Animals have fur or hair on them. But how do we make realistic fur or hair. This tutorial let us show the simple steps needed to draw realistic fur or hair in photoshop. It doesn’t take long to do and the results are really good. There are only a few basic steps but the longer we take and the more detail we add the better it will become.

Make Realistic Fur or Hair.

Make Realistic Fur or Hair.

Step 1) let’s create our canvas. The bigger we make it the long it will take us to create a satisfactory piece. We have chosen for this exercise 500px x 500px.

Create Canvas for Fur or Hair.

Create Canvas for Fur or Hair.

Step 2) On the base layer scribble in the shape of our fur or hair. It doesn’t have to be neat, just a general shape.

Step 3) On two layers brush in with a soft brush two brown colours. Light brown on one layer, dark brown on another layer.

Apply Soft Brush Two Brown Colours.

Apply Soft Brush Two Brown Colours.

Step 4) Use the smudge tool with a medium size and a strength of 50% to smudge the colour layers. This is going to act as a base coat.

Apply Smudge Tool in Colour Layers.

Apply Smudge Tool in Colour Layers.

Step 5) On a new layer pick a dark brown colour. Using a 2-3px brush with the airbrush options on start to draw in the hairs. Don’t scribble and draw every hair individually. If we want very straight hair draw straight lines, more curly hair is done by making the lines more wavy. So let’s use a tablet for this as the brush strokes would be more natural, as well as easier to do.

Using Brush with Airbrush Options.

Using Brush with Airbrush Options.

Step 6) Repeat this process again on a new layer with a darker brown. Concentrate on the darker areas with the dark hairs.

Draw in light hairs for colours and quantities of hair.

Draw in light hairs for colours and quantities of hair.

Step 7) It is starting to come alive. On a new layer again draw in light hairs in the light part of the canvas. Continue to do this with different colours and quantities of hair.

Add in extreme colours such as black.

Add in extreme colours such as black.

Add extrime white colour to get a good effect.

Add extreme white colour to get a good effect.

Step 8 ) The more time we spend the better we will get it to look. The more time and effort will definitely produce good results. Add in extreme colours such as black and white to get a good effect.

Seems Realistic fur or hair.

Seems Realistic fur or hair.

Really cool. We might spend some time on a bigger piece and see what the effects are.

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