Hi all, I wrote up the Ornatrix grooming-and-baking pipeline I use for stylized characters: choosing Fur Ball vs. mesh strips, mask-driven regional control (density / gravity / length multipliers painted in Substance), look-dev for both methods, and a rigging-safe bake & handoff. It's all generic technique: UI, operator stacks and masks, no client work.

I also released a small free, open-source Maya tool (MIT) that builds the operator stack in this order in one click and keeps heavy grooms responsive.

Article: https://www.artstation.com/blogs/rxiun/wBAlD/an-ornatrix-grooming-baking-pipeline-for-stylized-characters 

Tool: https://github.com/ruxinliang-dev/groomist

Would genuinely love feedback from other Ornatrix users, especially on the bake, Attach Roots step and how you handle multi-mask animal fur. Happy to expand any section.