Blender Hair Styling Part 1

[@ViniSocramSaint]

We can hide chunks!!!!! We can use selection as mask!!!!!! Nobody talks about that on hair tutos This is a life saver! No more poly hair for my models. YAY!!!!!!

[@ElaineAlwaysMS]

how?

[@Max-mn1yx]

was pulling my hair out before this tut. now i'm adding my hair a few strands at a time in a nice orderly fashion. thanks so much!!!

[@ReitannaSeishinOfficial]

when you added one hair at a time, it blew my mind. the last tutorial i found just tried to style all of the hairs at once like you showed in the beginning. this is going to make my life so much easier.

[@IvanSchoeman]

Love how many South Africans are on blender XD. Thank a million bro!

[@sonjakrivokapic4422]

Just a quick tip - selecting your scalp won't automatically distribute hair just over scalp. You will get hair all over the place. You have to go to Data panel in Edit mode and create a new vertex group. Then in the Particles panel you have to add that vertex group in the Particle's subpanel "vertex group", by clicking on "density" and choosing the vertex group you've created in Data.

[@jdt3556]

This is the most helpful hair tutorial for Blender. Sadly, i mainly use 2.93 now and hopefully you'll do an updated one of a hair style with the side hairs behind the ears without bangs.

[@SolarGranulation]

Even the first ten minutes will revolutionise how I use the hair system!

[@RicoCilliers]

That's great to hear! good luck with your hair projects :D

[@scorpa54]

Absolutely awesome tips! Working my old way was like trying to comb your hair with a tennis ball, you'd get there but you wouldn't be leaving the house for a week.

[@2010douggy]

I found this tutorial a bit too fast at some moments, but in general it explains what most people don't. I'm learning a lot from you, my friend. Greetings from Brazil.

[@Cloud-Yo]

Thanks Rico. This is by far the best hair tutorial Ive seen on youtube. The technique you describe is excellent-

[@RicoCilliers]

Thanks man! glad you think so :)

[@kobracmdr]

Thank you for providing one of the best hair tutorials Ive seen thus far.

[@ljbigbull184]

ty for a particle tutorial that makes sense and isnt rushed.

[@kiarabrown5595]

I'm a beginner to blender and this is as super helpful keep up the good work 🤗

[@violentaye1195]

Very very helpful, thank you! Quick question (I scrolled down the comment section and I did not see anyone else asked this, lol), how did you "grab" the hair at 43:02? I guess what I am really struggling with is how you made that selection, lol. Thanks!!

[@jalaisgandarzada441]

Highly recommended, thanks a lot, after three videos and lots of time lost, I finally found really detailed information about hair styling. Perfect

[@pIatyperson]

this tutorial showed up just when i needed it. Great Work!

[@RicoCilliers]

Hope you find it informative :D be sure to ask if you have questions!

[@jdevcast6527]

Thanks a bunch. One of the most useful hair tutorials I've seen. I'll try using what I've learned in future projects.

[@23fretwell]

Thanks a lot, this was really useful 2 years on. I like the final settings screen shot at the end, very thoughtful.

[@maxwilson5718]

Very good, thanks Rico. Just in passing, BTW, the model looks like a cartoon version of Julia Gillard. That's funny. Cheers.

[@sgl3163]

Excellent tutorial. I learned a lot , thanks!

[@georgewls4851]

Rico, thanks for sharing your knowledge with us, you're a master!

[@berriepixels]

Do you possibly know and explain on how to make afro textured hair?

[@uddhavvegad8440]

First real hair particle tutorial for blender!!! thnx man really helpful!! :)

[@rafakrzanowski5163]

Thanks for great tips! Best hair tutorial on YT.

[@RomboutVersluijs]

Great tut, i do miss a bit of feedback about the settings in the beginning though :) Like why you use certain input values and what these settings actually do

[@potatosalad5355]

This Tutorial is PURE GOLD...thanks buddy. BTY I am bold... : (

[@hazelhezly7483]

*bald? you mean?

[@purveshvyas9946]

Wooooooow....That’s a Wonderful Way to create a hairstyle which you want. it's Beautiful :) Keep it Up budddy.

[@RicoCilliers]

Thanks man :) let me know if you have any questions.

