Toon style Hair

[osamu]

a nice displacement map might just do, bring the scalp to zbrush and paint it. Hope it helps

[spngebob111]

Thanks for your reply osamu, the problem is I dont acutally own zbrush.

Could you suggest another option ?

Thanks again,

[spngebob111]

If it helps Im trying to go for that low poly look. So I dont need anything facny.

[osamu]

maybe lots of extrude along curve might do. Here's some test I did, donno if it's the style u want

[TheFreak]

Thats some pretty funky hair osamu, I like you youhave done there.

I have been trying to find a nice way to do hair for as long as I have been trying to model hair. Always looking for the easy way out, and the other day I finally figured it out! there is not easy way out :( you want good hair it just takes time sadly.

With regards to your head predicament, I would try copying the polys on the head that will have hair and put them into a new object or layer. Tweak them to fit the style and then extrude and tweak some more. You could probably get a nice simple hair "block" with that one and it will work fine for what you need.

Thats how I did this guys hair then I just did a few extrudes to form the curls on the end.

http://www.whoisthefreak.com/images/uploads/Image/All_My_3D/hyperk6.jpg

[spngebob111]

Thanks osamu, thats exactly what im going for, would you mind explaining how you want about creating that style ?

TheFreak, your look is great. If possible could you explain a little more, im with you about the extrudes and tweaking though.

Thanks guys for the replys !

[TheFreak]

Hey spngebob111 glad you liked the model, here are some more indepth instructions. Its not exactly rocket science and you won't win any awards for it I am sure but it might get you the look you want and with a bit of effort you might be able to tweak it into something useful.

1. Select the polys of your object that you want the hair to cover (See Fig 1 (http://www.whoisthefreak.com/images/tutorials/1.jpg))
2. Copy them to a new object or layer (See Fig 2 (http://www.whoisthefreak.com/images/tutorials/2.jpg))
3. Tweak the points and polys to get the shape of the hair and scale them down under the scalp (See Fig 3 (http://www.whoisthefreak.com/images/tutorials/3.jpg))
4. Extrude the polys out of the scalp to the required length (see Fig 4 (http://www.whoisthefreak.com/images/tutorials/4.jpg))
5. Tweak them a little more into the style you want (see Fig 5 (http://www.whoisthefreak.com/images/tutorials/5.jpg))

Thats about it, its a simple way to get simple hair. You can then UV it and texture it and use disp maps and bump maps etc to make it look a little better.

Not sure if thats what you wanted to know or not but hopefully its useful

Cheers

[spngebob111]

wow, thanks TheFreak.

Thats a really great response, and the images really help !

Im gonna play around with this and i'll keep you updated.

Again, thanks for putting all that time and effort into you reply. Its really helped me to make sence of how to go about this style.

[TheFreak]

no problem, hope it helps
its a simple starting block, the rest will come with time.
look forward to seeing your results :)

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