Blender Tutorial - Hair With Curves

[@P1_D]

Massive respect to anyone who knows how to do anything in blender before 2.8

[@philmehrart]

You are a legend for giving this video away for free. I hope you do more tutorials, thank you!

[@omega7654]

1:49 If you are using the latest version of blender and you are trying to find the "vector" button, Select the line, Right Click, Click "Set handle type", and click "vector". Hopefully this helped some of you guys.

[@MJ-li7fo]

It did help, thank you!

[@nosleepr9871]

THAANKS SO MUCH!!!!

[@SuperLongfield]

Thank you so much

[@PlausibleTomato]

How is it just tiny bits of information are so impactful? This is a game changer!

[@GoldenShredGaming]

LMAO - This is exactly where I got stuck!

[@EDITMODE]

13:45 make sure to add Mix RGB, not mix shader, or your hair will turn bright magenta XD he does it super fast so it's hard to tell which ones he uses so be careful to pay attention.

[@nibblrrr7124]

Tip: If you enable Node Wrangler _(Edit > Preferences > Add-ons),_ you can hold Alt+Rightclick and drag over two nodes to create the correct mix node, already hooked-up. ;)

[@farrastaufiqurrazak9531]

@@nibblrrr7124 Thank you thank you

[@mebansharaimarbaniang2259]

A tutorial on animating the hair sounds great

[@totyshy]

i second it your idea

[@PillowheadCreations]

@@totyshy this vid i free but animating is what he gotta charg us haha jk hope he makes it

[@zaidqurachman2760]

yesss. but with wind or physic move..

[@letterborneVods]

Mebansharai Marbaniang oh yes!!!

[@dancamp6012]

you can hook the points to an empty and animate that, or use de Animall addon to animate the individual points

[@unHolyEvelyn]

4 years later, on Blender 3.6, and this tutorial works like a charm, the only warning I'd give is that the UV option thing that lets you edit the Bezier Curve's UVs is gone now, so if you make some curves with flipped UVs you'll have to flip the curves to match the others, or you'll have to set the curves to meshes, which means you can't edit the curves after. It was my own mistake, and I wanted to mention it for anyone else before they made it too.

[@fazeslasher7927]

how do i clean up mesh? make hair strands less dense and merge overlapping hair? i cant figure that out, otherwise it could have been a great method

[@shykorustotora]

You have no idea how hard it is to find a comprehensive hair tutorial. THANK YOU

[@Yazidn]

UPDATE: I tried it and i can't describe how amazing and helpful this was, i was able to create a great looking hair in a very short time, and in a very easy way that allows a lot of control, and the shader can be customized and it's gorgeous! can't wait for more tutorials, especially the softbody animation ones! The previously available tutorials were quite harder, the use of the path curve here makes it much easier than the bezier curve, I'm definitely going to try this, and the shading was crazy! Thanks a lot!

[@PancakeManicure]

hey I'm super glad this is working for you! would love to see any results you got if you're willing to share, shoot me an email or a message on instagram!

[@n08le73]

I like how you say you expect people to already be familiar with shading, but you go through the process at a decent pace and actually explain why you are using different nodes . . . both things very few "for beginners" shading tutorials bother to do.

[@justpeache.5274]

What I love about this method is that there’s literally no way to screw it up. No matter what you do, it’ll always end up looking good. And if it doesn’t look good, you just have to make some small adjustments and it’ll look great.

[@ralexnicholas]

"...there’s literally no way to screw it up..." LOL Very funny, but right on point!

[@visceral557]

Not only this is one of the most helpful videos for any character artist, but it's also narrated by one of my favorite actors - Zach Woods.

[@Sawamura_54]

カーブだけでパーティクルヘアーみたいな細かさの髪の毛が作れるのか。大変参考になった。 Thank you for making this tutorial.(I'm sorry if my words are strange.)

[@dogmablues7180]

Nice clear presentation. Just a quick tip (which you probably already know). When I begin modelling I add an "empty" to the centre of the scene and label it "mirror object" (It can be locked in place and hidden).Then when I use the Mirror Modifier from the drop-down menu in the properties panel, I check the "Mirror Object" box and select it as my mirror object. This keeps all mirrored parts of a model perfectly aligned with each other and won't shift position when editing the mesh.

