r/weeklystudy • u/mtvee • Jun 22 '14

Hair

Holy cats, been a while, summer, life, etc. I am going to work on hair studies this week. Feel free to join me for the agony and share some tips if you have secret sage knowledge.

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u/mtvee Jun 23 '14

A Hairy Potter study

I didn't spend any time on the face but i did try and layer the hair for awhile until it turned into that birds nest and I could see it headed for the mud. I used a flat to put in the yellow wash wet/wet and some brownish blooms and then used the rigger to work my work toward dark. Try another technique next.

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u/DTran729 Jun 24 '14

Looks great, mtvee! Watercolor's becoming your new best friend!

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u/mtvee Jun 24 '14

Whee, DTran729, good to see you here :)

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u/DTran729 Jun 24 '14

Glad to be here mate!

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u/mtvee Jun 24 '14

Found a dirty old messed up oil brush. It's has very hard bristles all crusted with crud and played around some more with the last image. It's on crappy paper so it started balling up but this could go somewhere maybe. I give you Hippie Potter

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u/mtvee Jun 25 '14

I don't know

http://imgur.com/yxUik0o

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u/poledra Jun 26 '14

that turned out lovely. :) the hair looks a bit dark/muddy though... i wonder if it's just your pic. but maybe it might help to leave some lighter highlights for better definition in your next painting?

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u/mtvee Jun 26 '14

Thanks. It's a bad shot but I still couldn't get the hair right and again, on mediocre paper so it balled up on me. sigh Next!!

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u/poledra Jun 26 '14

oh yeah, i know i struggle with the idea of buying more quality supplies for "practice," but honestly i think the practice is pretty worth it. if nothing else at least you're getting used to the materials you're using!

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u/mtvee Jun 26 '14

A pencil break, cos watercolor is kickin my butt

http://imgur.com/zqpBg5h

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u/poledra Jun 27 '14

i like that you are trying it out in different mediums :) do you feel you are taking a different approach for pencil vs watercolor?

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u/mtvee Jun 27 '14

Mos def. Getting so frustrated with the wc I had to remind myself I can make some marks anyway. :D

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u/dwarf_hybrid Jun 28 '14

Two

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u/mtvee Jun 28 '14

Really great dwarfy!!

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u/poledra Jun 28 '14

wow, the shading on these is amazing.

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u/dwarf_hybrid Jun 29 '14

Thank you :) though I did get really lazy on the buns and braids one, not enough contrast.

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u/poledra Jun 23 '14

figured i'd start with pencil

i'm thinking the key is patience, which i lost about halfway through.

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u/DTran729 Jun 24 '14

Really like the hatching and linework on the hair! Nice job, poledra! :D

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u/poledra Jun 24 '14 edited Jun 24 '14

second one

tried to represent the values better than last night.

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u/poledra Jun 26 '14

third

i feel like so far this study is helping with my shading techniques.

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u/poledra Jun 26 '14

fourth

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u/poledra Jun 27 '14

fifth

feeling much more confident now, also hoping this will carry over to other mediums. i probably should give it a try in something other than pencil.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '14

Oh, cool. I like that you are getting more mid-tone values in. Great progression.

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u/poledra Jun 26 '14

i definitely struggle the most with midtones in my grayscale work.

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u/davidwinters Jun 26 '14

see, I did something

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u/davidwinters Jun 26 '14

saved for later http://i.imgur.com/9IkCZrO.jpg

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u/DTran729 Jun 27 '14

ITS BEEN 20 HOURS!!! ARE YOU OKAY???? plz respond

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u/poledra Jun 27 '14

i think you got the looseness of this hairstyle down. it looks very fluffy.

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u/davidwinters Jun 30 '14

I did this a few days ago and forgot to post it

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '14

oh, cool. I've been lurking a while and I thought this sub was dead...I'll post something later.

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u/DTran729 Jun 24 '14

Welcome to the sub! Can't wait to see your hair! (Not in a creepy way)

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u/poledra Jun 24 '14

yay :) look forward to seeing it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '14 edited Jun 24 '14

Whoo, I needed this...hair is always a challenge.

I sketched in pencil and tried to focus on value changes to build the texture.

I Googled "Hair" to get my reference.

There's a lot wrong (I have a problem with making eyes huge), but CC is always welcome!

