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How to Color Anime Hair in 4 Steps (The EASY WAY)

Mar 6, 2022

AuthorLUNAR*Category, DifficultyIntermediate
Here is my guide for coloring hair in anime style with Clip Studio Paint. I summarize all the them into 4 steps which you can easily adapt to your painting process. I also have a recommended brush for hair painting at the end of the tutorial! The end result of the hair will look like this image.

Before start coloring, you need to finish the clean line art like this one.

If you already have your character with the clean line art, then you're good to go!

Let's Get Started!
1

First, create a new layer and use "Fill" tool to add the plain color to the hair.

2

Define the light direction and use "Soft Airbrush" to color the lighter part of the hair.

3

Create a new layer in "Multiply" mode and use "Soft Airbrush" and "Watery" brush to paint the shadow.

4

Create a new layer and use the brush "highlight curve 3" to highlight the hair.

You may download the Hair Highlights Mega Pack brushes from the CSP assets store  [ HERE ]

That's all of my anime hair tutorial. I hope this mini tutorial helps you with your hair painting process!

Ingredients

Directions

Let's Get Started!
1

First, create a new layer and use "Fill" tool to add the plain color to the hair.

2

Define the light direction and use "Soft Airbrush" to color the lighter part of the hair.

3

Create a new layer in "Multiply" mode and use "Soft Airbrush" and "Watery" brush to paint the shadow.

4

Create a new layer and use the brush "highlight curve 3" to highlight the hair.

How to Color Anime Hair in 4 Steps (The EASY WAY)

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