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What will we create

In this article, I will show you how to draw a realistic beard and two short hairstyles. And also what hair brushes for Photoshop use.

1. Basic principles of creating short hair

There are many types of short hairstyles. Today we will take a look at two trendy hairstyles that people often wear, as well as designers and illustrators often use in their work.

Follow the direction

Regardless of which style you choose, one rule remains the same. For best results, paint the hair following the direction it grows out of the skin.

Let's consider this principle in practice:

Starting at the top of your head, notice which direction the hair takes depending on the hairstyle. When you start sketching and organizing the layers, keep this in mind to create the right hairstyle shape and choose the right one.

Challenge yourself

Try to draw hair that you would not have dared to depict before, and explore different curl patterns that will look interesting:

Choose the right hair photo

Choose photos that are clear and have good lighting so that you can easily determine how the hair should be colored. If you're new to painting, choose hair colors that are easier to recreate. Here are the resources used in this tutorial:

• Pompadour Hairstyle;
• Short haircut;
• Beard.

2. Which brushes to use

I will be using brushes from the list of Adobe Photoshop Brush Presets. You can paint a lot with a basic round brush. Experiment with the Stiffness values hair brushes in Photoshopto get soft or hard edges for the effects you want:

Brush Hardness - 0% (top) and Brush Hardness - 100% (bottom)

The next brush is a Hard Round Opaque Pressure Simulation Brush which can also be found in the Presets:

Make sure the Opacity is set to Pressure, which will make the brush even more versatile

And for each brush, turn on Pen Pressure under Shape Dynamics to keep every stroke fluid and elegant. I often use this function for subtle strokes:

Custom hair brushes and templates

Using custom photoshop brushes for hair you can achieve a realistic effect by drawing several strands at a time. Choose this option if you are an advanced illustrator or want to save time drawing. You can also use hair templates to directly blend into your portrait.

3. How to Draw Realistic Short Hair: Pompadour

The pompadour is a mixture of different hairstyles. Popular in the 50s with a modern twist, this retro haircut includes trimmed or shaved sections on the sides.

Step 1

Draw a sketch of the Pompadour using a smooth brush. I will use this hairstyle as a base.

Note that the hair is slicked back at the top and downward at the sides:

Step 2

Apply a solid brown color for the foundation. Place this layer below the sketch layer. Set the new layer as " Clipping mask"For the canvas, and change its Blending Mode to Multiply. On this new layer paint shadows using shades of the same brown:

To understand which brush to paint hair in Photoshop, keep in mind that changing the blending mode in this way will automatically darken the color. The new shade is multiplied by the base shade.

Step 3

Set a few more layers as " Clipping mask"If you need to add more shadows. Then create a new layer and set the blending mode to "Overlay". Set the foreground color to white to start painting warm highlights where the light hits. Apply multiple highlights, making sure to match the lighting logic of the hair:

Step 4

You can remove the hard black strokes of the sketch by mixing them with the colored parts. To do this, set the blending mode of the sketch layer to "Overlay". Then add a new layer and set it to “ Linear Dodge". Create lighter areas of the face by sketching the areas around them hair brushes for Photoshop light beige:

Step 5

Adjust the hair color with an adjustment layer. Go to Layer\u003e New Adjustment Layer\u003e Color Balance and adjust the parameters of the adjustment layer to deepen the red, blue and magenta shades of the hair:

Step 6

Now that we have adjusted the colors, in the next step, sharpen the small details. Ask brushes for drawing hair in Photoshop hardness 100% and draw arcs that will represent the hair lines:

Step 7

Decrease the brush size to paint fine, thin strands of hair around the edges of the head. Finally, add a nice gradient background behind the head. Paint some of the hair around the edges of the head with a background color to make the whole head look more realistic and blend in more harmoniously with the scene:

Here's what the finished Pompadour hairstyle will look like!

