How To Draw Hair: Braids
- Posted on 28 March, 2012
- Curly Hairstyles
- By Anonymous
***I MADE A NEWER, BETTER VERSION OF THIS TUTORIAL***
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Hey guys so in this tutorial, I'm going to show you how to draw braids, and I figured out a really easy way to do it, because I was looking at a braid one day and I noticed there's sort of a zigzag pattern right down the center, because I know some people just go in and draw these lines and they'll draw this one and this one and that one, but that's just a little bit too tricky for me, sometimes in my braid ends up looking all wonky. But if you draw in this zigzag first, it actually turns out quite well so I'll show you how I do that. So I guess to start off with a zigzag, and I do my lines roughly at a 90 degree angle right here. But if you increase that angle, the braid will look a bit looser because mine tend to look quite tight. The way I draw them and these lines are getting shorter and shorter, as you get to the bottom, because the braid tapers at the end not going to get too long because it'll take a while to do this. Video and if you want you can add in some guidelines for the thickness of the braid, you might not need these, but if you want to plan it out ahead of time, you can draw in some lines just like this and then to draw the rest of The braid you just start at the bottom of one of these lines and just extend it upwards. Just like that same thing on this side, and then you have your general shape of your braid and then you want to make it actually look like a braid. So we're going to add in some round edges right here same thing, on this side and at the bottom I just draw a little bubble like this and another one on this side, and then I draw in the hair elastic I'm just going to do a simple Elastic for this one and then at the bottom, because the elastic squeezes the hair, the hair is going to puff out a little bit. It can be a lot or just a little bit up to you, but it's going to puff out some and then it'll taper and it could be just taper into one point. It could have a little curl at the end. I'M going to make mine have a couple different sections, just something like that, and then it still looks pretty stiff, not a whole lot like a nice braid. So what I do after that is I round out this bottom piece here. So this is very, very square. At the bottom, so I just color in the corners to make it a rounder shape, and I also like to fix the top too, because a lot of the times where this curl right here meets this straight line. It'S kind of a pointy corner. So I like to round that out too, and I'm just going to speed this part up, because it can be a little bit tedious to watch me do that for the entire braid you all right. So now most of the grade is done and you might be wondering how you connect it to the head. Well, what I do is I just sort of extend these two top lines, and it depends exactly what kind of braid, if you only have one or two braids on the head, this might have to bulge out a lot, because you're gon na have to eventually link That to the entire head, but if it's just a longer but skinnier braid, you might not even make it stick out that much it just might sort of fade into the rest of the hair. But it pretty much just extend it like this and extend lines in every direction. You can see I sort of kept this line, so this piece of hair still in front and then it just all fades into the rest of the hair, and it helps if you draw strands and that's another thing I like to do is draw some strands on This part and some of the strands just sit sort of in the middle, some go on the end and only make their way partially across. I don't like to draw very many that go all the way across if I'm drawing a smaller braid. I definitely do that. A lot, but when it's a close-up like this, I try to make it more random item. Again, I'm not going to show you the entire thing, because that would take too long, and I do that on the bottom as well, and you want to make sure these lines are curved to the shape of the braid. So it's a 3d object. I know you're drawing it 2d, but you have to think of it as its 3d shape and sort of follow the curve of the actual object. So now I'm just going to show you again how you connect into the head using this as an example. So you can see I kept this chunk right here. It looks just like this chunk, but without the end it just sort of fades into the rest of the hair, and I added a couple lines. So that's the way you cannot connect it to the head. So this braid here is a lot like the one I just did in the tutorial. It has very round edges and it's quite uniform. It'S not very messy. Looking and it's okay to do that for cartoony drawings, because the cartooning doesn't have to be perfect and then for this one here I have sort of pointy err edges to the braid just to make it look a bit more cartoony, and even this bottom part here Has sharper corners, it's just a stylistic