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Now I will make a simple hair design
which will made from curves (hair paths),
then I will show you where you should
put your Hair Heart, then connect the
hair stroke with them. So here we go…
How
I can make a simple hair design in less
time?
It’s
really a simple way, just what you need
is to create a curve, and then do smart
transform duplicate after rotating the
first duplicated curve.
Let’s
make it step by step:
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In
the front view I have draw a curve
using CV Curve Tool, start drawing
from the top of the hair to down (top
where the hair heart will be).
- Rebuild
the curve with 7 snaps, as I said
we do this to make it easy to edit
the hair later.
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Use Insert key in your keyboard to
make the curve pivot in the first
point of the hair (I mean in the top
of the hair), you can use any snap
methods for this, as you like.
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Now select the curve and make a duplicate,
but make sure that you have chosen
smart transform from duplicate option.
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Let the new curve selected and rotate
it 15 degree in Y direction, you can
make this fast from channel box.
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Do the duplicate many times, until
you finish the hair circle.
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Always make group for all hair curves
including hair heart, this will make
it easy to move them from place to
place while animation.
Like
this I have finished the simple hair
design, as you see it’s very simple,
but put in mind that you can make any
hair design.
Where
should I put the hair heart?
As
I said, the hair heart is the place
from where the hair will grow or born,
in this test I have made it shape circle
and I put it under the top of the hair,
you should rotate this circle 180 degree
in Z direction, because you need the
hair grow to the up when you apply the
brush into your hair heart. I have used
circle shape because my hair design
grows from circle, so you can choose
any other shape (it depends how your
hair design is).
Take a look at Picture 4 down.
Picture 4: Where the curve pivot should
be, and hair heart place
After
applying the brush in to your hair
heart, select all your hair curves
then select your hair stroke and choose
“Set Stroke Control Curves”.
In Picture 5 down just I have increased
tubes per step and sample density
values.
Picture 5: Render after setting stroke
control curves
Picture
6 shows how is hair heart different
from hair to hair design. Hair heart
shape depends on your hair design.
Picture 6: Two samples shows how hair
heart shape depends on hair design
In
all samples here I have created one
hair heart because I have just one
hair level.
What I should do if my hair is from
many levels?
The
best way to fix this, is to make more
than one hair heart, for example you
can make one heart for any level...
In Picture 7, the colors mean levels.
Picture 7: Hair levels and hair heart
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