Ode to the Girls of Gradient Hair

 I was talking to someone on Twitter earlier today and I mentioned how fond I often am of artists who use gradiented hair-- you know, one color at the top and another at the bottom? It can be a subtle difference (light blue to dark blue) or not-so-subtle (pink to blonde), but most of the time it still looks really cool.

So I thought I'd devote a little bit of time to some of my favorite gradient-hair girls, in hopes that you guys will do the same in the comments!
 

Nene Kasugano

At first glance, I fell in love with Nene's design. Short, cute, and gradient hair in a perfect shade of teal-- looooved it. Then she opened her mouth and I cringed, but eventually even her shrill voice grew on me as she also turned out to be a total badass (and mild bondage fetishist-- at least, she trains herself a sub throughout the show). Beyond awesome and probably my favorite gradient hair to date. For the record, Ponyo contains several gradient-haired ladies, includine Nene, the titular Potemayo, and Pote's spiritual sibling Guchuko.

The Works of RyuMoto

I first stumbled upon Ryusuke Hamamoto at New York Comic Con, and quickly realized that he's the guy behind all that Petit Evangelion stuff. And a LOT of what he do features women with gradiented hair-- even his young female version of Alan Moore has gradient hair. I love it all-- it's vibrant and colorful without (necessarily) being cutesy.

Hijiri Byakuren

I have never played Touhou in my life. I don't know any of the characters. I had to look this one up for this article. But her design, along with a couple of others, always stood out to me when I spotted art of her around, and it was partially because of her cool purple/blond gradient hair. I also totally dig her laceup dress, even if it kind of looks like a kind of skankier version of Suigintou's.

Of course, just because these are three who "canonically" have gradient hair doesn't mean they're the only ones who EVER have it...

Artist Credits:

1. Yoshinoryou
2. Rayno
3. PFIV
4. Mikazuki Akira
5. Shibairo
6. AMON
7. Suishou Anzu

Got any favorite ladies (or just favorite art) that features gradient hair? Go ahead and share it here!