choice, and I have this big one right here. It'S sort of a fatter braid doesn't have to be fat like this, but I just showed how you can get a bit more realistic detail while still making it cartoony. I just added little chunks of hair that stick out at certain sections, and you can see this is a very crooked line. It'S not just a smooth line like on this one, so it makes it look a little bit more realistic and messy, while still being a cartoon style. I guess and then I just added a bit more detail on the ends too, and then I have this little one here. This is really good for simple braids or really small braids. You know how some characters have their hair down, but they just have skinny long braids in their hair. That'S really good, because when something small, it's hard to draw a lot of detail in it, so a lot of people just do their braids like this and all it is, is a bunch of little sort of like a half of a heart. You just draw this one, then that one then this one and that one and just make your way down it's pretty simple, so yeah those are just different, braid styles and I hope this tutorial was helpful for you guys. I think I'm just going to end it here because that's all I have to say, and thanks for watching alright. So now I'm going to get to the winners of my giveaway thanks to everyone who entered, I had 630 comments by the time. I ended the giveaway. So that is insane so thanks everyone who commented yeah, everyone had an equal chance of winning, because I just used a random number generator and there were three winners. So I'll just quickly go over the prizes again, there's all eight of my bookmarks they're, all double-sided. So there's different characters on the back and then there's these six buttons. There'S an Katara and Sokka from Avatar Harry Ron and Hermione from Harry Potter, and you also get this prismacolor colorless blender pencil, alright, so the first winner was stuffers one. The second winner was k9 puppy dog and the third winner was the diva three one, two one. So congratulations guys, and by the time you see this I've probably already messaged you asking for your mailing address and it'd be awesome. If you guys could get back to me as soon as possible, because I'm going to mail them out all together, so have to wait for all three of you to get back to me before I'll mail them so yeah. Congratulations again and thanks! Everyone!
Comments
Leo: This was pretty helpful, I've never been able to do a braid this well until I saw this video❤️
Natasha Claxton: Everything went great for me until the pencil touches the paper
Veegarden: Me: looks pretty simple! Me: grabs paper and forgets everything
Marie Kaninda: My eyes: yay My brain: let's do this My hands : WTF I can't do this
Annie Smith: Thanks sooooo much for providing a simple 'how to' for braids. Teaching middle school students during this pandemic requires such videos. This gives my students a great way to provide details in their drawings and allows them to draw what they may have avoided due to not being able to accomplish it.
Amy Art Lover: This really helped and I've managed to develop my own style of braids! Thanks!
Mughera Sherazi: Thank you sooo much !!! I tried the first braid ,it was very easy to draw and very beautiful to see.
Lucy’s Dog Days: This was so helpful! I can never draw braids, but I really wanted to for a character I'm designing, so this was perfect!
Anime Fan: Thanks a ton, I have been wanting to draw braids on my characters and I have heard about using the zig-zag but no one really explained it enough!! Thanks!
hannahhh: Thanks so much! I’m going into middle school and I wanted to be able to draw braids because I feel like drawing people is a pretty big thing in art. Thanks, again!
Mu4: This was amazing, right onto the point! Glad someone finally explained their thought process on how the understand braid shapes~ You only needed 50 seconds to teach me the base structure which I struggled for so much. ^-^
Milena Cavalcanti: Thank you so much for this video! You made it so easy to understand and put into practice, it was really helpful! ✍
T Lemont: Thank you! This was SOOOOO much help! I love drawing oc's and characters but when I try to do the braids I get all jumbled up this helped me so much I can't even describe the amount so Thank you❤!
Carley's Place: that was super helpful, i have been struggling to draw braids for such a long time! i thought i found a method that was pretty easy and worked, but they still never came out quite right, i am so excited to try this method!
ElliJanelle Bautista: omg I love how she drew the braids and the french braids and I just love her drawing it means the world to me!!!
Horse Girl For Life: Is such a great video! And you explain everything so well. Thanks for making this video
Honest Figure reviews: This was so easy to follow & very helpful Thanks so much Big thumbs up from me
Morshada Akther: My brain: it's so easy My eyes: it's so easy My hands: shut up!