[@purveshvyas9946]

Yeah. :) I'll If I’ve some questions in future.

[@3DBanditTutorials]

ow some nice tricks! thanks :D now I have no more excuse to make bald characters!

[@RicoCilliers]

haha I'd be interested to see your non-bald characters ;)

[@elpechero4567]

How did you do that in the 26:33? the enlarging of the hair and rotation.

[@Alaskafin]

Absolutely smashing tutorial. I got most of the stuff down but I have one problem. I have all my parent hair particles set so they dont collide with any mesh, but I get a few annoying children strands that collide with my head model mesh (scalp mesh is fine). Is there a way to make it so random children hairs don't cut through my head model mesh? Trying to do a fringe but those few children strands that poke through the forehead makes it kind wonky looking.

[@RicoCilliers]

I frequently get that issue as well :/ unfortunately up till now I haven't been able to resolve it.. its currently one of the drawbacks of blender's hair system. Usually I just edit those stray hairs out, after it's done rendering.. or I carefully comb the hair to avoid collisions. I'm working on a way to resolve this.. but right now I don't have much help to give sorry :(

[@Alaskafin]

Okay good to know. Thanks a lot for the quick reply and awesome tutorial again! I'll resort to the same tactics as you :)

[@jimjones8892]

best hair tutorial I've seen....

[@coralinetraveller4715]

Hi , i really like your tutorial , but i have a problem , when i comb the hair down , they sink through the scalp , creating a bald area at the center of the head . And if i try to add hair on the bald spot , it doesn't work . Can you help me ? ( Sorry for my english and thanks in advance )

[@bflaz8620]

This has been a great tutorial. thanks for sharing the file :) And your accent is fine. I think it's more the microphone; hope you can get more soon.

[@RicoCilliers]

Glad you think so... :D thanks! I'll hopefully be uploading more soon.

[@WorldToAwesomeness]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS! Definitely needed this one. I will point people to this tutorial in my timelapse vids. XD

[@RicoCilliers]

Thanks man, glad you like it! I appreciate that! :D

[@Maher-]

Hi, I'm having a problem that the hair string is not straight it have a wave, I tried to adjust each string by itself but the problem is still there, Hope you can help me with a solution, thanks

[@hydolsrodzas9328]

Thank you for this usefull tips, them are helping me a lot. My character's hair finally starts looking good. Worth many more likes. I would like to se more stuff like this.

[@apocart8426]

hey Rico, can you please update this toutorial to 2.8?

[@WARDISWARD]

woow , the children interpolation method gives great results on your model when I use children interpolate mode , it scatters hairs all around the mesh even on places where there are no parent strands . This seems to be not the case with your model

[@RicoCilliers]

yeah that's probably because you're growing your hair straight from the mesh itself, in my case I used a separate scalp mesh that only covers the area I need hair (take a look at 1:12 in the video to see what I mean)

[@PatriceFERLET]

@@RicoCilliers or... Using a vertex group works great too

[@WARDISWARD]

Im'm havinfg a problem , When I detach the hair , the children strands are not included

[@wiki_geeks]

when i set the children the hair ramdomnly apears in different positions but with the same direction, why?

[@OkamiKuma]

Same issue.

[@steveedgell8382]

@@OkamiKuma Getting the same thing, with child strands a lot shorter than the guide strands, as well as all straight.

[@steveedgell8382]

Just found the answer to this and some other display problems in a reply below. In the Tools side panel, just above Children, set Draw: Path Steps to 5.

[@aidennathanial9722]

How do I get a hair model like this? I tried importing a model from makehuman and using that but it doen't have the hair base that removes

[@wlz3780]

thank you, Rico! for making this tutorial.

[@RicoCilliers]

No problem mate :D

[@elisabeth4233]

Hey, great tutorial really helped :D. Sorry to ask but what was that music from 23:52 to 28:20?

[@RicoCilliers]

Hey man, thanks :D The track I used there is from the KZbin audio library. The song is called "Maybe this Time". You should be able to find it if you search it. :-)

[@MrDanielphillis]

excellent tut ! best hair tut ive ever seen ! thank you !

[@RicoCilliers]

thank you!