4. How to Draw Realistic Short Hair: Hairstyle with Curled Curls

Step 1

Use this image to create a base. Using the same brushes for painting hair in Photoshop sketch out the face and hair. Pay attention to the directionality of the hair. The hair in this image is longer and therefore curls in different directions:

Step 2

Now apply the base colors. Apply each color on a separate layer. Use them as clipping masks to create shadows. Set the Blending Mode of the shadow layers back to Multiply and use the same colors you used for the base to paint the shadows:

Step 3

Reduce the opacity of the sketch layer to 25%. Create two new layers, one set to Blending Mode "Overlay" and the other set to " Lightening the base". On the first layer paint some bright blue highlights. And then paint in areas of pink highlights on the hair for an interesting effect:

Step 4

Reduce size brushes for Photoshop hair strands to 5px and set the hardness to 100%. Color the strands, observing the direction of each of them. Try not to lose sight of which parts of the strands overlap, and remember to remove the areas that extend beyond the boundaries of the strands:

Step 5

Add a new layer with the blending mode “ Linear Dodge»To paint more intense highlights. Apply pink to the edges of the hair to match the background color. They will add a sense of definition and shine to the hair. Let the background show through the hair in some places so that it does not look stuck together:

Step 6

Conduct additional processing. Sharpen the strands with highlights, and also draw additional strands to make them crisp and move as if. Finish the image by adding a new Levels adjustment layer to adjust the intensity of the colors:

Here is a finished image of a curled hair style.

5. How to draw realistic facial hair

Another type of short hair that we cannot forget about is facial hair. Although they are not located on the top of the head, they behave in a similar manner. Let's see, what brush to paint hair in Photoshop.

Step 1

I used this image as an example. Start with a preliminary sketch, paying particular attention to the direction of the hair. In this case, we must remember that the hair is directed downward:

Step 2

Adjust the base colors and reduce the Opacity of the sketch layer to 20%. Use a Soft Round Brush to paint shadows on a new layer and set the Blending Mode of this layer to Multiply. Facial hair color varies by skin tone, so make sure you blend harmoniously between skin areas and adjacent beard and mustache areas.

,) it does not have a clear place in the general algorithm for processing hairstyles, therefore it can be applied both at the beginning of work (after removing the hairs that have gotten out of the hairstyle), and at the very end.

In this article, we will look at the features of how hair looks in a photo and how to properly set up a brush in Photoshop in order to paint whole "natural" hair strands as quickly as possible.

3 characteristic features of hair structure

If you look closely at the "natural" (undrawn) strand of hair, you can easily notice three characteristic features. It is them that we have to recreate when drawing - this is the only way to achieve a natural result.

These features are:

1. Hair texture... Even perfectly groomed hair, due to its flexibility and scaly structure, reflects light slightly differently along its entire length.
2. Uneven color and brightness... There are no two hairs that are identical in color and brightness. Some will be slightly brighter, some will be darker, some will cast a shadow on the neighboring ones, others will glare. This feature is especially typical for light or red hair, but it must be taken into account when processing the hairstyles of burning brunettes - otherwise, when drawing strands, individual hairs will quickly merge into a single-colored spot.
3. Uneven illumination... Strands of hair are never perfectly straight, one way or another they bend (at least - "flowing" around the oval of the head). Thus, according to the law of incidence and reflection of light, somewhere the hair will glare, and somewhere it will be darker.

Setting up the hair brush

The good news is that setting up and using the correct brush types automatically fulfills two of the three natural conditions! Let's consider these settings.

Brush type and setting

We need a brush like Round Fan (red)... The choice of the type of brush is carried out through dropdown menu (green), but since we need advanced brush settings, it makes sense to immediately open the menu Brush (fuchsia).

Let's consider the settings of the brush villi parameters:

• Shape (Shape) - Round Fan (Round fan)... This brush shape is symmetrical in shape, so it will be convenient for drawing in any direction, even on tablets of initial models.
• Bristles (Number of villi)... Determines how many hairs are drawn in one brush stroke. Avoid high values \u200b\u200b- with it 1) the hair will merge in color 2) the perfect repetition of the shape of individual hairs will look unnatural and "give out" the retoucher. Typically 20% works well for drawing strands. For single hair, choose 1%.
• Length... The longer the villi of the hand, the less controllable and predictable they will be. Let's choose the minimum value - 25%.
• Thickness... This parameter determines the thickness of the villi and, accordingly, the thickness of the drawn hairs. When drawing large strands in large portraits, it makes sense to first increase this value a little (to create a dense "base" of the strand), and then reduce it to a minimum (to draw thin hair and give natural strands).
• Stiffness (elasticity / stiffness of the villi)... Similar to the length of the villi, it determines how controllable the behavior of the brush will be when painting. Let's choose 100%.
• Angle (Rotate / Tilt brush)... This parameter is necessary for artists when using brushes with complex shapes and is usually set by simply rotating the Art pens when using top-end tablet models. Leave the default value: 0.
• Spacing (Skip / Distance)... Determines how often the brush will fire during a stroke. At large values, a dotted line will be drawn, which is not suitable for our purposes. Set the value to 2%.

