How I Color/Render Hair

Finally making one of the most requested contents over the years: Rendering hair!!
My workflow is a bit chaotic; but I try my best to explain the basics and make it digestable. Please feel free to ask if there's anything you're confused about!
Let me know if you'd like to see more videos like this, and what topic you'd like to see next! (o^^o)
⭐︎Free exercise file (PSD): ko-fi.com/s/bca00d7de0
⭐︎Layered file of the finished hair (PSD + CLIP): ko-fi.com/s/2b14429b05
Thank you so much again to ‪@CLIPSTUDIOPAINTchannel‬ as the amazing sponsor of this video!
Software: Clip Studio Paint EX
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List of CSP assets used in this video:
✏️square texture brush | assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/...
✏️close and fill tool without gaps (隙間無く囲って塗るツール) | assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/...
✏️Hair highlight brush (Deleted from CSP Assets; but there are a lot of other alternatives if you search 'hair highlights' on assets.clip-studio.com/en-us !
✏️PS Brushpack by Piofoks (Brush name: "as 2") | www.deviantart.com/piofoks/ar...
Please let me know if there's anything I missed/got wrong!
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Music by Khaim: www.khaimmusic.com/
Thank you so much for your beautiful music!
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#HairTutorial

[@naohishere7805]

I was having some problems with rendering hair recently, and this video was just right on time! Thank you so much for this excellent video!!❤

[@minttan]

I'm happy to hear that this video was right on time for you!! I hope you find it helpful to your process! :D

[@yuri_nori]

Yeah same ;_;

[@dzlian7971]

i love how transparent you are with your method/style, and even explain things that i never thought needed to be explained to me to understand better!
thanks so much for this video c:

[@imnotkitakamilol3223]

I have been searching for this kind of video for hours, your way of explaining things are so much more clear and you talk very specific. Thank you.

[@zephyrartch]

Best tutorial I've seen on hair! Simplifying the hair shading as a donut shape is super helpful! Thanks for sharing the exercise files too! I'm inspired to practice!

[@Wurmfist]

Your paintbucket tool has an option to extend by "x" amount of pixels and having it set to 3 or 4 pixels makes the paintbucket fill actually go under your lineart and you don't need to use a separate lasso fill tool. Makes things a lot faster.

[@minttan]

That's a great tip! I forgot to mention that I got my paint bucket's "Area scaling" set at 4px for the video; which is a lifesaver when doing parts other than hair filling (I always find some extra white space in the hair no matter how high I set it (...)) thank you for sharing with us!!

[@kashafmunirart8968]

This is by far the best hair tutorial I've ever seen. It explained A LOTso thank you very much!

[@CookieAura]

this is super cool!! i haven't thought about leaving the paper strip volume-adder hair parts for last! i've always just had it already formed from the lineart stage and always found mine to be sorta flat, thank you!!

[@minttan]

I'm glad you find it helpful!! I have the same problem with linearts, that's why I usually overpaint everything and add layers later 🤣

[@shelby7030]

thank you so much 😭🙏💕 i struggle with rendering hair and I've always admired your art and adopt some techniques that you use in it !!! thank you again so much for this video

[@minttan]

thank you so much for watching too!! I hope you find it helpful! 💕

[@christianiliev3493]

I learned along the way that I can pick a color that is close to my original color and do the textures instead of overblending the hair strand.

[@vxngxla2494]

The tip of imagining the top of the head as a donut rather than a circle was so helpful!! Tysm!! 💕

[@meilin1308]

Ahh thank you so so much for this tutorial on how you render hair! Even though I consider myself to be a amateur traditional artist, I am thinking of moving towards digital art! I am very much a beginner in digital art and this video helped me a lot with rendering hair since I do struggle quite a lot with the lighting and making things look cohesive in both digital and traditional art. I really admire your art style and hope to become as great as you one day! ❤❤

[@Niespe99]

Lovely tutorial! I love how you explain every part of the process so clearly, thanks alot!

[@Whomoon11]

This has been eye opening! Thank you so much ❤

[@KhoiruunisaRF]

I didn't expect there will be a "Night/Dark Lighting Hair Rendering"...I have been wondering how to produce such colours and now this video answered that question. Thank you very much!

[@name-wv2te]

this is the most educational art video I've ever seen, ty!!!

[@loafiebasket]

This tutorial was extremely helpful and informative and I can't wait to try out the tips for myself as rendering hair has always been a bit of trouble for me. Thank you so much!

[@eleishaitsuki8538]

This was so helpful and I could finally understand how the lighting works

[@peachypichi]

Thanks a lot for this! I have been looking for a tutorial in this style for like foreverrrr! I've always struggled with hair, which was the most awkward part of my art. I just applied what yous said in the tutorial (with my own little twists of course) and it looks 100x better!

