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How to draw Afro textured 4c hair - an explanation/Tutorial

For those of you that don’t know what 4c hair is, 4c hair is a hair texture type that contains coils to small and tight that the hair appears to be more puffy rather than curly ( like to photo below ) this is in NO WAY to be confused with curly hair. there is a drastic difference.

As a black artist that primarily draws characters with 4c hair, I’ve been asked many times to do a tutorial on 4c hair so here we go~

before we get into 4c hair, lets take a moment to fully understand it by talking about hair texture in a general sense first

let’s take a look at this example of straight hair vs curly hair ( 1 type straight hair vs 3 type curly hair )

If you take a moment to compare the two you’ll notice straight hair is flat, it has no texture. Straight hair perfectly hangs down similar to liquid-like silk. It’s lack of curl pattern is the reason as to why it hangs perfectly flat.

curly hair on the other hand doesn’t lie down flat and silky like straight hair, It’s more thick. Curly hair in it’s raw and unstyled state has a trapezoid like shape this is because the sides of the hair spread more outward.

So why is this? Why is straight hair flat and curly hair thick?

the answer to that question is a thing called piling up. When it comes to hair texture, the shape of the hair strands aren’t the only thing that matters, its how the strands coexist with each other, Curly hair strands coexist by piling up on top each other.

moisture also effects hair texture too, different hair types absorbs moisture differently, thus the thickness of each hair type is different. 

…..soooo, how does this all relate to how to draw 4c hair?? 

Well let’s take a look at the drawing below. Notice how the arrows go outward more as the hair texture gets curlier. As we’ve already discussed, this is because hair piles up, The curlier the hair texture, the more it piles up on each other, the bigger it gets, the more outward the arrows go.

Out of any hair texture, 4C hair has the most curls. Because of this, the hair piles up on each other so much that it doesn’t lie down flat like straight hair, nor does it make a trapezoid like shape like curly hair, it instead becomes more cloud like.❤️

This is what you need to take into account when it comes to drawing 4C hair.

Think of it as piling up a bunch of cotton balls on each other. The most cotton on top of top to lead to a bigger patch of  cotton. this is 4c hair.

How to not draw 4c hair:

Garnet fanart. Let’s talk about Garnet Fanart. I notice a trend that when artists draw Garnet from Steven universe, her hair texture is usually changed to 3 type curly like texture. This subtle form of White washing has confused me because this is inaccurate. 

Garnet’s hair is in the shape of a cube. Though 3 type hair piles up on each other, it isn’t curly nor thick enough for their hair to stay in the shape of a cube. Curly hair lies down more than 4c hair. So garnet’s hair being in the shape of a cube is a dead giveaway that it is 4C. Why do you think hairstyles like flat tops are usually seen on black men with 4c hair? It’s because, the 4c hair texture is thick and strong enough to stay in whatever shape you put it in.

please, if you’re drawing a character with 4c hair, avoid drawing it like curly 3 type hair, this is very anti-black and texturist.

So, how do you draw 4c hair?

honestly, its the most easy thing in the world

i wanna clarify that blobby looking 4c drawings ( like the one on the top left ) can work depending on how cartoony your art style is.

Another thing that I want to greatly clarify when it comes to drawing 4C hair is, YOU. DONT. NEED. TO. DRAW. EVERY. HAIR. STRAND!…..like, seriously. I’ve gotten many messages about how 4C hair is hard to draw, and it’s always left me confused; but then I find out that the same people that have trouble drawing 4C hair, attempt to draw every single strand of hair. This is unnecessarily time consuming because it’s merely impossible to get every single detail down, especially when you have a simple cartoon style. 4C hair does not require much effort, all you’re doing is drawing lumps. It’s that simple, nothing more nor nothing less.

The reason why I greatly advise all of you to avoid drawing every single hair strand is because in real life, when you look at a 4C textured Afro, your eyes don’t pick up on each individual hair strand like straight or curly hair. 4C hair, appears to be more undefined and cloud like, so attempting to draw each and every individual strand is unnecessary and will most likely end up looking inaccurate.

Anyways! that’s it for now! there will be a part 2 to this tutorial that will come out next week! i hope you guys have learned from this and apply it to your black character in your art!~

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I come back with a goofy shitpost

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made some fanart of the best couple i've seen in videogaming history

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Behold: The Diagram of Losers (Affectionate)

These three have invaded by brainspace at the same time due to the recent popularity of the Uma Musume. Everyone likes a good Underdog... or Under...Horse?........Under...Animal?... Fuck it, UnderMammal. UnderVertibrate even.

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holy shit honse lore

Earth ponies, Equestria’s workers, soldiers, and farmers. Their work goes unnoticed by many, yet society would collapse without them.

