Creating Hair for Next-Gen Game Characters in Maya

This Maya tutorial will show you how to create polygonal hair for your 3D characters. This tutorial will show you how to create polygonal hair for your characters in Maya. This training will focus on creating polygonal hair that can be used in a game engine, but has the visual appeal of something more complicated. This course will begin by learning how to create polygonal hair, and how to style it. We will then use Adobe Photoshop to create color maps and transparency maps that will give our hair the complexity and realism it needs. The tutorial will also show you how to incorporate subtle shadowing from hair into your character's face. This allows for a more realistic final result. Software required: Maya 2011.