[@peaceolale]

Really helpful to me who always struggles with hair coloring, truly a fascinating guide as to 'how to make it more attractive' thanks

[@Jeebiky]

GIRL U SAVED MY LIFE ILYSM

[@shio5234]

I don’t use this program but all this new knowledge is game changing. Thank you so so much.I would be happy to see literally any other tutorials if you make them :)

[@YaritaiClip]

Perfect work!!! OMG!! Love it❤️

[@sintpea]

THIS CAME IN CLUTCH, ILYSM(3333

[@kaikouchickamatsu]

Thank you so much for this tutorial!!! I'm trying to figure a new way of painting hair so I like to learn from different people and see what I like and don't like. I didn't know about that border effect tool so that excites me to draw some more!

[@kuroaozora]

Thank you for the tutorial! It's so well explained, especially with the example of the 3d model 😳

[@crownedoll]

This tutorial was so helpful! Thank you!

[@vickisigh2674]

this is such a helpful tutorial, thank you so much!

[@isabel9791]

This is golden, thank you.

[@Atennya]

thank you so much for your kind sharing!!

[@minttan]

aww thanks so much for watching too!! I hope you find it helpful! 💙

[@rasmachris94]

For anyone wondering the process here it is outlined below;
- Block in the base colour to match the average brightness of the background. A source light dictates how bright something appears.
- Apply a brighter lighting to the hair where the source light will hit.
- Be mindful of the contour of the hair - straight hair will be individual strands [flat] whilst bunched hair will be together in a 'block' that has it's own shape/shadows relative to the hair shape.
- Shade the hair with a darker colour to create depth.
- The highlight is indicative of the source light, natural highlights [doughnut shape] in the hair should be lower than the source light.
- Ambient light is bouncing light from the background. The light of the background informs the colour of the ambient light, and should only be applied to edges to imply colours leeching onto the model from the environment.
- The highlights in the hair is then blended into the base lighting.
- Deeper shadows are added to create depth for the hair.
- All hair is blended to create texture following the contours of the hair.
- Add stray hair strands.
- Glow lighting to create a bloom style affect for overblown lighting from a strong source light.
- When drawing stray hair, can add a bright stray hair where exposure is direct.

[@yuri_nori]

Thank you so much for this tutorial mint-tan I really really needed this!!

[@swisdom9117]

Thank you for this tutorial!

[@velvet.valkyrie]

This really helped me a lot! I was struggling where to put the highlights or the shape of the highlights and shadows. The donut technique was very helpful to me! When I saw the video in my recommended page, I thought you had 100k+ subs. You’re insanely underrated! I wish you well on your art and RUclips Journey! ( :

[@xinyanny]

oh my gosh i love this tut so much T.T im enjoying the brushes you shared as well. i love watching your videos, thank you for sharing this!

[@minttan]

Thank you so much for watching as well! Glad you enjoyed the brushes :D

[@96jgting]

Thanks for the tutorial!! Your explanations are really easy to understand and to follow for beginners like me :D

[@astrallll6243]

I LOVE UR ARTSTYLE ! instant sub, youre giving so much helpful tips 💕 looking forward to ur tutorial on eyes and clothing

[@someone-xs7qz]

I didn’t understand rendering hair and was doing it randomly but the donut makes so much sense.

[@minttan]

I'm happy you found it insightful! the donut concept was shared to me by someone, and I'm glad to pass it around!

[@someone-xs7qz]

@@minttan tysm!!

[@snake.sketches]

This is an extremely useful breakdown :)
Thanks :

[@jjswifthd]

This so so helpful and informative. The way you break down the process along with the footage makes this really easy to understand even when I havent had much experience rendering hair in this this style at all! Ty :D

[@mr.shgamingguy]

This is awesome.

[@_youngweb]

This was really helpful i was struggling with shading hair a lot thank you so much

[@anagabriely3652]

Wow! Perfect 🤩
NOSSA e ainda tem legenda em português, isso é perfeito

[@161friends]

bye watching people draw is so inspiring

[@Maryam_Chan]

This is really amazing, it was very helpful thanks a lot for the video ❤❤❤

[@PseudoWounds]

Thank you very much, amazing video!

