I'm still new in digital art, but I already have a bunch of ideas. I love designing clothes and I've been admiring CWs while staring at my empty wallet, so I thought I could try my hand at making my own CW.

I made a wig of sorts, and it looks like brown spaghetti vomit. I don't even know how to get my art to Subeta standards. I looked at the tutorials, and I still am having trouble. I also don't have a drawing tablet, so yeah, I'm only able to use a mouse...

Maybe I'm on the right track and just need to practice more? Maybe I need to wait until I can get a tablet?

(Warning: terrible art ahead)

maybe you can help since you are mouse goddess? :P

what program do you use? the lineart is pixelated right now like you are using a pencil tool instead of a brush tool. drawing CWs with a mouse is really difficult but not impossible - !

that I do! Like Violin says, it is difficult, but totally doable! I've done a couple here and there, but not too many hairs because /lack of talent that way. HOWEVER....when I doodle, first I sketch it, then to line it, I tend to zoom in about 500%- so I can see the pixels. For sure use a brush tool, and not a soft or gradient brush tool either. Generally since I work at 2x HA size (and then shrink it down once done) I like with a 2.5 sized brush. It takes a lot of zooming in and out and nudging and erasing. Other advice: do different layers for your lines; one for the outside, one (or two, depending) for the inside. This way I can taper them better without messing up the outside line itself too badly. then I do another layer for the base color, and then more for each shading (for a wig of this size, I would probably have up to 7-8 layers besides the line ones) Not sure if that helps at all, but I promise it can be done! Practice is totally the name of this game :)

- I'm using Photoshop, but still new to it. Yeah, I was using the pencil tool... I just figured out how to switch to brush mode a few days ago. I was wondering why the art looked so pixelated before.

- This is extremely helpful! I needed some direction as to what to do, because I was completely lost.

Is it okay if I keep you updated on the wig's progress and ask questions? I won't have time to work on it most days, but I do want to finish it eventually.

absolutely! I am not a hairs maker, but I could probably at least help ya out mouse wise XD And I know a lot of what not to do so maybe that stuff will help as well XD

You should look up some Photoshop tips and tutorials ! They've helped me out a lot. When I started, and I still do sometimes, I used the pen tool a lot. It's a great way to figure out movement and make adjustments to things. Learn the mask tool. This helps a lot with lines (I usually do one layer for lines, soooomtimes more). Because instead of erasing internal lines to taper them, you just brush or "unbrush" them. Look up a tutorial video, it will explain better. I do 2px for my outlines, for what it's worth. We can't do .5 in Photoshop. Clipping mask for shading layers will help you avoid strays... Something I should have been doing earlier on :p Make sure to have the standard base, shade 1, shade 2, and highlight layers. At the bare minimum for hair (personally, I usually do base, s1, s2, s3, h1, h2, multiply layer with two shades for added depth, sometimes a second multiply layer but usually only for highly textured hair; and it's changed depending on the hair style). I also don't always have the second highlight layer clicked on, it depends on the wig.

Color sample a wig on-site if you want. I like things to match on-site stuff, so I do this a lot. Standardize your colors. If you do a wig in brown, and then one in blue but you think "oh, now I want that one in brown too" you'll have to try to color match, which is painful. Do every wig in a standard color and write down how you get to any recolors you want. This way you know you can get to the same blue, red, gray later for anything you do.

- Awesome, thank you! ^^

- Thank you for the advice! I'll need to look up how to use the tools you mentioned, especially the pen tool... I couldn't figure that one out. The mask tool is one I didn't even know existed.

No problem ! The pen tool can be a little difficult, but it helps out a lot. I still use it for a lot of bigger, round things because... Big round things are no fun.