[@WilliamRabbit]

awesome ,thanks a lot for that tutorial, i tried to model a lot of times hair with curves but always it look weird, and with your video i did something awesome for my first time with curves

[@IndigoWraithe]

This is an excellent tutorial. I've seen quite a few of these types of tutorials, but yours is the first that helped me complete a fully realized hair model.

[@matadordeleoes]

thats really true!!!

[@michael_mc_donald]

I absolutely agree, i feel like this has given me a great starting point.

[@melaschasm]

this guide is a godsend. ive been putting off the hair on this model for about 6 months because nothing id found before suited the stylization i was going for. i am grateful

[@Rin8Kin]

People like you are REALLY generous, sharing so many pro tips and entire pipelines of their work.

[@Technobabylon]

The bit with the transparency at the tips was a great idea that's made my curve-hair look a lot nicer!

[@nicoladmt]

Great use of the Anisotropic shader: take something, bend it to your needs! If you're going to start making tutorials, I think you have all it takes to make a good teacher!

[@bitblox3723]

This is the best stylized hair tutorial that exists as of right now.

[@onearmnick]

I am starting out in blender to become a virtual barber. The reason, is for my Head 3D Scans that fail due to scanning hair being near on impossible. This tutorial is incredible. thank you for making the time to create an audibly perfect and visually stimulating (I have sat through hours of life stealing videos believe me...) This video tutorial has saved me hours of messing around. thank you once again.

[@moleyface]

This is *amazing*! I've been use curve modeling for hair for a while but it had never occurred to me to incorporate stray hairs into the bevel. The result is gorgeous.

[@kell_alves]

This tutorial is one of the internet gems. Should be canonized.

[@ybenax]

Holy crap. Why are the oldest Blender videos always the best. Thank you so much!

[@ralexnicholas]

It is 10/19/2022, I am using Blender 3.0, and this video and some of the comments are extremely helpful in helping me create hair for my character. Thank you so much for this tutorial!!!

[@AuxiarMolkhun]

This tutorial should be the go-to tutorial for hair rendering in Blender without using particles. I'm using Blender 3.0 but even now the methods shown in this video opened up tons of possibilities to me that I didn't even realize were there, and are lessons that can be taken into modelling anything with curves. By far one of the best hair tutorials I've found yet that touches on everything just enough to get you to great looking stuff and teach you a lot in the process. Not only were the methods excellent, but the video itself was great at showing everything. For a first tutorial, you really nailed it dude.

[@sunayama4650]

This is your first tutorial? Wow, you blew it out of the water! This helped me a lot! I learned a few things I never even thought about in my 3 or 4 years using Blender.

[@anomalyraven]

Your tip for the extra hair strands at 9:55 blew my mind. The hair looks so much better with just those small extra curves added.

[@elucidatorgeek]

Man, I'm shocked, what an incredible job, I think I've never been so impressed with the practicality of doing something that seems to be so complicated, congratulations!

[@samuelgarciaflores535]

It’s totally worth learning new skills cause then you get excited and confident to create

[@SioSio]

That is by fare the best Hair tutorial I have seen and I have watched quite a few already

[@potatomanboooi3105]

finally got someone explaining what the things do

[@username74060]

I'm still a novice and have always been intimidated anytime nodes are introduced, but this was really helpful and really convinced me that it's probably a good time to put the fear aside and start learning. I love the transparency applied to the hair and root ends. That's what brought me here. I plan to revisit this once I have a better understanding of each of the node functions. Thanks for taking the time to share your creativity.

[@novikovPrinciple]

I was having trouble figuring out how to color the hair once I modelled it like this, because a plain line can't be unwrapped, so 11:10 was a big help. Thanks!

[@filipex2000]

The best geometric hair tutorial I have ever seen

[@TheJackalxy]

Wow, this is the best blender hair tutorial on youtube. I hope someone will make a tutorial on how to retopo/reduce the number of faces becuse this method is the fastest and more beautifull that i've tried

[@rodolfonascimento7364]

Actually it's pretty easy to reduce the resolution of curves

[@S0RA102]

I'm amazed!! The results and information of this tutorial is drastically better compared to some of the other tutorials i have watched.

[@KiyoshiKenji881]

I am so glad I found this hidden Gem

[@roystonmichaels6747]

This was AWESOME!!!, Thanks for sharing

[@danielsmithson6627]

BLESS YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE HOUSE!!!! YOU ARE A LEGEND FOR THIS!!! YOU HAVE CHANGED MY WHOLE BLENDER LIFE!!!!

