C4D / Vray Pipeline for Character design

[Rectro 399]

Im putting this into a video, so should help others new to C4D.  Here is the C4D file, have a play with it, see what you can do to make it even better.

 

 

 

 

C4D-Hair block test2.c4d

[Vozzz 70]

very nice work! 

good idea about using multiple hair objects for more control over the clumping/frizzing hair!

[Visionnext 46]

Very interesting. Realistic hair isn't easy, but there is a quite good tutorial at Cineversity. It is also based on multiple hair objects. I've seen a quite good hai tutorial for Blender, which can also be replicated in Cinema 4D with multiple hair objects.

Great job and I'm curious, where you will get to...

 

[Rectro 399]

Thanks guys.  @Visionnext Do you know what cinivercity video it was, and the one for Blender?  I'm quite determine to get the best from C4D as iv inversted a lot of money into this app, so need to make it work for me.  Iv been wanting a hair system in 3d from my other apps iv got for years, and hope this app will give me the results I'm after as its hard to find any works out there in this area I'm going into.

 

Thanks, Dan

[Visionnext 46]

The Cineversity video gave me some new ideas how to use hair.

 

Mens Hairstyles and Mustaches with Cinema 4D

The Blender Tutorial is on Blender Cookie. You can watch the intro here

 

 

[Visionnext 46]

Unfortunately the Blender tutorial seems to be gone. They have replaced it by a new one, but I don't have access to this one.

[Rectro 399]

Thank you will check these out.  I must say, im getting some nice results here, cant wait to apply what im learning to a project.  

The push tool has come in handy instead of using grow hair by normal which creates a straight line out the head, I use the Push tool, that gives nice control in essentially puffing out the roots of the hair.

 

Dan

[Visionnext 46]

One thing I miss in Cinema 4D's hair, is that all the segments along a guide hair have the same length. This is different in Blender. You can have shorter segments next to the skull, which helps to bend the hair better.

...or did I miss a feature in Cinema 4D?

[Rectro 399]

Yea your right, they are even, so you end up having to have more segments just to get enough at the roots.  Im having issues at the moment trying to clump stands that end in a tighter point,  not problems so much with the guides, but getting them to render that way.

 

Dan

[Greatszalam 50]

On ‎5‎/‎20‎/‎2016 at 3:16 PM, Visionnext said:

One thing I miss in Cinema 4D's hair, is that all the segments along a guide hair have the same length. This is different in Blender. You can have shorter segments next to the skull, which helps to bend the hair better.

...or did I miss a feature in Cinema 4D?

You can cut the hair guides to be any length you want, but I don't think it keeps the same number of segments. That sounds like a useful feature request! As MAXON is tying everything into the new core to make it run "mo' bettah", they might as well add some useful updates to them too!

[Rectro 399]

Bit of a update.  Il post some close up images of the face tomorrow, but been working on the skin, hair, and eyes.  Once I get the hair much better, il finaly pose her in a setting, and call it a day.    Hope you like her.

 

[VECTOR 244]

nice looking fabric there!