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Just thought I would pop in and post something new. It's been a while.

A new hair style for a new image I am making, it calls for lots of detail and bags of patience to create. I am extruding lots of hair groups by hand, it time consuming but the final results are pretty rewarding. More to come.
Screen Grab
Photo reference one of several I am using, they are very handy to work with as the view the hair from lots of angles.
Any crit or comments much appreciated. To help me achieve a realistic look.

Cheers

Lee

Great work, Lee! I'm looking forward to see the finished model.

Thanks Cem, this hair model has been intense so far.

For anyone interested, it has over 80 seperate extrusions with about 3-4 refinements (segments each) (This took about 4 hours straight but well worth it) The great thing is it's all on one mesh scalp but has 3 seperate Generate modifiers with their own styles. I use 3 seperate growth maps for different dye colours in the hair.
Early days yet but I got most of the hard work done, I jsut need to tidy up and fill in gaps, add individual detail strands, then get the ponytail done with fuzz and bits. Hair-Farm has been rock solid on this one.
More to come..

Very nice. I like the way it has seperate strands that are fairly defined. Looking forward to a final on this.

Awesum Lee!! Awesome!
It is becoming one of the best here yet!!

Another this is that you always have quite something to share...some new experiment or technique!
Thanks!!

Next update:
It took me literally about 1 minute to create the ponytail! I quick trick with H&F to create the guides (because I am lazy I could have done it by hand) then made a sphere for Hair-Farm and used the Extrude modifier to create the lovely wisp guides in polygon tube form to then convert to a HairMesh Edit. Hair-Farm blows my mind. So many new things to learn each time I play with it.

A beauty render to come soon a comp between LW and Max.

Thanks for the comments and feedback guys.

It looks absolutely great!

There are two things I noticed:

- I see a lot of holes and empty areas in between hair clumps (separate extrusions). Are you going to add some strands there?

- Not all clumps go towards the ponytail. Some of them end up a little above the ponytail. As a result the ponytail doesn't seem like an extension of those strands.

cem wrote:It looks absolutely great!

There are two things I noticed:

- I see a lot of holes and empty areas in between hair clumps (separate extrusions). Are you going to add some strands there?

- Not all clumps go towards the ponytail. Some of them end up a little above the ponytail. As a result the ponytail doesn't seem like an extension of those strands.

Hey Cem,

Thanks for the feedback, very helpful. I want to try and get this as real as I can, so those tips are very handy. I didn't notice that about the hair not meeting the poytail clump! so thanks. Also I will fill those areas in with some random strands.

Here's a quick comp for now, it's very blurry and fuzzy as it's a quick test render from LW:
(The scene is unfinished and still wip)

Blonde and a quick dark hair version test!

Very good, I really like it !!

Whoa -- superb work as always Lee. A lot of work to be sure, but these details really pay off. Really nice techniques.

Regards,

Joe

pitiwazou, 3DTutorial - Thanks guys.

Here's a newer update, slightly better quality although not great (it takes ages to render this scene in LW - 6 GI bounces is why)



More refinement to come based on Cem's sugesstions.

Cem if this image is not appropriate here just let me know, I can crop it or remove it. You know what I am like I just can't help myself. She will be fully clothed this time when I am done, promise

I renamed the topic, instead of your "NSFW" warning I wrote "MILD NUDITY," which should be enough for now. I'll try to modify the forum code when I get a chance such that topics with nudity can be better identified somehow.

Infinite- I hate how much time you have to do these awesome things as I have so little.

Great work!

I'm so jealous.

Thanks Cem.

pluMmet: Well I sacrifice allot. More than I should. Plus I work from home and for myself which helps. It's the main reason I left full time employment as I had no time to do these kinds of things! Thanks for commenting

pluMmet wrote:Infinite- I hate how much time you have to do these awesome things as I have so little.

Great work!

I'm so jealous.

+1 I put in 95 hours last week. I want so much to take time to explore Hairfarm. The sad part is I have been spending time babysitting hair-fur projects.

Damn, when will these be available for commercial use?