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waow....they're beautiful...i love how king form is all mechanical armor and mystical kevlar and wild chalice has a bunch of body horror exploded ribs and unspecified organs and he's made of gold goo

also those guys

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The wait is almost over - tomorrow at 7pm CET/1pm EST you can finally grab a copy of the NOW OR NEVER zine and all its digital merch! 💫Are you pumped or what?!

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Donkey Kong Bananza Talk: Kremlings & King K. Rool

Its about damn TIME, its been 11 years since a new entry in the DK Series and im THRILLED to see its taking the 'Mario Odyssey' route of Open world platformer experimenting with a new concept (I.E: Destructible environments).

Its unfortunate that Kremlings and by proxy, King K.Rool, are still absent as usual (Now more than ever would suit them well as a proper antagonist). Not to say I don't like the current cast of characters we can only assume are the bad guys (More Monkey=Good),But it always feels bittersweet every time the Kongs are fighting some more nondescript villains when there is a whole group of bad guys with built up context and lore right there! (Obviously the main reason is most likely them being tied up in Legal papers, Rare is with Microsoft, so its increasingly unlikely we'd see anything of K.Rool outside of his appearance in another Smash Bros game).

At the end of the day, More Donky Kong is what I like, regardless of weather or not Kremlings are involved...

However...

I noticed something interesting in the trailer for the recently announced Donkey Kong Bananza.

There is a consistent prevalence of these Crocodile lookin guys in the trailer. All of them are pretty blink-and-you'll-miss-it but its there. Call it Cope or something but it leaves the door open for Kremlings, or at least some 'Nintendo Owned Kremling-Like creatures'.

Ekzibit A.1

The first one we see is this stone statue guy, clearly some Croc vibes going on with the carvings.

Ekzibit A.2

The same stone guy, after the outer layer is shattered, revealing a gold skeleton with again, more croc features. Specifically the skull. It keeps its Club weapon even after the stone is shattered.

Ekzibit B

Another Stone Croc, made of a different matterial (Some sort of iridescent stone). this time in water and wielding a different (red) Club weapon.

Ekzibit C.1

More Crocs, this one lacking its Club, red in coloring, and covered in Spikes. DK uses the smaller enemy to break its outer shell rather than a basic attack.

Ekzibit C.2

Another Golden skeleton with Croc features, It also shows that the outer shell is made up of wood based on the shape of shrapnel resembling that of Woodchips in texture.

Ekzibit D

A Very large Totem Pole esque statue of multiple different Crocodile stacked on top of the another. Each layer a different material (Bottom:Clay or soft stone, Middle: An iridescent Stone, and Top: A Matte metal).

It wields an equally as large club/mace and has several of the golden skeletal limbs sticking out to facilitate movement.

Ekzibit E

A large group of Stone Crocodiles lined up behind what is assumed to be the Bad Guys of the game. The flying enemy in the back doesn't seem to match the 'Crocodile style' of earthenware.

Konclusion

Theres something to do with Crocodile like creatures in this game, weather or not they're proper Kremlings is 100% Speculation considering we only have two and a half minutes of footage to work with, and they wouldn't show off everything in one go.

My Crackpot theory is that these are some Dead Kremlings that have been 'resurrekted' from the dead by vengeful spirit 'Nekromancer Von Rool' Uncovered and dug up by the mining operations of Ingot Isle, they seek revenge for the disturbance of their resting place.

My Source for this theory? Any sort of backing evidence?.. None, I made it the fuck up. it would be SO FUCKING COOL!

Thank you for listening to my Ted Talk

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being a self-taught artist with no formal training is having done art seriously since you were a young teenager and only finding out that you’re supposed to do warm up sketches every time you’re about to work on serious art when you’re fuckin twenty-five

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(2024) doodles from when side order released

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the media trying to rationalize this like that 'Dont make the culture war into the class war' headline

what do you mean elon musk did a nazi salute on live tv at the united states presidential inauguration twice and is now erasing the evidence off the internet by replacing the footage with the crowd cheering instead?

would be a shame if people reblogged this, wouldn’t it?

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"killing billionaires wont solve the problem of wealth inequality" no but killing elon musk would solve the problem of elon musk

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If Tack Paragon plays heavy metal.

I like this design element

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gotta love how a craft still persists despite everything

Thinking about how wild it is that enshittification starts as a way for the rich to squeeze the populace for more money but ends up infecting everything so even luxury products decline in quality. They’ve got more money than fucking God now and for what? Literally they can’t even buy fun nice stuff for themselves because they killed craft.

Anyway this post is about Dhaka muslin but it’s also about everything.

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GIVE THESE BOYS A WEEKEND YAOI FISHING TRIP !! GAT DAMN!! i actually have so many thoughts about Big getting Shadow into fishing istg im gonna make a whole comic on it im in too deep

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