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I don’t use OG stumpy pencil much anymore (though I do still heartily recommend downloading it!) The brush I DO use is very much descended from it, just modified over the years.Here’s my pack of 4: (Download the .ABR)

I use these 4 basically only, I just modify them slightly for unique use cases. 

(Basically every inker can be turned into a painter by disabling shape dynamics and enabling opacity dynamics; every painter can be an inker by disabling opacity and enabling shape. ...it’s not EXACTLY that simple for all brushes, but for these four, it definitely is.) I’ll only stray outside this pack if I need specific textures or effects. 

Ahhh omg thank you!! I’d be happy to do one at some point, but it’ll probably be a little while. I’m super swamped! 

In the meantime, the short explanation is just to start with basic shapes and build out from there. 

This might be one of the only wip screenshots I have on hand, but you can see that it all starts with just sketching out the general direction of the hair and then painting it out! I know that’s not super helpful haha but I hope it gives you a starting point. I recommend brushing in a dark color below and then painting the lighter hair on top to give things lots of dimension. 

Everyone draws at different speeds! You'll get faster with practice, especially if you practice life drawing and gesture drawing (I'm serious about this. If you do life drawing, your speed will improve substantially, among other benefits). I've watched some people stream their work and do in half an hour what would easily take me three.

Don't worry if your work takes a long time! It's not something to be ashamed of, and it may simply be your personal work speed. Don't force yourself to draw faster or stop before you're finished. Rushing makes for sloppy work, which you won't be satisfied with later on! Draw in a way that is comfortable and natural for you.

I'm a slow sketcher and a fast painter. Looking at my three latest pieces gives a pretty good range of typical drawing times for me. A simple cleaned up sketch like these can take me as much as half an hour apiece, and as you can see they aren't terribly detailed. This painting took me ~9 hrs of work, give or take. This one only took about three hours, and a lot of that was faffing about with mechanical bits in the sketch.

If you want to naturally draw faster, my advice is to practice as much as you can. Draw from life. Draw people around you (make sure to pack your trusty pair of I'm-not-staring-at-you-I-swear sunglasses). Take a figure drawing class if you can. Practice.