Stop Trying To Draw Hair!

My last couple of posts have been about me trying to draw hair. Today I tried to draw hair again, since I've got my drawing tablet now. It turned out better than my previous attempts. I still need practice though. I think I needed to add more fly aways and improve the shape of the hair.

An Unfinished Hair Drawing

I started drawing this hair. I was trying to follow a tutorial but the texture went all weird. I just decided to use the dodge/burn tool to mess around with the colours and I like how the colours turned out. I think I might draw the hair like in my previous attempt at drawing hair but add the colours from this hair drawing. I like how it makes the hair look like it's flowing. I'd probably blend the colours more next time though.

Second Attempt At Drawing Hair

So I tried drawing hair again. I read a few tutorials but didn't really follow any of them. I created the hair using a mouse as I didn't have my drawing tablet with me. I think the shape of the hair would have been better if I'd used my drawing tablet. There is also something wrong with the shine of the hair. I think I still need plenty of practice.

Banner Competition

I entered the Unbound banner competition for the first time. I really shouldn't have left it so late, since I entered on the due date. I didn't win but I wasn't expecting to, since I'd used a picture of a sim that I had taken ages ago, and the sim I used had no eyelashes. The winning banner was great though, and I enjoyed taking part. I think I'll practice a lot more before entering again. So here's the banner:

Where have you been?

I never posted last week. You may be wondering why. So, it's basically because I haven't had chance to play sims. Blame my teachers for giving me heaps of homework, I've still got loads to do. As soon as I get chance I'm definitely going to get some new screenshots and do some editing. Well I managed too find time to quickly (and badly) edit a picture of a sim that I've had on my computer for a while. I know it's not great but the lighting on this picture was pretty terrible, I edited it though because I like it and I used one of my favourite sims.

If you're wondering what I actually did to this picture here's a list:
- I made her eyes whiter since they looked yellow.
- I painted nail polish on her thumb
- I drew on some eyeliner (badly) but it's better than it was. She looked like she had a black eye.
- I did a tiny bit of shading and highlighting. I think I was a bit scared to do much since I've never done it before and I just realized I only did the shading and highlighting on her face and hand. It would probably look better if the shading was darker and if I'd shaded her shoulders. You can't really see that I've even done any shading put there is proof! Look at the top left of her forehead. You can see where I didn't blend it properly and it looks dirty.
- I cropped it so I wouldn't have to do as much editing (I know I'm lazy).

Things I attempted to do and failed at:
- Draw hair. It ended up looking like fur. How do I make it shiny? I've tried everything and it just looks messy and has a funny texture like fur.
- Draw makeup. It just wouldn't work. She just looked like she needed a wash and I couldn't blend it right.

I also realised that I really need to practise my editing. I can't do most of the stuff that actually makes pictures look good. Any tips would be appreciated.

First Attempt At Drawing Hair

So I decided since I've got a drawing tablet again I should try and draw hair on my sims. I know it isn't great since I gave up on the tutorial I was meant to be following and just did most of it myself. Also if you're wondering why the sim in the picture looks so plain, well I was going to try and draw makeup too but I decided to just practice hair for now.