[@kiarabrown5595]

also my hair strand s the ittle blocks they only have four and urs has morewhy

[@WorldToAwesomeness]

Oh! A little heads up on the audio/mic. Have you tried recording with your phone? If you have an Iphone or any latest android phone, It should record in a decent enough quality.

[@RicoCilliers]

Hey man! actually I haven't.... I'll be sure to give it a try, thanks for the tip! :D

[@jimatmeijs269]

I have used this tutorial for my character. Now I have nice hairs but I also want to rig my character. I cant join the scalp to the head because then the hairs change. Can I just parent the hair scalp to the face since its the same shape? Thanks for the tutorial love it!

[@josephbrandenburg4373]

Jimat Meijs You should do all the parenting to the bones. That way, if the character mesh moves or changes, the hair doesn't. Inheritance can cause some weird behavior... at any rate you want the armature to be at the top of the hirearchy, and if you start creating chains of parenting it can get confusing and complicated, and of course, cause weird behavior. If you aren't planning on using a physics simulation, You might try rigging the hair to a curve, or a bunch if curves.

[@steveedgell8382]

Just like Joseph says, ideally to the head bone.

[@GardenofWar2]

Great tutorial man, thanks! I have a question though, why not just apply the particle system directly to the character? This is what I am doing...anything I should be aware of? I only have a subsurface modifier. I found out that mirror modifier will mess it up though. Is this why you make a separate mesh just to avoid certain modifier interactions?

[@RicoCilliers]

Hi man, yes it's just to be more tidy... and so that I can have certain modifiers on the head mesh, without affecting the hair. Also, separating the hair to a different mesh allows me to move it to another layer, so that I can render the hair separately on another layer :) (if you check the second video you'll see how I approach that)

[@camielhoekstra3543]

How can you export the hair

[@jonathanlingel5235]

I've been learning blender for the last few weeks and I must be missing something basic. I am trying to give the scull cap and hair a separate color from the head. I've looked at many tutorials on separating meshes and still cannot get the scull cap to color separately from the head. How do you separate meshes? I am feeling really dumb. Maybe 71 is too old to learn.

[@MichaelProstka]

That is powerful karate, Sensei! Thank you!

[@cabreram.4734]

This type of hair can't be exported to Unreal Engine? Thanks in advance.

[@RicoCilliers]

Unfortunately not, the best way to create hair for unreal engine is to use hair cards. Just search for some tutorials on youtube 😊

[@sirollyfortune]

Have you ever had issues after rendering/in object mode where hair goes through the neck/head even though in the particle mode the hair isn't that close to the body? If so how do you fix this issue? (Asking as I'm making hair mods for Sims 4 and I'm trying to figure out if it is an issue with attaching hair particles to the specific ts4 rig or if this is just a common issue.)

[@CherylynnLima]

Do blender hair systems work in game engines (unity, unreal) or rendering engines like substance painter/marmoset/keyshot?

[@kiarabrown5595]

I don't understand how to add single strands because I try but it wont let me

[@kiarabrown5595]

please reply I need help

[@bigboomer1013]

How did you make each strand look nicely curved? When I do it, it looks like polygons

[@RicoCilliers]

check your hair settings panel. under the render tab increase the steps under the path section. also go to the viewport tab (also in the hair settings panel) and increase the strand steps amount

[@RicoCilliers]

also, sorry for late reply :)

[@KernelSanders1967]

Thanks Rico! From where did you get all this knowledge??

[@RicoCilliers]

:D I don't know man. .. haha. I guess I got it from other tutorials by the awesome b3d community. :D

[@soady58]

Appreciate the effort! Thanks for this systematic approach. :)

[@marciopereira1726]

VERY COOOOOOOOLLLLLLL RICO

[@prastiyo3620]

hey dude, I watching your tutorial now. please turn on screen cast key to the next tutorial. and how to show vertex ini every hair? I practice like your tutorial and i'm don't see vertex in hair. I made with blender v2.78

[@RicoCilliers]

He, sure :) I'll try to remember enabling screencast keys in future tutorials. For the hair-vertex guides to show up, you need to use these settings: imgur.com/paTFt3d

[@prastiyo3620]

okay, thanks for tutorial 😁

[@Garchist]

Nice tutorial, learned a lot, been interesting and relaxing to watch =)

[@EGeorgev]

You make this look easy. I'm trying to achieve a certain hairstyle and boy is it hard to get it right. Also sometimes my comb brush goes apeshit on the strands pushing them inside the head. My strength is around 0.5 so don't know why that's happening. Are using a drawing tablet or a mouse, cuz I'm doing it with a mouse and it takes me 5 mins to get a single strand right.

