Hair shading tutorial
Depending on how you apply the highlights completely to the hair or leave the highlight areas white. Before you dive into the drawing examples below, find a few things that can help you better understand how anime hair is shaded and why it’s so shaded. Before you dive into the drawing examples below, find a few things that can help you better understand how anime hair is shaded and why it’s so shaded. As already mentioned for the example of long hair shading, the large shadow around the neck is created by largely blocking the part of the hair from the light.
As mentioned in the example of shading long hair, the large shadow around the neck is created by the fact that the part of the hair is largely closed off by the light. You should shade the bottom of the ponytail almost completely because the part where it gets narrower will generally curve away from the light and cast a shadow on itself.