A Quick And Easy Way To CREATE HAIR In ZBrush

[@Follygon]

I keep seeing comments here and there saying they can't get the frame mesh feature to work. Make sure you are drawing out the hair clump brush first. Then click frame mesh. Just tried it out in the current version of ZBrush (2019) using the Hair Clump brush. It still works fine.

[@gunnstark3681]

Hi Follygon , can you send me this ui customize zbrush please ?

[@sinceer96]

yeah when you draw the curve with dynamesh on, it's gonna have only one polygroup and that's why frame mesh doesn't work. easy fix for this is just to turn dynamesh off before drawing the curve. hope this helps!

[@maikymadnesskreation8646]

The problem I have with the frame feature is that the model have other lines and I draw hair in unwanted places

[@MrParanoia]

@@maikymadnesskreation8646 I have the same problem.

[@blulaviesart2144]

I had the same problem but you can solve it by turning off the dynamesh opcion and then do the hair clump and the fiber mesh option :)

[@TheIcemanModdeler]

I like to sculpt hair the old fashion way just from a dynamesh sphere, sometimes i get some lumpiness in the hair strands from the strokes but it can be fixed with directional smooth and maybe sculptris pro. I see some ppl making the hair like me then they use hair brushes over it like this, wonder if this is indeed better, i like the sculpt approach.

[@elaneveras]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! All your videos and your work are always amazing. A hug directly from Brazil

[@Follygon]

You are very welcome! Glad they have been helpful

[@kellygoodine9944]

Trouble shooting tip: After framing the clump brush (around 2:35), if I click on one of the curves with the detail brush, it just masks the hair clump and sphere. I then discovered that under curve, you need curve mode turned on... then it worked. Hope this helps someone.

[@BSeoane]

Hi! Great tutorial, but i have a little problem: when i try to use the brush the result is a sphere, i cant create a curve, just spheres, and i cant find a solution... someone knows how to fixt that?

[@uodige1]

thank you for the tutorial. i had some hard time to create mesh polygon in maya...so i used this and it helped me to resolve the hair issue.

[@vivianphillips768]

"Hey guys I'm *Follygon*" already a fan

[@timefliesaway999]

Thank you so much for the free brush! I would’ve really gave you some money, but my parents don’t allow me to buy stuff like that on the internet. So sorry! But you really speared my time with this brush and I hope you’ll accept a genuine thank from me.

[@odiegosouto1742]

Thank you so much from Brazill!!!

[@mongreldcu429]

would this work for facial hair do you use a different technique for stylized facial hair for male characters?

[@catress_online]

this brush makes strange geometry from below - there are two gaps and I don't know how to fix them

[@leatherandpoemscharmyman5774]

hi how can I drawing out the hair clumb brush ? befor apply the frame mesh? thx

[@nagatokamado5606]

Can you post the link where to download Zbrush

[@joeg7096]

Does anyone know why it goes really laggy when i try to sculpt on the hair afterwards? If I try to zremesh it in everything goes bad

[@hy-jn7pg]

Hi, how can i use this brush with separate layer. When I use, its draw on main model and I cant paint.

[@nebaali6006]

Hi When you pressed the M key, you got two options for the hair clump brush. I am not getting that!!! Can you help?

[@timefliesaway999]

Neba Ali some shortcuts are different between windows and Mac. Search for ZBrush shortcuts for your keyboard and try it again. :)

[@nebaali6006]

@@timefliesaway999 thankyou i'll look into that

[@kell_alves]

Thank you so much for this video, helped me out a lot. Would you be able to make a video making a complete hair with it? I'm struggling a lot to use this one. :(

[@TanatomorFozis]

Hello! There is no hair brush on gumroad, that you showed in thise video.

[@Follygon]

The link in the description still works, is still free, and hasn't changed in over 4 years.

[@TanatomorFozis]

@@Follygon Thank you! Sorry, I'm missed up.

[@rangebear1]

Still a great tutorial, however, the auto groups just does not work for me.

[@shohrehshayestehfar5695]

it's not possible to download the brush

[@mbcustomfigures5791]

Hi there, thanks very much for this great tutorial! I purchased the hair brushes and they work very well following your steps. I'm still playing around with it. Any tips on how to close the pointy end of the hair strand better? I followed your steps for "closing holes" but it still leaves that inside tube with the strands around it. I pulled the individual strands into a sharper point with the Move brush but it seems a bit tedious. Any suggestions would be helpful, thanks very much!