[@nonutnat]

I love you so much I've learned so much from this tut and I will subscribe for more. I was always desatisfied with my hair and render in general they looked weird thank you sooo much I really admire you for that ✨✨

[@shinep_ag]

Looks really good

[@jayllustrates7281]

Great tutorial! Thank you so much 💙

[@minttan]

thank you too for watching! ^o^

[@lobin8525]

thanks a lot!!! that was a really helpful video, keep up with your great content!! love from Brazil

[@minttan]

I'm happy to hear that you find it helpful!! thanks for watching ^o^

[@Merisu_Sheep]

OH WOW IT'S SO BEAUITFUL. And very helpful

[@minttan]

thank you so much! I'm glad to hear that

[@irouzw4515]

thank you so much for this

[@SgeehS]

Thank you so much, your tutorial helped me a lot! I hope you do more, I'm looking forward to it (About shading skin would be wonderful)

[@riheanamaeaguilar4649]

thank you so much for finding my artstyle

[@chmonyaaa]

Thanks a lot, I adore your style!

[@juvel1504]

Thank you so much✨🌸💗

[@AlanWalkerFan1357]

Thank youuuu

[@jinanren2026]

the donut highlight zone was so effective, never heard it like that lol

[@WoongNyang_O3O]

Oh my gosh you are so underrated

[@ToonteenMomo]

thank you 🥰

[@jayda0902]

Very useful one ty💕👍

[@meiv_]

Wow. Interesting techniques
Thanks for sharing!

[@lutfidwilaksana523]

your video is very helpful😭👍 hope you make other tutorials like coloring leather clothes etc it will be awesome🥺

[@Karina-bt1ph]

this was sooo helpful T^T would oyu be willing to do a tutorial on skin shadings as well? And lineart?? i just love the way you explain everything

[@RukuBao]

You actually managed to explain color/light theory to my smooth brain

[@e_jiuu]

MINT-TAN! We missed you 😭😭🌺❤️💞

[@lurker6341]

thank you! thank yooou aaaaaa

[@yw1616]

tysm for the sharing!!

[@omidiartgaming4102]

you got my sub, I like the style.

[@InfCreatora]

Thanks

[@kassart4465]

thank you for this video tutorial!~~

[@kanae5364]

thank you, this video was really helpfull for me :D

[@coronachan7466]

thx for guide!

[@K.1ira.]

ngl i have been subed for 2 years now.

[@ryanz0113]

I did watching thousand times,if will work or nothing.keep hoping me for your video i will learn hundred times😢.

[@nathanthegreat4808]

That's a solid tutorial mannnn ahhhhhh thank you :0 (also the bgm reminds me of kronii lmao)

[@alceidchannel2877]

Very informative

[@GuranPurin]

I've always struggled the most with hair, feeling that it never looks "real", always too flat and it brings the drawing down. I will try to stop trying to blend so much and see if that improves the quality~ Thank you for your tutorial!

[@choiseongbin]

nice tip thankyou

[@user-ge6pn3ym2b]

Can you make same tutorial about rendering cloth folds? This one was quite helpful

[@thuphuong1498]

thank you so much

[@user-he9jh7to1z]

كان هذا رائع 😮😮💘

[@RinneyRin]

No damn way mint-tan randomly appeared on my YT feed 😭 Love your drawings on IG, been following for quite long already

[@nitachan8785]

Gambarmu bagus banget mbak😭😭
Makasih juga buat tutorialnya

[@s6my608]

Tysm i know now how do u do hair

[@davina9410]

Can you please do how to color white hair 🥺🙏 (I really love your coloring and drawing it's amazing 💖🥰)

[@RayDrawzDragonz]

THANK YOU XOXOXO

[@rasmachris94]

I'd never considered the doughnut for rim lighting, it's certainly a lot more effective than trying to think about where the light will bounce.
Also texture is so difficult.

[@KY-ki1vt]

Thank you so much!! I love the way you draw clothing wrinkles. Could you do a clothing wrinkle tutorial?

[@SpellWeaverYT]

I hope you will make more videos like this, not every country has anime style classes. I will watch your video several times, then practice again with the .psd exercise file ☺.

[@minttan]

thank you so much for appreciating!! we don't really have anime style classes (or barely even any art class at all lol) where I come from either, so I'll do what I can!

[@lauraortiz4133]

This tutorial is so hepfull!

[@minttan]

thank you!! I'm glad that you think so!

[@jessysingleton8240]

Thank you for this tutorial can you do one on skin?

[@familyour3635]

thank you so much..🥹🥹

[@minttan]

thanks for watching! :D

[@khi0ne1999]

I love you!~ ❤❤❤❤🌼🌼

[@saya1610]

pls do more tutorials

[@KunRatee15]

super

[@dirtylittleartclub]

Very helpful thank you. What does setting the line layer as reference do? Is that any different from just selecting them and painting on the next layer?

[@meekatoblerone5242]

Can you do one for your process of eyes and skin?

[@strawberrypkg]

this was super helpful!

[@user-le5db3jm2q]

参考になります

[@rii2560]

Semangat kak 👍🏻