailed faces, I find that when you have a polished face it takes your eyes away from the information that your trying to learn

[@moontation]

Am I only one who waiting for "Anatomy Quick Tips : Hips " ?

[@mjolninja9358]

No

[@pastaenjoyer6958]

Oml yes, they’re one of my biggest struggles when it comes to stylising

[@cindyh.6011]

I love this it's like we're fans demanding a new music video lol

[@sadisticgirl_]

no

[@sadisticgirl_]

and thighs

[@HH-fs2sv]

We are getting blessed with 20 minutes video 😭

[@rainbow6351]

I just started a drawing today and stopped when I got to the hair What a coincidence

[@Javicandraw]

I remember reading superman comics when I was a kid and wondering why the highlights on his hair were blue. Thanks for answering a 25 year old question!

[@joshuamcknight1819]

For those who don’t know, gravity doesn’t show the same in the thickest of Afro hair. Unless it gets really large, Afro hair will “grow like a chia pet” indiscriminate of where on the head it grows

[@noufilasif323]

Hair-ing those puns really untangled my funny bone. They were hair-larious

[@gone41214]

hnnnnnnngggggg

[@loveliveshrek]

ba dum tss

[@teinili]

You cant imagine how happy this notification made me:D Struggling with hair so much at the moment

[@AnnChovies]

Same!

[@hubristic_moth]

Same here lol

[@JackassTMP]

Literally same

[@carlosarmandosollorano1034]

Same!!

[@vibing6530]

Same 😣

[@mangoboba5525]

Omg I usually can NEVER sit through a tutorial video that’s long but this video was so engaging!! I appreciate the little simple explanations and tips you gave throughout the video. It was really encouraging and easy to follow. Thanks for breaking down hair in the most simplistic way!

[@greencheese3717]

Exactly

[@loveArtnotFood]

This isn’t long, it’s short. I mainly watch 25-30 min tutorials and sometimes I watch some that are 2-3 hrs long

[@maoschanz4665]

"graphic appeal" ok silence guys he'll talk about big/medium/small

[@maoschanz4665]

update: he did it

[@potatopotayto8332]

ALSJAKJDKSF

[@ellio6562]

I read this at the EXACT time he said it

[@lyubalemdyasova8756]

the tip about starting blonde hair off darker was a LIFE SAFER!!

[@missmaku]

Just a little comment to talk about how sinix sounds like he's always smiling

[@bastardino02]

Idk why but i really love those simplistic eyes, emphasize the overworked hairs 😍

[@Dimeless_]

this tutorial really made sense to me, thanks Sinix ! I did a few notes for myself for the sketching and theory part since I'm practicing this topic, if anyone interested Hair is a graphic element ! -Graphic appeal -playing with texture while searching for shapes -overdetailling goes often messy -Structure -Hairlines (placing the hair line + variations) (Beard has its own hair line) (Eyebrows follows the top eye socket) (Hair has mass + volume, follows gravity) (Lengh of the hair is important, shorter hair = less gravity, can be "wilder") -Logic -Gravity = flowy lines -Consistent lengh (haircut that make sense) -Common mistakes : -no volume -weird hairline -getting too smol (!shapes!) -big medium small all and every day (shape hierarchy) -complexity vs simplicity, going mostly simple is fine

[@arcturus8896]

_"Let's dive into the follicles and start combing through the details."_

[@swodox9237]

i was searching "sinix hair " today and you uploaded this lol

[@Nerf_Jeez]

These guys all look so different from one another just with the power of shapes!

[@azurerandomness]

I didn’t expect to hear that piece of advice for focusing on *reflection of light* more than shadows for darker skin tones but oh my god yes thank you, that thought process makes so much more sense and is so helpful! Also I came here for hair and got some ideas for how to approach it now ty

[@DreadedCreation]

yess im so glad he mentioned it! If you want to hear more about it, he has a video on skintones, light, dark and fantasy!

[@bandidocavalier]

6:24 made me gasp. it was him. knife broken cigarette art daddy ethan

[@kaliforniagirl]

Sinix really be out here blessing us with this quality content

[@janijon9902]

thank you very much, sinix! I always watch these video whenever i'm having problems drawing hair.

[@rasamasala]

The hair shape at 12:49 literally made my heart skip a beat. Beautiful painting!

[@zykedm1823]

I literally just needed this, thank you dude! You’re the best, I love your work so much

[@frederickatienza7034]

same tho

[@user-vt6td9hp3g]

same

[@kylo0053]

Bro I’m literally drawing rn XD

[@aimeefritz9186]

Same, great timing. Sinix rocks

[@pumpkincheesecake1236]

This is really helpful. I normally do really simple hair for a cute vibe, but I've recently adopted a more realistic style when colouring skin, and I'm really struggling with making the hair match the style. This has definitely helped.

[@groussewouwou]

hey, just wanted to tell you that you are my biggest inspiration in the art community. I absolutely ADORE your style and your explanations are really on point. Please keep doing what you are doing, you are great!

