Hair styling advice required please!

[daisyd]

Hi guys.

I'm very aware that my biggest failing when it comes to customising is, what to do with the hair. Most of my customs just end up with the long-and-straight, no frills hair - rather like my own *g*

This time though, I need some help.

I'm going to be making a Japanese themed custom, and I would dearly like the pony to have hair in *some sort* of Japanese looking style, but I don't have the faintest idea where to start with it.

If anyone could give me a few ideas of things I could do, and more importantly, HOW I would do them, I'd be most appreciative ^^

Cheers chaps.

[Maniah]

For a general idea of what might look good, might I suggest looking over the kimono ponies that LLL has made in the past? http://lovelauraland.deviantart.com/gallery/  Her kimono ponies all look really beautiful, and she manages to do their hair up nicely. Its simple styles with the correct ornaments.

[Griffin]

LLL does make stunning kimono ponies indeed! For more ideas you could see
Sweetlittlejenny
Assassin_kitty
Masuo and Akiko by thatg33kgirl

And JPP is the queen of hairstyles, see e.g. Hana Mika and Pretty Paisley.

I have also made a couple: Hakumei, Natsuko, Umiko.

Generally I think a bun + embellishments always works if you're going for an elegant geisha inspired style. If you're looking for a more contemporary Japanese style, a fringe, maybe longer sides... some Google research will surely help you find inspiration.

There's a tutorial for a bun in the stickied tutorial topic. It's very simple actually: grab the hair, twist until it starts to curl into the bun shape by itself, secure with pins and/or sew it into place. For pulled back bangs you need to poke some new plugholes to create a new hairline; same goes for flat bangs - I use a clothes iron to set the hair and make it keep its shape.

Hope this helps you to get started! If you find a specific hairstyle that you'd like to try, I'm sure someone will be able to assist you on how to go about it. ^^   

[daisyd]

Thanks very much for those! It is something similar to the 'Pretty Paisley' pony I was hoping to try - rolled into a bun, and then pinned. I bought some awesome cloisonne bead today in black and white that I might use to do the pinning.

I shall have a rummage through the tutorials and see what I need to do next. Thanks again!

[JoshsPonyPrincess]

Thanks so much for the wonderful compliment Griffin Daisyd if you need any help just pm me