FEMALE HAIR
This is a more feisty-looking cut. The large front part is divided into symmetrical
bangs, a very popular style in manga. The back is cut quite bushy and short for
a tomboyish look, and the color is a very bold shade of green, which is also very
popular with manga characters. The key is getting the bangs to look right.
Now bisect the top of the
head with lines running
from front to back and
from side to side. Add a
spiky outline profile to the
top of the head and down
the figure’s left-hand side.Next add some spiky
hair to the front of
the head, to sit behind
the upswept strands.
Outline areas of high-
light on the strands
that hang down.gREEN AND SPIkY
Start to ink the hairstyle. Ink
the individual lines of the
upsweep, and then outline
the spikes hanging down in
front of the ears and the rest
of the hairstyle.
Create a dramatic
color scheme. Use
brown for the
upsweep and the very
tips of hair. Use an acid
green for the crown
of the head and the
front strands, work-
ing around the white
highlights. Finally, add
a darker green to the
area you outlined
behind the upsweep,
on the top of the head.Work a basic head, with
eyes, nose, mouth, and one
ear. Then create the front
of the hairstyle: this sweeps
back from a center part,
and folds down in front of
the ears on both sides.