How Do You Create Anime Hairstyles?
- 1). Decide what length of hairstyle you want to design. Anime-style hair is not limited by realism or gravity---but keep those limitations in mind if you ever want to try the style on your own hair.
- 2). Draw a basic circle to represent the head. If your goal is just to design an anime hairstyle, you don't have to worry about drawing the face.
- 3). Sketch the general shape of the hair around the head. Focus on where the hair parts, as that will influence which direction (or directions) the strands flow.
- 4). Fill in details. Bangs are usually long and uneven, so make a couple quick swipes with your pencil from the forehead down over what would be the face. Everything about anime hair is exaggerated: Curly hair is tight and bouncy, and long hair is down past the waist. Don't be afraid to make it extreme---you can always tone it down later.