[@blulaviesart2144]

Hello! Thank you for the tutorial

[@bhavinb.artstation]

For closing holes there is an very easy step 1- zoom in part where u want to close the holes 2- just hide tht rest of the part just keep the mesh u want fill ur holes with a part of it 3- go to zbrush tab chose Ur z-modeler brush 4- zoom in all the way to the part where u can see tht u can select the edges or points of tht mesh where the holes are 5-hover Ur mouse or pen to one of the edges where the hole is a vertex or an edge u will see a white line is there when u select an edge 6 - press space-bar u will see a tab appears on bottom left side u will see there is an option closed holes and beneath tht u will see tht either u want convex or concave closed holes chose what u prefer 7 - now after u chose click on tht edge where u had seen tht white line u will see tht holes are closed properly in and out and also delete parts if u have some hidden geometry 8 - dynamesh/z-remesh it Ur choice cheers u have now closed the holes in Ur mesh. Hope this helps !!

[@bhavinb.artstation]

This is an very easy and very good tip for closing holes in zbrush

[@mildredselenepucitza1063]

For some reason when i press the "M" button i don't get to choose between the 2 types of clumps, instead i get the quick pick option with the basic 3D forms. I use the default zbrush Shortcuts, is there any other way to get to choose the type of clump?. I only get to make a large curvy plane or a chain of basic 3D forms, and cannot find how to choose the clump

[@assamilabib8188]

This is cool man ! Can u make a video on facial hair please?

[@lauriiiighost3326]

thanks for the tutorial. Can you tell me, why my brush only paints hair in one polygroup? I want to have mutliple polygroups on one hair strain so I can follow your tutorial

[@Follygon]

Not sure without images. Try running an auto groups function after drawing the hair. If you are still having trouble, join the ZBrush Discord and post there with images.

[@blulaviesart2144]

I disabled the dynamesh option and it created polygroups

[@FedeGa]

hi! Nice tutorial, but I cannot seem to use your brushes. Hairclump works as an IMM not a curve...and the detail brush also doesn´t work on framed curves..Do you know where could be the problem?

[@Follygon]

As mentioned in the video, these are Marthin Simny's brushes, you might want to ask him. The only thing I can think of is to make sure that you are on the most up to date version of ZBrush (4R8 P2 currently). Also, you can turn on curve mode in the curve menu to convert your IMM brush into a curve brush.

[@FedeGa]

Right! I updated to the latest version and it worked! Thanks a lot!

[@Follygon]

Fede Ga Glad to hear :)

[@maikymadnesskreation8646]

Can I reselect a previous curve after making a new one?

[@Follygon]

as long as the curve is still under the geometry, yes

[@flawless90]

i couldnt find the hair link?

[@khinchanmyaenyein43]

What's the brush name??

[@Forgen427]

What i need to do if i haven't polygroups on curves? Because of that frame curve workin inkorrect :C

[@Follygon]

Try running an auto groups

[@Forgen427]

@@Follygon Thx) But trouble was in so simple think that hard to quickly understand xD My problem was in DynoMesh. On Dynomesh objects curves creating without polygroups) But thx for answer =D

[@doyotoyo]

Dynamesh on mode -> MAg hair brush polygroup not activate Dynamesh off mode-> MAg hair brush polygroup activate!

[@puppy3908]

THANKS!!

[@thebluegamer3263]

so im trying to make the detail part and when i click on frame mesh the strokes dont appear like in the video only in the border of the begging and the end , can someone help me ?

[@Follygon]

Click frame mesh while you still have the original curve on the brush. Just tried it out in the current version of ZBrush (2019) using the Hair Clump brush. Works fine.

[@thebluegamer3263]

​@@Follygon ok i tried again in the 4R8P2 version but the orignal curve desappear and just are 2 on the end and the begging (are cicles) im doing something wrong ?

[@Qfrsc]

did you verify that you had not activated dynamesh before using the brush? on my side that's what's going on :) I hope you have found the solution to your problem since all this time !

[@raularosemena]

what version of zBrush do i need to get the brushes to work? i have the 4R7 version, and cant load the brushes

[@Follygon]

You are two versions behind. Just grab the free update and they should work fine.

[@raularosemena]

ok thanks

[@waterskin7]

is there a way i can convert my MAg hair strand's internal volume and populate it with fibermesh ?

[@Follygon]

You could mask the geo and apply fibermesh along the length of the strand. Just depends what you are trying to accomplish with the final geo.

[@saikopiratos]

what are those cubes on your wall?

