For both the beginner and seasoned artist, rendering hair is notoriously challenging. To give like the movement of individual hair strands, texture, length, and how it changes with weather and motion. 

Having sophisticated technical skills, an eye for detail, and plenty of creativity are fundamental when embarking on the meticulous task of generating authentic-looking hair for your digital characters. Tutorials such as the five in today’s blog will help you understand how to render hair and demystify the complexities with tips and techniques you can apply today. 

Hair Rendering Tutorial

This diverse hair rendering class takes you through the essential steps needed to construct hair of multiple textures and styles. From curly to straight, thick to thin, and long to short, different hair textures, densities, patterns, and lengths require unique approaches to rendering. 

This helpful tutorial will help you establish the different approaches and tools necessary when producing a blunt bob style versus long-flowing tresses. Master the art of naturalistic movement and structure with the use of this valuable course!

With this purchase, you’ll receive:

• 3 hair PSD’s
• A step-by-step hair rendering tutorial

Real-time Hair Tutorial

This next video demonstration enables digital illustrators to design realistic-looking hair using a number of application methods. This useful class deconstructs the elaborate process of rendering hair into manageable steps, covering elements such as producing hair primitives, tuning hair shaders, rendering, card setup, and material creation. 

Without directions, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the level of detail required when exploring how to render hair—instead, you can rest assured that, with this user-friendly tutorial, you can fulfill your artistic potential with high-quality results.

This product consists of:

• A real-time hair tutorial with example model included

Painting White/Black Hair Voiceover Guide 

Hair reflects and absorbs light in very specific ways, and without the right artistic knowledge, it’s easy to make hair look lifeless and one-dimensional. Our third tutorial includes an accompanying voiceover with how to render hair in black and white as the main topic of focus. 

The lesson will cover the process—start to finish—from an original blob to color blocking and texturizing the refined version. The rendering procedure is discussed across three hours of footage and includes tips and methods for tidying brushstrokes and honing details. Follow this tutorial to learn how digital artists manipulate light and shadow to make hair look more naturalistic. 

This exciting footage contains:

• A 1 hr. 45 min. video tutorial with voiceover

Render Anime Class with Commentary

For the anime enthusiast, this high-resolution video course with accompanying commentary is your fast-track ticket to iconic hair in this classic genre. There’s no need to waste any more precious creative hours on unproductive results: with the guidance available in this helpful video lecture, you can master the fundamentals of rendering anime hair, acquire key techniques for stylization, and experiment with original colors and shapes to carve out your own personal style. 

Whether you're a beginner or an experienced artist, this information-packed rendering tutorial can significantly elevate your Anime art, while saving you hours of time spent on trial and error.   

With this purchase, you’ll get:

• A 1hr. 45 min. high-resolution video tutorial with commentary 

xGen Hair Academy

This final comprehensive video enables you to study the whole hair rendering process from beginning to end and comes with a sped-up playback option. With this insightful aid, you can learn how to strike the right balance between simplification and detail depending on your artistic style and genre. Break a notoriously complex system down into a series of manageable steps; simply block out your basic hair shape and then accentuate with finer details and highlights later. Adding personality to your digital creations couldn't be more effortless with this illuminating pack!  

This product includes:

• 1 xGen hair process video

The Render of Your Dreams Is on the Hair-izon with Cubebrush

Whatever level and background you’re arriving from, mastering how to render hair is one of the more difficult and rewarding aspects of digital art. Nevertheless, these tutorials serve as a bridge between novice and expert, offering structured, intuitive guidance that simplifies the process and produces extraordinary results. 

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