Note ... Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to draw high-quality hair with a mouse. A graphics tablet is needed, at least the cheapest one.

In my experience, I can recommend the Intuos Pro (for the most comfortable and ergonomic work) or One by Wacom (for those looking to save money). Size M (medium). This is my personal opinion, I do not intend to advertise Wacom products.

Setting brush options

Texture

In order for the drawn hair to immediately have the optimal texture, check the Texture box and adjust the appropriate parameters, as shown in the screenshot:

• in the drop-down menu, select the type of texture, circled in red;
• Scale: 62%;
• Brightness: 6;
• Contrast: -20;
• Checkmark Texture Each Tip (Use a texture each time you apply a brush);
• Mode: Linear Light;
• Depth: 21%;
• Depth Jitter (Change depth of texture): 0%;
• Control: Off.

Color change

In order for each new hair (or a group of hairs drawn in one stroke) to be unique in color, check the Color Dynamics box and set the color change parameters as follows:

• Apply Per Tip (Use with every brush application) - NOT ticked;
• Foreground / Background Jitter (The degree of color change from foreground to background): 100%. This parameter determines the "corridor" / "field" of colors with which the brush will paint. In the future, to set these colors, it is only necessary to select a pair of the main and background colors using the eyedropper (or manually), the brush will randomly change the color in the “corridor” between these parameters, each time “choosing” a new color from the resulting gradient. For the best effect, in most cases, a pair of 1) dark and saturated and 2) bright low or medium saturated colors will be optimal;
• Hue jitter (Color tone change), Saturation Jitter (Saturation change) and Brightness Jitter (Brightness change): 4%. These parameters will further expand the variability of the color selection, including adjacent colors and shades from the area around our "corridor";
• Purity (Color purity): 0%.

Other parameters

Also in the Brush menu, check the Wet Edges and Smoothing boxes - this will provide the best texture mapping and give the necessary smoothness to the painting.

The Transfer parameter determines the relationship between the opacity of the brush and the pressure applied to the tablet pen. For drawing translucent and / or thick hair, it can be left on, while drawing the thinnest hair and strand it will be more convenient to turn it off.

The immediate size (Radius) of the brush is determined by the retoucher based on his own preference and the size of the portrait. For maximum efficiency, it is also recommended to combine the brush size changes with the Thickness parameter described above.

Note ... In order not to memorize all these parameters, it is recommended to adjust the brush once and create the corresponding preset. Or you can download.

Giving volume

After setting up the brush and setting the appropriate pair of colors, create a new layer (Ctrl + Alt + Shift + N) and draw a flat strand on it.

If you are drawing a strand from the edge of the hairstyle, for extra naturalness, do not forget to draw some "loose", as if accidentally strayed out, hair.

Note ... It is also convenient to draw single hairs with a similarly adjusted pencil type brush with parameters: Softness - 0%, Shape - Erodible Point (Erodible point).

Now, in order to draw the volume of only this strand and not change the photo itself or (in our case) the background, create another empty layer and set it to clipping mask mode to the previous one (Ctrl + Alt + G or Alt + Click between layers). Select Soft Light or Overlay as the blending mode.

Note ... If you want to greatly change the volume of the strand and use the method using the Color Burn and Color Dodge blending modes, as described in, you will need to create a couple of empty layers and set each of the Clipping Mask modes. them.

On an empty layer, paint the volume of the strand in the usual mode (with a regular round black and white soft brush with a convenient opacity for you). Make sure that the brightness of our strand matches the shape and brightness of the corresponding part of the hairstyle.

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