[@Follygon]

Sound dampening foam because my room echoed like crazy when I moved in

[@tucedibee5942]

Strokes haven't appeared at all. Could you update the tutorial please for those who have the problem with that? Was not strokes seenable at all during the polyframe view then it didn't appear more after pushing the frame mesh... Thanks

[@thebluegamer3263]

have you solved it ?

[@chayuhua6211]

My brush is created by the face, and the M key is not the same as what you come out. I tried all the buttons. Do you know how tired it is to learn to use translation subtitles

[@FedeGa]

same problem!

[@treedeemino4204]

it's not working for me, it just creates flat spheres instead of hair strokes

[@marcozavala4369]

I have the same problem

[@EkkiEnnVid]

Soo... I have a little problem here. If I use this brush on objects surface that have dynamesh applied, my clumps insta dynameshed and i can't use polygroups as intended :( Any solution? Anyone?)

[@Follygon]

Sounds like you might be clearing your mask and then attempting to clear your mask again, which automatically activates Dynamesh.

[@nhunginh1957]

very useful, Thank you for your tutorial

[@phoenixcreations94]

clump 1 and 2 stock on the top ! what i do ?

[@sunnysomebuddy5511]

Hey dear Follygon! I absolutely love your workflow and start to build it into my characters and it works :3

[@Follygon]

You need to delete your curves before drawing the next stroke. Stroke >> Curve Functions >> Delete

[@krish3d385]

It works very well. Thank you.

[@cosmocat31]

Seems to be nice, but even with 4R8P2, curve mode on, the stoke still flat for me :-( Thanx anyway

[@Follygon]

Try updating to the newest version of ZBrush. It's free.

[@thebluegamer3263]

oh I GET IT NOW YOU NEED TO GET OFF THE DYNAMESH I ALREADY CHECK IT I HOPE THIS CAN HELP TO ALL

[@Kliefer]

As always quality stuff :D looking forward to the next one

[@Follygon]

Thanks, Indie!

[@fellen1611]

does this work with 4r7?

[@---ym1mm]

You guys are awesome! Thanks!

[@shadow-workers]

thanks bro

[@jaidyngear379]

Hi Jo

[@hoochhenry]

m botton doesnt activate this on zbrush for me

[@Follygon]

You probably have the newer default settings where the options are shown on the shelf. Check under Preferences > Interface > IMM Viewer

[@mariestachura9373]

what the fuck "N" or "M". my brush is flat and the little menu of selection for the two type of brush does not appear when i press n or m key ToT

[@diameetinternetfriends1340]

they appear as circles : / doesnt work at all.

[@жекажека-ч5е]

same(((

[@doyotoyo]

Solution: dynamesh button off mode -> 'MAg hair brush' polygroup activate! ->they appear as not circle :-) (My English isn't very good,so please understand)

[@liquidSNK85]

There should be a statue made in your name, like and sub is the best I can do for now .... You are a genius.

[@speedoflight1136]

хороший тутор спасибО!

[@melinatocce9144]

gracias!

[@chayuhua6211]

I want your help.。。

[@thebluegamer3263]

so i think i was making something wrong soo or this guy explained like shit in the frame mesh part or the creator modify how to make the lines appear whatever its doesnt works

[@Follygon]

Good comment, happy to help 👍

[@thebluegamer3263]

Ok , my bad I was pretty angry sorry I hope you accept my apologies , could you please help me ?

[@janilsonlima]

Amazing!

[@RitchardKnight]

JESUS who gives downvotes on your videos ;(

[@RitchardKnight]

I guess some people just wanna see the world burn ~

[@62cky4powerthirst]

"Error has been encountered while trying to load brush preset. Loading has been aborted"

[@Follygon]

"Update ZBrush"

[@62cky4powerthirst]

Thank you

[@Oldmanfnaf]

Poop sandwich God lord of zbrush thanks for getting this magnificent tutorial from the great king pixalogic

[@Follygon]

Hahahah how did this comment slip past me

[@MurallaMuerta]

doesnt work at all

[@toastedprinny]

meh... error occured while loading brush, operation aborted message... thanks for the tutorial wish i could use it.

[@Follygon]

Update ZBrush. Will work fine then.

[@mikhailkonstantin9927]

Biiig thanks

[@SwnTodd]

oh fuck

[@日常怼蛙蛙]

nice

[@mariestachura9373]

what the fuck "N" or "M". my brush is flat and the little menu of selection for the two type of brush does not appear when i press n or m key ToT