Any tips/tricks on drawing human hair using Inkscape instead of drawing one by one ?

It's uncommon in any form of art that each hair drawn one by one. Although Scislac did it

Do you have an example of what you are trying to achieve?

You could browse deviantArt for some ideas on how other artists draw hair.

Give this a shot...

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49440787/

Like this one http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49439769/ (made by inkscape)

[she is beautifull ... *grin* ]
I open the svg and got that the hair was very detailed and looks realistic... and it looks like it drawn one by one ..
Tell me how to draw the hair like that ///

nightingale2k1 wrote:I open the svg and got that the hair was very detailed and looks realistic... and it looks like it drawn one by one ..
Tell me how to draw the hair like that ///

Where did you get the SVG?

Uhmm .. i think it was from http://inkscape.org/screenshots/?lang=en&version=0.45
but i couldnt see it anymore. may be the author request to remove it ..... or may be from another site .... but i couldnt remember it anymore...

the hair that make me amazed ... is it drawn one by one ?

It does appear that much of the hair has been drawen individually, in which case the short answer to how to draw hair like that is, "lots of patience ".

If you want a little more detail, the first part is that not all her hair is drawn strand by strand. The bulk of it would be solid black colour and then strands of hair would be drawen overtop where needed.

The individual strands could be drawn tediously using the Bezier Tool, or if you have a tablet you can quickly sketch each one using the Calligraphy Tool.

Other than that, I don't see any tricks or shortcuts.

First of all, excuse me for my english.
I have been investigating a way for making hair using interpolation.
Here the doc I have make (in spanish) with the metod.
I hope it will be usefull for you...
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhs3vfzq_131cm2t24&pli=1

English translation

That's a really nice tutorial - thanks.

The last couple of times I've needed hair I''ve gone with lots of fine strokes with the calligraphy tool.
see:
http://simarilius.deviantart.com/art/Kyla-59078247
http://simarilius.deviantart.com/art/Tiger-56562346

This is one of those things were having a tablet is a godsend.

Simarilius wrote:This is one of those things were having a tablet is a godsend.

My only problem with tablets is that when drawing in real life you'll twist the page so your strokes are at a comfortable angle. You can't do this with most applications that use a PC tablet. I actually requested a feature to rotate the canvas in Inkscape for this reason, but I don't think there is enough demand to warrant the work it would involve.

trestimil wrote:First of all, excuse me for my english.
I have been investigating a way for making hair using interpolation.
Here the doc I have make (in spanish) with the metod.
I hope it will be usefull for you...
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhs3vfzq_131cm2t24&pli=1

microUgly wrote:English translation

That's a really nice tutorial - thanks.

I am really sorry for bringing this topic up, but I just had to say THANK YOU!! The feather looks awesome! I never thought of using interpolation as a cheap (without purchasing a tablet) yet effective way to draw hair.

I helped someone a while back using a technique that I learned from Tav's Inkscape Guide. One can use Live Path effects to simulate hair too. Here's a link to my quick-n-dirty video. It's a little rough but you'll get the idea.