[@MMM1MM]

I gotta say Sinix, this is one of your best videos yet. Really helpful to see your process!

[@forestfolke]

aw hell yeah! was so excited to see this pop up in my feed, anatomy quick tips always gets me pumped to go out and paint something. I love the format

[@ellenmagi]

just drawing along a bit while listening and watching you draw and talk was a wonderful experience in itself. Made me feel a lot more loose in the way I approached hair not only with my shapes but also my brushstrokes. Had a lot of fun so thank you for this video! :)

[@will41n]

i was peacefully watching a tutorial when (somewhere on 16:05) my sister came to my room and asked "OMG IS THIS WEDNESDAY ADDAMS?????" im angry

[@wilbyylarrensburg9306]

I'm angry too D:

[@sydd418]

this was such a helpful video!! i recently felt like i had been disappointed with my hair in my art and needed a push somewhere, this was just so comprehensible to the more-than-beginner less-than-pro artist. thank you so much! definitely plan on checking out some more of your vids :)

[@milkaboom]

This is ECACTLY what I needed my entire life!!

[@nicacoola8243]

I love drawing buzz cuts on my characters, but I could never transfer that to digital art. This helped me a lot! Thank you!

[@hermine1657]

This is the second time I’m watching this video and I just can’t get over how beautiful your art style is. I can only imagine how many hours of studying and practicing art you have done to be able to draw so well!! Very beautiful:))

[@sauceyguitarist]

The concept of applying design fundamentals as well as the "start big, build details later" workflow has helped my art immensely. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for making excellent videos on these subjects.

[@jeffreyngo765]

It feels like I am stealing from sinix for the amount of free quality content he is providing.

[@joshawottva]

Thank you for another upload Sinix Now I can go through the artist spectrum of inadequacy, confusion, discouragement, inspiration, and determination again

[@staceyreilander7670]

Woo! The question I asked is answered! I spent some time recently going through KZbin trying to find someone talking about shape appeal and the design elements of hair and had no luck. Most of them are 'How I paint hair' videos... which aren't always great. Thank you so much for making this!

[@beelzemobabbity]

I love how you have the really realistic faces with cute little eyes. I’ve been working for that sort of style for a long time.

[@leigh4756]

I’m so glad we have access to the internet and videos like this- I’ve learned everything I know from the gracious and smart artists of KZbin. Thanks sinix -random 14 year old sophomore America artist person

[@vadstart]

Perfect, just as i was struggling with not making my hair look like a swamp of chicken scratching. Thanks Sinix, this is my most anticipated series on KZbin :3

[@normiart]

Just… thank you. This is what I needed without even knowing it, I'm so glad I found your channel. I'm gonna watch every single of your videos, it's wonderful, thank you very much for sharing !

[@richardrhodes9664]

The shiny black hair was really good. The detail just kind of appeared all of the sudden

[@Styxified]

I was literally just about to search up hair tuts and this showed up in my feed. Perfect timing!

[@stabbyboi1753]

Random lengths and missing volume add a certain personality to a character so in some cases painting hair like that can be useful - in my opinion.

[@MAP233224]

The quality of this content is astounding. Thank you so much for this Sinix, and congrats again on 500k subs!

[@gregbock6669]

Amazing as ever, thank you for keeping going even if a bit slower than you would like, you are still an inspiration and a wonderful creator.

[@Zoe-nf4qr]

This video was really helpful! It’s be cool to see some more curly hair styles, specifically type 4!

[@akshatsingh3929]

You have helped me so much in preparing for art school

[@spdynene1933]

I went to art school and yet this is by far the best description of how to draw hair I’ve ever seen.

[@symdoxe3036]

It's amazing how much "life" you can add with the hair it's amazing you are super talented and thank you for sharing your knowledge

[@Zoe-us9em]

This is so helpful! What would be super cool is a tutorial on acne and skin texture like pimples or bumps! Also how lighting affects it

[@ohadahbahtahveehzair2440]

I am so grateful I came across your content! I am currently working on a traditional painting and I've put it to the side because painting the neck is a bit challenging as far as creating the shadows and light on the collar bones and not making the adam's apple too bold. I would love if you could do a video on the 'Anatomy of the Neck".

[@greencheese3717]

There's a video for necks too ( if you didn't knew till now )

[@ElfInTheFlowers]

Such a good video as always! I love revisiting your anatomy fundamentals as a refresher and this is another wonderful addition to your great collection of knowledge.

[@amizat]

I can watch you drawing hairs for hours, so interesting and fun!!! Thanks for the tips!

[@goodguybuy7961]

Awesome video Sinix. To offer some criticism, I think it would be helpful to bring up information regarding the material spectrum (Highly reflective materials to Matte surfaces). For example, in this video, it would have been great if you brought up how hair would relate to it. I personally would put hair into the more metallic range due to how it reacts to highlights. Also, I believe hair styles hold different interior lines (separate to hair lines) that contribute to the anatomy of a hair style. I believe it is called the scalp line? Some people have a straight line running down the top of their head, while some have hair that fan out like a spiral from a central dot on their head. I am mighty confused when i comes to this topic of hair. Is there any experienced advice you could give me on this subject? Thanks for reading if you did, love your videos and ideas!