[@RicoCilliers]

hey man, I'm also using a mouse... mine isn't doing anything weird.. hmm could it be a bug? not sure. Maybe download the latest version of blender and check if it's still happening?

[@EGeorgev]

Figured it out. It was the mouse -_- It has some programed-in crap that whenever I left-click and drag it automatically turns sideways even if I'm moving the mouse down (aka towards me).

[@MimasAnimations]

why do i only get this view in the particle edit? i cant rotate them separately :/ prntscr.com/ghy0sd

[@EGeorgev]

Is the scalp in the same place as the rest of the head (they overlap) or is slightly bigger in all directions making it rest on top of the head?

[@RicoCilliers]

in this example it's exactly in the same place as the rest of the head. Sometimes though, I like to make it slightly smaller or larger, depending on the situation. It's just a small thing, doesn't make much difference I think. :)

[@EGeorgev]

Yeah, I guess it's not that important lol

[@josephbrandenburg4373]

I think as long as it is set to render only the hair, not the emitter, there's no way anyone will notice. I'd probably o with smaller.

[@SoSMoney84]

I'm not sure if someone answered this already, but how did you create the mesh portion that held the particle system for the hair? Did you mask out the area, then use the "extract mask" tool? Or is there some other, much easier and obvious way to create the mesh? lol. Thanks.

[@RicoCilliers]

hey! I basically did the following: 1. select the head mesh 2. TAB into edit mode 3. select the area which will be the scalp 4. press SHIFT+D to duplicate the area, 5. right click anywhere in the 3D view 6. press P and click the "Selection only" option from the menu that appears. This will then extract the duplicated vertices to a separate object. now TAB out of edit mode and select the new mesh

[@SoSMoney84]

Thanks for taking the time to explain that, Rico. Even if it was really simple lol. I really like your channel and your work!

[@TheExplorativeArtist]

Great tutorial! Thanks for this :-)

[@reubenstarsky7328]

really best sir. best of best. helped me a lot.

[@Queentc188]

how do you get the model to show up in blender?

[@tintedpc7362]

you have to have the addon for the( import wavefront, import multiple obj's) options its free u can download it look up on google andsome youtube video on it I did it helped me

[@oldcode1800]

Hi Rico, fantastic tutorial. I can't believe the hair tools in Blender are so much better than anything they have in Lightwave, and Blender is free! One question, I'm running Blender 2.78, while I notice you're running 2.77. When you first generate the hairs in the particle system, your hairs have the little black dots, which I presume are the vertices, but when I try in in 2.78, it does not have the dots. when I try to select the individual hairs with the "L" command, it does not work. Any idea why? Thanks in advance,

[@付和雷同-j5b]

You have a selection button at bottom of the view-port where you select vertices, edges, faces when you edit your mesh.

[@TaitiTaitilil]

Perfect tutorial! Thank you for it.

[@RicoCilliers]

pleasure :)

[@reineryuson2693]

thanks for the tut!

[@sreliata]

After spending three days trying to get any acceptable result with Blender hair, I have to say that albeit this tutorial has helped me understand some mechanics: I give up! My hair keeps looking like "sausage" on the head. A bit too thick and just.. never as 'full'. ;_;

[@RicoCilliers]

I also have a huuuuuuge pile of terrible, terrible hair styling attempts in blender. It takes time and practice to get that "look" unfortunately. Hang in there though, maybe take a bit of a break and retry it sometime. ;)

[@sreliata]

Will definitely give it more tries at one point. It's such a long process, really. Partially frustrating but I am very determined to crack the case eventually. xD

[@Please_Be_Kind_To_Me]

3:57 "I dunno I think it looks pretty decent..." 4:02 "Oh wow it's female Gollum...."

[@ldblru]

Great! Thank you!

[@HGAnimations]

thanks dude

[@meanator3917]

I would use that example but my goal is to not pass 20k tris on a avatar.

[@azhdarmuhamad4787]

Bice