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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 short hairstyles... Today we will take a look at two trendy hairstyles that people often wear, and are also often used in their work by designers and illustrators.

Follow the direction

No matter 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 your hair takes depending on your 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:

Please select correct photo hair

Choose photos that are clear and have good lighting so that you can easily determine how your hair should be colored. If you're new to drawing, 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'll 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 Photoshop to get soft or hard edges for the effects you want:

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

The following 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 for even more versatility.

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

Custom hair brushes and templates

Using custom brushes for Photoshop 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 blend 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 down at the sides:

Step 2

Apply continuous Brown color for the base. 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 its 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 in the areas around them hair brushes for Photoshop light beige:

Step 5

Adjust the hair color with an adjustment layer. Go to Layer> New Adjustment Layer> Color Balance and adjust the settings of the adjustment layer to deepen the reds, blues and magenta 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: Curly Hair

Step 1

Use this image to create a base. Using the same brushes for painting hair in Photoshop sketch out the face and hair. Notice the change in 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 Photoshop brushes hair strands to 5px and set the hardness to 100%. Color in the strands, observing the direction of each of them. Try not to lose sight of which parts of the strands are overlapping, 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 in additional strands to make them crisp and appear to be moving. Finish up 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. Even though they are not located on the top of the head, they behave in a similar manner. Let's get a look, 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 this layer to Multiply Blending Mode. Facial hair color varies by skin tone, so make sure you blend harmoniously between skin areas and adjacent beard and mustache areas.

Site help

Do you like the site? Have the lessons been helpful? You can support the project simply by downloading and installing the "Flashlight" application for Android. The application was written by the author of the site and expects to publish his applications in the future. The flashlight controls the LED on your phone's camera flash, and also turns on the backlight on the screen at full brightness.

Advantages: flexible settings. You can set in the settings so that the flashlight turns on immediately when you start the application and automatically turns on the timer when you start the application. The settings allow you to turn off the screen lock and lock the flashlight with the power button of the phone. You can also set the timer time yourself.

If the application gains popularity, it will give an incentive to the author to create new applications, taking into account the wishes of site visitors.

Thanks in advance, Dmitry.

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