[@IssuesVFX]

Wow the hair looks great! Good tutorial aswell, hope to see more in the future.

[@haikalshakeel7647]

from my 5 years of digging the internet and teaching my self blender, this has become my most favorite tutorial. thank you so much! well explained and professional

[@ZackBurnsOG]

Thank you thank you thank you thank you. I just couldn't quite get it working from other tutorials/videos. This was by far the best one I've seen, and had it working for me in no time.

[@martok2112]

This will be a *most useful* technique. I had always wondered if there was a way to model hair from curves, and here we go. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. :)

[@user-vp2pk7ds4s]

It's the best tutorial I've ever seen. There was no more trouble to understand even though I didn't know English. I'd be happy if you could make more tutorials. Thank you.

[@EDITMODE]

1:45 to change handles to vector in 2.8, go to edit mode for your circle, select "Control Points" next to "segments" under the selection toolbar and choose "change handle type" to vector. this will help when trying to shape your circle similar to his :)

[@EDITMODE]

this little strand of hair.......i am so proud of it XD XD

[@ZaffreFennec]

This is insanely useful! As a beginner modeler, I LOATHED working with hair, but now I might only dislike working with hair lol. Great tutorial!

[@kathleencox3858]

This is so wonderful and exactly what i was looking for. I would love to see your hair animation process, and would even be willing to donate/pay for it. Simply one of the best blender tutorials I have watched! Thank you so much.

[@manurecaok]

Dude. I'm definetly trying this first thing tomorrow.

[@ElectricSlevin]

even though this is 2.7x it's the best tutorial I've come across so far, thanks for sharing!

[@activemotionpictures]

BTW: Could you please create a video about how to apply the soft bodies physics to the curves? -Like you do at the end, please? That would be awesome! Thanks.

[@elynchi1234]

yeah that would be great

[@dasham1995]

Totally agree!

[@user-eh4rk7xp2x]

Yeah! We need this!That would be great!

[@blakearndt3771]

Buddy, you're a genius. I've been trying to learn more about curves too. This answered so many questions that no one else addressed. Thank you!

[@jamesangelopoquiz5471]

Thank you for the tutorial, been trying to find a way to rotate the curve, very helpful. Have a nice day

[@TruthsEdge]

I've been watching character creation tutorials on blender for over year now and this is by far the best hair tutorial I've ever seen.

[@BLOODCHROMEDESIGN]

Really ingenious. I've seen curves used this way but the shading technique here is what puts this over the top.

[@Warbandit100]

This is a really cool tutorial, appreciated a lot that you didn't treat us as little babies who needed every single shortcut etc. And went right to the point.

[@user-rq1tf1rk4w]

I look it in 2021 and this video is still actual. Thank you!

[@dillonjansen]

Really helpful. Especially the shader.

[@BrianLife]

Wow, that was your First tutorial! Great job!!!

[@alangabriel5361]

Thanks so much,it helped me a lot,you deserved more fans.

[@hsab5927]

man I loved it. will check more of your Videos. the green hair is espessially beautiful

[@Flandelacasa]

This is the simplest technique for making appealing stylized/cartoony hair. I’ll be testing this and adding some physics to it, I’ll try to show what I find with this method. Thank you so much!

[@juliocruz7554]

4years later and this tutorial is still a banger

[@HelloHiHola]

I'm kicking myself so hard for not seeing this when you posted! I was goofing around with hair cards and faux particles - always circling around this but never discovering it. This is a top gem even as Blender 2.8 steams along!

[@G4Vgamers]

You just solved my problems with hairs in blender, you are my god now! Oh man, thank you very much!!! :D

[@maultaschenprinz]

This tutorial is the best hairtutorial I've seen, hands down. Life saver!

[@dreamyrhodes]

Your way of explaining is very good, much better than lots of other I saw. Unfortunately this is for 2.7

[@marcelievsky]

The best tutorial for hair! Thanks

[@SovaySovay]

To anyone looking in 2.9, the Bevel Object setting is now in the Bevel dropdown under Geometry, in the central "Object" tab.

[@realjames1]

I can't believe that this is free. However you are, I want to send you the biggest virtual hug known in existence.

[@ginamartinez5039]

This is by far the best hair curve tutorial I’ve seen, I can’t wait to apply this to what I’m working on!

