Blender Hair Tutorial: From Basic To Advanced 3D Animal Hair Grooming

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INTRODUCTION

In the hair section, we will use Blender to create realistic wolf fur, from early reference analysis to final material adjustment. During the creation process, we will learn how to achieve complex hair effects through the combination of hair flow and parameters, how to enrich the hair effects using weights and textures, how to layer hair, and how to use Blender's built-in textures to achieve rich and varied materials, ultimately creating a lifelike wolf fur effect.

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Target Audience: This course is designed for Blender users with basic operational skills. It is recommended to familiarize yourself with the basic functions of Blender to better keep up with the course progress.

Course Content: In this course, you will learn how to create hair effects using the particle system in Blender.

Learning Tools: Blender 3.6 LTS will be used for demonstrations in this course.

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1. Comprehensive Workflow: The course covers the entire process from the initial hair creation to the final material adjustments, helping you systematically master the techniques for creating 3D animal fur. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced artist, this course will help you improve your hair creation skills in Blender.

2. In-depth Breakdown for Different Tools: This section provides a detailed breakdown of essential tools in Blender's particle system, including hair-generating, grooming, and controlling tools. You will learn how to use particle brushes to groom the hair, and how to control the hair distribution and density with weight and texture masks, laying a firm foundation for hair styling.

3. Reference Gathering and Analysis: The course instructs you on how to find high-quality animal fur references, enabling a deeper understanding of various animal fur characteristics. Through different steps of reference analysis, you will learn to grasp the key features and details from references, ensuring the final result is both realistic and true to nature.

4. Step-by-step Grooming Guide: This section covers the process of creating and refining hair flow, starting from the primary structure to adding finer details progressively. It also covers the grooming of specific body regions, such as the head, abdomen, limbs, and tail, ensuring you know how to adjust hair direction and style based on the anatomy of each area.

5. Material Adjustment Techniques: You will learn how to fully control hair materials using Blender's material node system, including adjustments to specularity, reflections, and hair color. The course also covers how to introduce color variations and finer details to the hair, resulting in a more lifelike and layered appearance.

6. Post-production Tweaks and Refinements: After completing the main steps, the course guides you through multiple rounds of reviews and refinements. Detailed suggestions will help you optimize the form and material of hair to achieve the highest visual quality.

7. Project Organization and Export: The final section covers best practices for organizing Blender project, ensuring smooth workflow management and efficient file handover. This section will help you not only create high-quality assets, but also learn essential project management techniques for professional production environments.

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01-01 Introduction to Hair Creation Workflow ▶Free Trial
01-02 Introduction to Software Features - Particle Settings ▶Free Trial
01-03 Introduction to Software Features - Particle Edit
01-04 Introduction to Software Features - Weights and Textures
02-01 Pre-Reference - Looking for References
02-02 Pre-Reference - Analysis Process 01
02-03 Pre-Reference - Analysis Process 02
02-04 Pre-Reference - Analysis Process 03
03-01 Prepare for Hair Guide Grooming - Preparations Before Creation
03-02 Hair Guide Grooming - Overall Structure 01
03-03 Hair Guide Grooming - Overall Structure 02
03-04 Hair Guide Grooming - Overall Structure 03
03-05 Hair Guide Grooming - Detailing Creation 01
03-06 Hair Guide Grooming - Detailing Creation 02
03-07 Hair Guide Grooming - Detailing Creation 03
04-01 Styling Creation - Hair Layering
04-02 Styling Creation - Body Hair 01
04-03 Styling Creation - Body Hair 02
04-04 Styling Creation - Abdominal Hair 01
04-05 Styling Creation - Abdominal Hair 02
04-06 Styling Creation - Neck Hair 01
04-07 Styling Creation - Neck Hair 02
04-08 Styling Creation - Head Hair 01
04-09 Styling Creation - Head Hair 02
04-10 Styling Creation - Leg Hair 01
04-11 Styling Creation - Leg Hair 02
04-12 Styling Creation - Tail Creation
04-13 Styling Creation - Hind Leg Hair 01
04-14 Styling Creation - Hind Leg Hair 02
04-15 Styling Creation - Ear Hair 01
04-16 Styling Creation - Ear Hair 02
04-17 Styling Creation - Self-Inspection of Styling
04-18 Styling Creation - Styling Modification 01
04-19 Styling Creation - Styling Modification 02
04-20 Styling Creation - Styling Modification 03
04-21 Styling Creation - Styling Modification 04
04-22 Styling Creation - Styling Modification 05
04-23 Styling Creation - Styling Refinement 01
04-24 Styling Creation - Styling Refinement 02
05-01 Material Creation - Material Basis
05-02 Material Creation - Adjust Overall Material 01
05-03 Material Creation - Adjust Overall Material 02
05-04 Material Creation - Adjust Overall Material 03
06-01 Final Modification - Suggested Issues 01
06-02 Final Modification - Suggested Issues 02
06-03 Final Modification - Suggested Issues 03
06-04 Final Modification - Suggested Issues 04
06-05 Final Modification - Suggested Issues 05
06-06 Final Modification - Suggested Issues 06
06-07 Final Modification - Suggested Issues 07
06-08 Final Modification - Suggested Issues 08
06-09 Final Modification - Suggested Issues 09
07-01 Organizing Projects

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