MB Gaming: Thanks I was drawing me and my friend for her b-day and she always wears braids and I just thought it would look weird to draw her without a braid and I just couldn’t do it so I found this video and it helped a lot thanks
Emy Khalil: That was amazing ..You are genius ...I really enjoyed it ...I dreamed to make lovely braids like these
Cora Kowal: Your so helpful when it comes to art <3 thank you for teaching me sketching tips!!
x canteen: WOW I love this tutorial it made me appreciate my art for once
Samantha Alicea: Thanks for this tutorial. Really helped a lot.
Isabella: Queen Of The Weebs: I've been having a hard time drawing braids for so long and this video has helped me a lot thank you so much!
mar: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO!!!!!! it helped me a lot xxx
Alex Horak: This is awesome!! Thank you so much ❤️
Elliot Kurylenko: Thank you for this a lot I've been looking forever for the right braid I want
Greg Hansen: I was just trying to draw a Viking with a braided beard. I couldn't figure it out, and then I found this. It helped a lot. Thanks!
Patricia Ann Urbiztondo: Tysm this made me improve my drawing skills before i never liked my drawings and the drawing i made is the only one that made me happy and put a smile on my face! Thank you sooo soo so so muuch!
sandy xx: I only ever wished I could draw, but now you have given me hope, ty. This tutorial was perfect!
cass kozi: I want to thank you so much for this video! At first this was so difficult and I could not understand it.. I tried it my second time and I could not be more grateful !! Now I'm coming back 2 1/2 years later with a YouTube account giving this a big thumbs up, for everyone who is reading this and cannot understand how to do it, give it a second try..or a third..keep practicing you will get there! Even DM me on my insta @thechuckbasslife or on wattpad @greatbookz !! Thank you for the amazing video! I haven't out ur other one yet but I'm sure it will be great thank you !
Heloísa: Thanks!!!!! I was struggling to draw braids but your video helped a lot.
Lorelei Wesselowski: That was so helpful thank you for making a video like this!
sbh: Oh My Gooooooossshshshhshs !!!! I watched this sooooo long ago and it really helped me to draw braids and I never watched this channel ever again but then now I came across the channel and I'm realizing that u helped me a lot in drawing !!! Tysm for making this video!!! I remember watching this when I was 5/6 and now I'm 11!!!! ❤ Thank you for reading this!!! ❤
Harraj: Thank you so much! this helped me a lot! <3
Kaitlyn M.: it was super hard well not that hard to draw braids so.... I looked up more than I watched yours again almost 30 times then I got(much harder than drawing a perfect circl) But LOVE your Art works and projects you do...and thanks for all your help
Amelia Mędrygał: Wow! Teraz to jest zupełnie łatwe! Dawniej dla mnie to było tak trudne, że nawet się za warkocze nie zabierałam. Teraz to chyba będzie moja ulubiona fryzura do rysowania :3 Wielkie dzięki za to video :*
Tiriig Satal: OMG! This helped so much! I’m so glad I can finally draw hair! I’ve been trying to find this! 2020?
Astrid McDougall: Thank you ! This was REALLY helpful!! ✍
kirarameki-Chan (nobody): Thank you now i know how to braid neatly. This video is very helpful ✌️
Bella’s 甜甜圈: Found this video a few years ago, I still use this method to impress/teach my friends! I also wear braids a lot so it makes self portraits so much better! Thank you <3
Tracey Lea: Love it great video i can now happily say i can draw a braid thank you
Habiba Islam: This was such a good video. At first I was a bit hard but my end drawing came out pretty good . So thanks
betito cruz: Muchas gracias por este gran tutorial me sirvió mucho saludos desde México
rach: This helped alot! Thank you ^u^
Potato Mixnight: This Helped Alot! I Drew Number 1 And I Really Liked It! Thank You So Much For Making This Video! <3
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Ilfan Fantazi: Thank you very much, your training was very helpful
CrazyBerriezTheFantastic: These braids are beautiful!
Scarecrow: Thank you very much! It really helped me.
Triaksha: Thank you so much! I have really improved on this braid tutorial ! I will surely hit the subscribe and like button.thank you may god bless you❤
Chatorie Miller: I love this video it really helped me out thanks
helwaania: You teached me everything! Thank you!