[@RyanLykos]

Such a fantastic tutorial, thank you

[@ijykt]

Omg, you explained it very simply! It's really easy to understand. Thank you so much! I've always wanted to learn these.

[@angelwithart1888]

This tutorial war SO informative!!! still very much up to date and explained in way so it was easy to understand and follow. what a shame there are no more tutorials of you!

[@johnotron604]

Wow great looking results, the shader really took the geo hair I was creating to another level. The added floating splines/geometry on the bevel shape is a unique solution.

[@youransong7812]

Pure magic yet simply explained!

[@kebjamora]

This was so amazing and easy to follow! I was making my own hair as I watched thru this. Thank you for sharing and God bless you!

[@zackx1]

This is a really good tutorial, nicely done.

[@davidyodelivmanggar2634]

you are amazing such a passionate man with a kind heart thankyou for tihs tutorial! please make more of blender content i will support u man cheers

[@rdawo6408]

I always come back to you

[@DevDreCW]

Random tip, when dealing with odd mirroring issues, you can fix them all (in my experience) by "Apply transform/rotation" to the object and then using the mirror tool.

[@pruephillip1338]

I spent 2 or 3 hours trying to sort this out. You saved my project. Thank you.

[@xeak011]

I've been trying to model hair for a few days now, and this has been the best video to really get me the results I'm looking for. I really appreciate the upload!

[@BlackScream77]

Holy moly, this is exactly what i needed, theresvwery little tutorial on how to do polygonal hair (as opposed to particle hair or plains with textures) even though i think it has a lot of applications and is the better for a stylized look. I was working with curves but id always get bland looking stuff, and if i wanted complex hair it would take forever. Ii didnt quite know how to get results that i wanted and i ditched it for manual modeling. I might try again with this!

[@justafossil]

Thank you SO much for this video, this is exactly the kind of semi-stylized hair I've been trying to make.

[@cesaramaral7007]

Thanks, those Alt+S and Ctrl+T shortcut helped me a lot.

[@MUHIL]

if you cant find the use UV option, go to shader editor and Plug UV option from the texture coordinate node to mapping node!

[@bobasharks]

thank you!!

[@retiredpanda]

U saved me so much time god bless your soul

[@spikku]

Wow, *superb* tutorial.

[@hebidebbi464]

Thank you so much! I had no idea you could have separate shapes in the beizer circle, and the shader setup is really helpful

[@Pewi73]

Amazing tutorial. Can't believe it's your first. You are a saint for showing this super cool way for making hair. Please continue doing tutorials, the Blender community truly needs people like you. Says a former 3dsMax user, now Blender.

[@breannapiscitelli3941]

This was the exact video I was looking for. I found a lot of videos and how to make hair from curves but this is a really good one for materials. Thank you so much for this!

[@pauljs75]

Another tip for quick placement is to put the origin at the root end of the strand object, and have it snap to the head's surface. Might take a little work to figure out orientation, but it makes the following duplicates line up when placing them. Works fairly well for nearby strands, but more spread out placement will still need manual rotation adjustments. Also be a little careful when scaling the path radius at the control points. If you hit 0, you'll have to use the properties panel (N) to get it unstuck to use the keyboard shortcut again. Can be problematic if you don't anticipate it. If using bezier instead of nurbs or path curves, you'll also have interpolation modes for tilt and radius in the curve properties which can change how the curve blends from control point to control point. The behavior of each can be quite different and comes in handy when using beziers, which can be a preferential thing.

[@SpencerMagnusson]

Wow, what a gorgeous way to do polygonal hair! I love it, keep it up.

[@jaydeepranpara8945]

this is what i am looking for. thanks great Tutorial

[@evil-prophetep1029]

Man! You are just the most amazing blender hair stylist. Thanks so much for sharing such greatness.

[@Cruntine]

Huge respect for this tutor. Found it very helpful

[@jorgebernier5d]

This tutorial is perfect. Thank you very much!

[@Abmotsad]

Nice! There seems to be a tremendous dearth of (quality) hair tutorials. This one helps a lot!

[@louisecollins9213]

Best tutorial for hair on the net !

[@DisgruntledPigumon]

It killlllllllllls how good you are and how few tuts you made. I’m upset at everyone for not supporting you more.

[@amolgamer9928]

What an awesome tutorial