The goal of this workshop is to provide you with all the necessary knowledge of Ornatrix that you need to explore and create your own hairstyles for your 3D characters and creatures. Santhosh also includes a quick overview of using dynamics in Ornatrix. He shares shading techniques using the new V-Ray Hair Shader in V-Ray 5 for Maya and divulges tips for how to optimize your scenes for a CG cinematic project with additional advice on how to render projects on your home workstation. Santhosh covers topics including the creation of Distribution Maps and Length/Thickness Maps using Substance Painter and shows how to extensively use Modifiers to match your hair groom with reference images. The workflow demonstrated can also be applied even if you only intend to render a still of your character for your portfolio. Nvidia Flex in 3ds Max Ephere has made a proof of concept for FLEX in Max. Ornatrix 101: From ZBrush to Ornatrix Ornatrix allows you to get ZBrush character hair into 3dsmax, as native Ornatrix hair, quickly and easily. The focus of this video tutorial is on creating facial hair for a character that will eventually be animated. Ornatrix Hair for 3ds Max v3 released Ornatrix Version 3 is now out with a long list of additions and improvements. Santhosh Koneru, a 3D Generalist, details all the basics as well as the essential tools required to generate realistic hair for your 3D characters.

This introductory workshop reveals everything you need to know to create hair for both animated characters and still renders using Ornatrix in Maya.

Ornatrix hair preparing instances