KennaPlaysGames 16: Mine turned out to look like a rose! Thanks for the flower tutorial
NatNat_Designs: Thats AMAZING!!! Keep up the great work! <3
Mia Learned: I cannot draw and I tried this and it came out really good! Wow you are a great teacher.
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אוולין בקין: Wow thank you so much it helpd me so much! Now i know how to draw braids!❤❤❤
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arcus: Thanks! This was really helpful~ ☺️
Simon Roe: I'm taking part in an art competition for once and this looks so good cuz of your advice I might actually win and it's out of the best artist at my school and they are amazing but there's are cartoony types of drawings mines realistic
dennis dharamrup: Awesome braid hack. Helped me out a lot. Subscribed!
Animal Ella10: This helped me so much thank you!
Nay: BAYLEE OMG I make braids for over 20 but never knew how to draw them. THANK YOU
Matt Role: Thank you! This helped a lot! :D
Clara Smith: This video really helped! Thank you!!
Lovely Little Nobody: I have a character who has a long braid in the back (it goes all the way to her ankles/feet) and I was contemplating taking it off since I didn't know how to draw braids, but thanks to this, she can flaunt her braid all she likes. Thank you for helping me learn how to draw a braid! :)
april. lucy: Omg, Baylee , you sound so young and innocent here, still such a great tutorial, I've never seen a video from you as old as this , but it's still so good
BlackFlower819: Thanks I have braids for hair normally and I try to do self portraits of myself I I’m like HOW DO YOU DO THIS?! This helped me alot
Regina Villegas: Thank you this tutorial helped me making braids your the best
Tial zi: Ur like the nicest person! And the best instructor to make a braid! Thanks Baylee!
Rose Feather: Thank you this helped me so much! I got better at art
Mazzitycb: Really Helpful!!!
Rat ASMR: Thank you so much for this tutorial I am definitely going to subscribe!
Charline Dorvil: So helpful thank you !!!
Caroline Pechin: you are very good at drawing! thanks for the vid I was super bad at braids until I watched this! :)
ovenbird: Omg this is soooooo helpful!!! Thank you
Fun girl I LOVE you: Omg thx! Now i can draw a hair braid ! ❤️❤️ Nice vid
Brendon Urie's Forehead: Despite this being REALLY old, it's actually a really helpful tutorial.
sg's house: Thank-you it was really easy to follow yoir instructions
monica: Definitely helpful ❤️
lilwillow6: THANK YOU SM I WAS STRUGGLING WITH BRAIDS AND THIS IS JUST
TJ: Thank you SO much! My Drawing came out AWESOME!!!!!!
Alison Molina: ¡Gracias, me has ayudado mucho!
crepuscular crab: My Lord this is the first video from your channle that I've watched and I already love it I've been working hard on getting the braid just right thank you
Jolanta Krysztofiak: This helped me So much im now drawing two braids and a high braid and things i couldnt do before
Ellie Navarro: Very helpful thank you!
sxnniexnxy: Thx for the help now my braids look really good
lιgнт: All this time failing to draw braids and now..... I have found the perfect video....... U R THE CHOSEN ONE!
Chris Hawkins: Thanks so much I've been wanting to draw braids forever now I can +1 new subscriber
clustr: I love how you draw _thicc_ braids!
Naledi Thulo: I'm 8 years late in 2021 But anyways great tutorial it really helped alot thank you
Moo 🐮: Now I can finally draw braids right thank you
Peaches x: This helped so much now I can draw braids like a pro
LivingWithLily!: OMG!!! YOU ARE SO GOOD!!! Before my drawing was horrible and I had to trace everything!!! now every one's like 'Oh Damn thats so good'!!!
bna's annamations: This helped a lot, thanks:))))
With YenArt: I will try this for my drawing collection !!!! Thankyou
Mrc Choi: Thank you for helping me it was beautiful at first it wasnt then i retried it and then it was perfect thx for ur help
Autumn Rose: I was having trouble with drawing Braids, this video totally helped!!! Thanks!!!
Claire Nixon: wow really good it helped me alot with my drawling braids xxxx