Solsticesims

I was wondering if you knew how people would edit their hair, I know they use a type of hair strands brush but I still don’t know how they draw it.. like this for example

Hi there!

I'm not entirely sure what other people use for their own hair editing, I can only speak to mine. I recommend reaching out directly to the creator (nerissach on IG in this pic) if you have questions about their specific style, because asking me how [insert Simmer here] edits is sort of like someone asking Picasso about Van Gogh's painting techniques!

A lot of people in this community unfortunately have been using AI apps to help them with hair editing and then sometimes painting extra strands, so it's hard for me to tell what she does. She definitely paints extra strands in though, likely in Procreate or Ibis Paint.

Personally, I draw all of my hair in Procreate using these brushes: https://sandrawintherart.gumroad.com/l/bebHE

I usually start from dark color to light (eyedropper tool on existing hair), bigger brush size to block out the hair first, then smaller size to draw the strands, using Thick Hair Brush #8 in that pack. Make sure to use a variety of color shades and not just 1 color or else the hair will look flat.

When I have the majority drawn, I like to add flyaways in a lighter color around the head.

In the brighter areas to add shine, I use a light color in Overlay with a soft brush to paint a glow, then blur it. Then in an Add layer I make a little squiggle over each Overlay section, blur it, and turn the opacity down. That's how I get my hair to look nice and shiny.

So basically: Block, Blend, Strands, Flyaways, Glow

It definitely takes practice and patience, so don't feel discouraged if it doesn't click right away. I recommend watching some YouTube tutorials on hair painting too. I do have one, but it's outdated and was for MM hair.

Of course! I love helping. If anyone has other Blender questions, feel free to ask!

I did make a full rendering tutorial but I don't like how the picture in it turned out, so I need to find time to make a new tutorial lol so I'm really sorry that I am yet to release one.

Hii!! Tysm for your kindness, it means a lot! Blender is definitely intimidating and stressful to learn, and I still feel like I'm way behind other creators who render.

For outlines, I paint them on in Procreate on my iPad using a brush tool that has high motion smoothing enabled. I do it by hand because I prefer to make different colored outlines based on the item I'm outlining rather than have everything be black if that makes sense. I also like to do white/light-colored rim lighting in places too, so for my editing style, doing it by hand just works better for me.

To have them done for you in Blender, I recommend this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqmQjgp5LRc

The downside is that you can only have 1 solid color with it and you can't really fully customize how you want the lines drawn and where. It's sort of like anywhere Blender detects an edge, an outline is drawn. But a lot of my friends use this and their pics turn out nice regardless.

In the picture shown, it's hard to tell if it's the Blender shader or hand-drawn, but I'm pretty sure they used the Blender shader and then drew in lighter lines on the inside of the black with an Overlay/Add/Screen layer mode.