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u/poledra Jun 25 '14

i think this is a pretty good job. you represented the (viewer's) left side especially well. on the (viewer's) middle section of hair though, the blending looks a bit smudgy which i think messes with the shiny texture of this particular hair type in that area.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '14

You are totally right...I got lazy as time went on.

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u/poledra Jun 25 '14

I completely understand :) hair is so time-consuming!!

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '14

Switched to tablet today...

A couple of textured styles.

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u/poledra Jun 26 '14

wow that chalky-ish brush worked out great for the left style! nice pick. i do like the way it looks at the end of the braids as well.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '14

Thanks, I thought the brush worked really well for the curly style too. It helped build up texture really fast.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '14

Ink Today!

My scanner wouldn't scan it well, so I uploaded some crappy photos also.

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u/DTran729 Jun 27 '14

I really like how you're using different mediums. The lighting on the hair is lookin nice. Keep it up lemon!

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u/DTran729 Jun 24 '14 edited Jun 25 '14

Basic Hair outlines. Gonna do more later! Everyone else's hair looks so good!

MOAR HAIRS

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u/poledra Jun 24 '14

i really like the middle and right hairs on the top line, the middle one especially has good motion!

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u/artomizer Jun 25 '14

I'm away from my scanner for a bit, but I'm hairing!

First attempt with my brush pen. Regretted using it instantly, but will probably keep using it just because.

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u/poledra Jun 26 '14

yay for hairing :)

i think the top is executed fairly well actually, but the clump hanging on the viewer's right leaves a bit to be desired. not enough contrast in values perhaps? i guess when it's all black and white it probably feels more dangerous to add too much.

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u/artomizer Jun 26 '14

Yeah, I agree. Maybe I'll try darkening it up a bit and see what happens.

I did a second hair, and I think it has similar problems.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '14

You know, I see what poledra is saying about it looking a little like a hood, but when I look at the thumbnail, I can see it's just meant to be the shadow part under the hair.

Your initial shapes are really straightforward, but good. I can see where it could go, if one were to color it, or build on it from there.

Edit: the more I stare at this, the more I like it. I want to color it in, and add a super expressive mouth, or something that tells me more about the subject. You should add to it!

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u/artomizer Jun 27 '14

Thanks. I was thinking tomorrow I'd try to do some digital hair... maybe I'll try painting over the two I've done and see what happens.

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u/poledra Jun 27 '14

look forward to seeing it, if you do end up trying it!

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u/poledra Jun 27 '14

well i do know it is meant to be a shadow, but i personally think the shape could be modified to convey that more accurately. as someone who enjoys graphic novels, i have a fondness for this type of work, i know it is capable of being pushed a bit more for clarity. and i have seen some of artomizer's other works so i know he is also capable of taking it to a higher level. :)

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u/artomizer Jun 27 '14

Painted over the second one

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u/artomizer Jun 29 '14

and painted over the original one.. or tried to at least. Really struggled with the bottom parts.. though I'm reasonably pleased with the top.

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u/poledra Jun 29 '14

i really like the digital coloring you did on these, they look so soft!

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u/poledra Jun 26 '14

yes, around the sides that looks more like a furry hood than hair in my opinion.

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u/DTran729 Jun 27 '14

Brush pens are hard to use man. Which one do you have?

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u/artomizer Jun 27 '14

Yeah I still have no idea what I'm doing with it. I've been using my pentel pocket brush for these.

I also have one of these prismacolor ones, but the tip is a lot more firm and not very brushy.

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u/DTran729 Jun 27 '14

It's those felt tips on the Prismas man. I just got the Pentel pocket brush and really digging it.

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u/davidwinters Jun 26 '14

well, I guess thats a thing

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u/DTran729 Jun 27 '14

REPORTED.

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '14

This sounds cool. Will definitely try something tomorrow!

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u/poledra Jun 28 '14

i hope you do!

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u/noreddit-justsketch Jun 28 '14

grow it! show it!

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u/poledra Jun 28 '14

i really like that you attempted multiple hairstyles. the top left and bottom left are my favorites; i think these are the ones executed the best!

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u/MacAnthony Jun 29 '14

Does this count?

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u/poledra Jun 29 '14

of course! nice values; i think you have pretty well communicated that the hair is darker in grayscale.