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   Every day's a bad hair day for me.   Does anyone have any tips or techniques for how best to pixel hair?  I tried starting with the darkest color and working up to the lightest but it looks like an uncontrolled mess :(

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beef_x Seaman Joined: 11 February 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 22	Topic: Bad Hair Day Posted: 14 April 2012 at 5:09pm
	Every day's a bad hair day for me. Does anyone have any tips or techniques for how best to pixel hair? I tried starting with the darkest color and working up to the lightest but it looks like an uncontrolled mess :(
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beef_x Seaman Joined: 11 February 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 22	Posted: 21 April 2012 at 4:40am
	An update after not having much time to work on pixels this week. I realised the answer to my question was to think more about how the hair falls before jumping in and trying to do strands. I'm still in two minds about whether the dithering helps or whether to just throw in more colors.
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cure Rear Admiral Joined: 23 October 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2771	Posted: 21 April 2012 at 6:40am
	she's got bulldog jaw. would you mind posting the reference, would help us critique the likeness. Don't worry about individual strands, that can be implied with texture. probably best to focus more on the more general "clumps", then go in and refine those. the dithering isn't necessary.
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beef_x Seaman Joined: 11 February 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 22	Posted: 21 April 2012 at 4:26pm
	Bulldog jaw sounds bad :O Too angular? I don't actually have a ref because I managed to delete it from my phone, so I was doing what I could from what I pixelled before. The ref was hugely blurry so I probably got the form wrong. I think I'll try hair with a clearer reference. I found a few pencil tutorials that look promising. Edited by beef_x - 21 April 2012 at 4:27pm
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r1k Commander Joined: 07 November 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 238	Posted: 23 April 2012 at 11:36pm
	her jaw is protruding foreward too much. Heres a really quick edit, its not perfect so you should probably try finding a new ref. I also noticed that if her eyes are angeling downward, then the mouth is out of perspective (the lips should angle downward too then)
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beef_x Seaman Joined: 11 February 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 22	Posted: 24 April 2012 at 2:10am
	Thanks for the advice and tips guys, I started afresh with a new reference, I'll post my progress when I make some, it's super early days. Here's what I have so far: And the reference: http://tinyurl.com/ckbdjfw Edited by beef_x - 24 April 2012 at 2:11am
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Jeremy Rear Admiral Joined: 18 November 2008 Location: New Zealand Online Status: Offline Posts: 1409	Posted: 24 April 2012 at 3:29am
	~~link doesn't work~~YES IT DOES chin is again protruding. check facial proportions - ref has pointy chin, face is about twice the height of the forehead, etc. Edited by Jeremy - 24 April 2012 at 3:31am
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beef_x Seaman Joined: 11 February 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 22	Posted: 03 May 2012 at 12:38pm
	Thanks Jeremy, I started again. Not sure that the proportions/features are right but they're definitely better. I've been tinkering away on this in spare time but not getting anywhere fast.
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