Easiest Way To Create Hair in Blender - 5 Minute Tutorial

A tutorial on how to make hair in Blender 2.8 with curves, a method that is very simple and effective that I have been using for my character sculpts.

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[hemarealz]

I'm still trying to make the donut.

[norabp]

Just to update that the Bevel Object picker has been moved from that place. To pick the circle object go to Bevel--> and in Round/Object/Profile sections go to Object section, there you'll find the picker

[yansculpts]

Forgot to mention, in Blender 2.8x, Alt + C doesn't convert hair curves to mesh, you can now do it by right clicking on the curve then convert to mesh.

[volkitolkitorino]

If you can't see all points of the circle in edit mode and only see 4 points and have to click on them to see the connected 2 ones, do this:
Open the viewport overlays menu (you know, where you can choose to see face orientation, the one next to wireframe/viewport/shading settings)
From curve edit mode, choose "all" for handles

[yansculpts]

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P.S. Since a lot of you recently asked, the main difference between the way I create hair today and before is I don't use a 3rd curve for taper, instead I manually scale and twist the curves as shown in the video, made it a lot easier to work with :)

[khookied]

Tip: if you are having trouble controlling the circle, select all by pressing A then press V and select "free" this will allow you too manipulate the circle without restraints

[LeslieSolorzanov]

This is possibly the most comprehensive tutorial on hair in Blender, thank you so much

[MortMort]

This was very useful and informative, thanks for the free content!
I'll try and use this for my first character sculpt! ~ cheers!

[dautimlino]

You, my friend, should win the oscar of 3D tutorials.

[wege]

I love that you can apply this technique to all sorts of other things. I made a lamp in like five minutes. Very powerful, thank you for the lesson.

[kylejennings]

for those still wondering how to twist the spline. its Ctrl T... idk why blender makes us alt+S and Ctrl T, when it could literally just be S for Scale and R for Rotate

[boluwatiferaufu]

FINALLY an actual tutorial for hair. I've been struggling for a very long time. I just started learning blender. Thank You.

[JonesyCreations]

For anyone having trouble with the bevel object picker: firstly, the picker has been moved you have to click in the "object" section and second, when you do select the circle, if the line just disappears it could be because when you hit CTRL A you might have clicked the location too, only click scale.

[argusbargus]

This is the best tutorial I have seen for creating stylized hair in Blender. Been using this software for years and (ctrl "T") changed my life, lol. 👍

[arcanealchemist]

It is rare that I find a tutorial which tells me everything I need to know to just do the thing the same day, with very little fuss. Thanks a ton for the help~!

[EmeraldAngelStudio]

Also a note for 3D printing users; (if your objects appear as "inverted normals" or "dark" in color in your slicer software)
Be sure to "cap" your objects (located under the Geometry > Bevel > Fill Caps. This is so they aren't "hollow" when exporting.
Also noticed if you "invert / mirror" the "bezier circle" it will invert it in your slicer program (which causes it not to appear / not let your object print at all)
It's usually identified as dark blue if your using Chitubox for example.
If you want your brush to not be inverted, just simply reverse the "bezier circle" by selecting, right click, mirror, and choose the axis it was originally flipped at.
After doing this, it should revert to its original creation. if not, you might have flipped it on the wrong axis, keep testing until fixed.
You CAN however "(rotate) your "path" and your "bezier circle" with no printing issues as well. Just don't "Mirror" it. Seems to be a bug of some sort.
Hope this helps, and thanks again for this video, it's helped me so darn much saving time sculpting hair and clothes <3

[flkilla]

You just solved my life, this method is SO much better than doing with curves. Thank you very much for sharing this <3

[uuukiiiyooo]

Adding those tree concepts at the end was so much help! Thanks for making a small class rather than just an empty tutorial 🙌🏽

[tony_boy]

I just started using Blender and dude, your hair, your art... They're awesome!!!

[julinaut]

this is genius, tried it, love it, will do that from now on... (it is a bit hard at first to get a good proportion of an overall haircut and details and to not overdo it, but I'm sure that's just a matter of practice and patience)