[@d.a.l.dthemangaka8650]

Thanks a lot! This helped me to finally stop to "start with texture first" 😥

[@andehunter138]

"It gets a bit overworked but i was having fun" this makes my day, just discover your channel and is helping me a lot already. You are an amazing guy Sinix

[@remarkablyunhumane]

Ever since I started watching sinix I have had such a drive to do art it's incredible

[@mayu1357]

日本ではこんな動画を「神動画」って言うんですよ…！

[@killerbait8240]

4:44 ive never been so gratified to be attacked in my while life.

[@meherech7703]

I don't know how to thank you. After years of wandering in illustration and painting, your Quick Tips were what I needed to give my drawings a great structure. Best wishes.

[@littlet7653]

Sinix, thank you SO much. You're so awesome, and you've helped me improve A LOT with digital painting/art and finding my style ❤ thanks my dude

[@christianjames9669]

6:25 ethan becker??? 🙈🙈🙈🤣🤣

[@jaydubelyew6811]

Phew, I thought I was crazy.

[@christianjames9669]

@@jaydubelyew6811 lol

[@borko8325]

"its always hard to resist the pull of maximum volume" -Sinix Design 2020

[@violetjades.5596]

I am forever grateful that this channel exists

[@idruthis4009]

Oh my gosh, I love KZbin as there are so many teaching resources, thank you a lot for sharing your skills and knowledge! Learnt a lot!

[@sinayasharabi8302]

I do think a lot of what you said not to do has a time and place in various styles. For example thin hair is real and can look good with certain characters. There are also styles that ignore logic in order to lean to the more fantastical side, you can see this in many popular anime.

[@shandya]

10:25 this blew my mind! I usually struggling on how to draw transition from skin to hair

[@mechahika]

finally a non ethan becker comment ffs. yeah that technique is pretty unique lol

[@uhoh6243]

I’d watch an hour of u drawing hair ur art is soooooo goooood

[@grimmbleaper9981]

just loop bud

[@azkia08]

im s happy you included black hair styles

[@chaunceus]

For the natural curly patterns: there can be so much more textural details because there’s so much hair! I get simplifying but I mean the even the cornrows don’t even look like braids. It’s not just chunks of hair in different shapes. I mean I personally love drawing and painting black hair because I get lost in the details, similar to how you did with the little wisps and things on the straighter hair. No hate to this man, I just want to acknowledge that simplifying doesn’t mean you have to make ‘textured hair’ into a big ass blob all the time

[@sinixdesign]

Thanks for the comment. It's definitely a place I have plenty of room left to grow! Hopefully I can keep making progress on that.

[@chaunceus]

@@sinixdesign I really like your style. You know what I would do, I’d watch a video of a bunch of people showing different black hairstyles. See what parts they emphasize, feminine and masculine alike. That could be an interesting tool to learn more about hair in general, even just scrolling through reels or TikToks of certain tags you could glean a lot of info 👩🏾‍🦱💅🏽

[@kyokusei]

it's been a MINUTE since I've seen one of these

[@thevanamachaRIT]

I always come back to your vids, Sinix. I watched you during high school, and now I'm near the end of my college journey. Your videos are always relevant, really love the way you describe how to paint different things. Love you Sinix !

[@thevanamachaRIT]

Btw your puns are amazing.

[@fedelrux_hsl]

your tutorial was very instructive, and i like the fact you drew multiple hair types

[@karinwong2399]

"let's start cOmBiNg through the details" -_- good one

[@tacticslc4805]

Finally the hair and beard tutorial we were all waiting !! hype ! I can now draw hairy armpits and kneepits (wait what?)

[@yanamihailova8901]

Side note, really love how you painted the dude with the blue rim light from the right; really digging the simplistic style!

[@ori_dolly3985]

This actually helped me so much, my hair shapes really got better, thx!

[@addyshorhnr3544]

Me who can’t even make a normal looking human “This helps me greatly”

[@tif951]

when you’re black so your hair looks like youre in zero gravity

[@miramari732]

Just very curly hair superpower ^^. Gravity? What's gravity? XD

[@selinguler8060]

ur so helpful never stop this series

[@InkyArcana]

These videos are the best thing to happen to art! Sinix is really the best teacher and I feel like I'm learning pro secrets

[@cc.cinder5136]

last time I was this early these types of comments were funny

[@edwinsantander506]

man, there's anyway i can learn consistently the planes of the heads? tried just taking different face references and trying to line over them, but get messy and always look for details, can get concetrated into the planes and nothing more, any tip? your recent art looks like you have been working more with planes and shapes than anything.

[@You-th3cn]

maybe try to study the skull and work your way up…?

[@omnitronyoutube]

Wildly informative and the only video I needed as an art hair tutorial; to remind me of my core skills and notes.

[@naaraahu1050]

Oh I have forgotten how much I loved your video! Thank you so much. Your narration is just always so informative and entertaining.