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Step 6: Eventually you finish.   You're probably a withering old person by now, but hey its worth it... maybe... at least people will say its pretty when you are done, yes?    You now want to duplicate your layer, so right click your hair layer and select duplicate to copy it.   See, cloning is possible!

Step 7: Now to do something crazy. With your duplicated layer selected, choose Edit > Fill from the menu and fill your layer with white.  Of course, before you do this you really should make sure that 'preserve transparency' is still turned on.  ;)      Once you have done this, change the layer blending mode to multiply.  The white should vanish.

Step 8: Using the same shade color as before and a very large brush, add a little more shadow to your picture.  Mouse users, don't worry about fade... just set your brush transparency to 50% - it should work almost the same.   The picture on the right is what it should look like.  The one below is just to show you where the shadows should be placed.

Step 9: And finally we are onto the highlights!   Create a new transparent layer on top of the others and set the layer blending mode to linear dodge.  With a smaller brush and the lighter color for the hair, place strokes where the light should be hitting the hair.  This are usually places where hair curves outwards, much in the same way as shadows fill areas where the hair curves inwards.   Get it?  Hope so!    Again, the picture on the left shows what it should look like, and the right side shows where I added the color.

Step 10: Now create a new linear dodge layer and start applying fine highlights. Follow where you placed the first layer of fine highlights with lots of small jagged ones, as clearly shown in the image on the left.  Once this is done, duplicate the layer and go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur to apply a blur that edges out the harshness of the final highlights.  The image below shows where I put the highlights...

And that's it! I hope this helps someone... coz it took me a long time to make!!! THANK YOU!

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Oh That is great! I have been looking for a really good anime tutorial for hair! Mine has only ever come out sub par at best and slightly flat looking.

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Quote from kawaiiyuki;19750: now i know how to fix my anime drawings thanks for the tutorials!

thanks . but can you tell me where I can find those line sketchy?

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THX VERY MUCH!!!!!
Ur tutorial really did make my eye open larger n see more far..thx!

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Thank's Man1c M0g :) I'll go check em out

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Quote from Andantonius: Sorry about the off-topicishness but, do you know where I can find tutorials for how to draw the character itself? I can do pretty good special effects, but my people :barf:

I *HIGHLY* recommend FARP over at http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/farp/art.html . They cater from beginner to downright professional. I would KILL to draw even 1% as good as these people...

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