Hairband / pony tail in animation

 
 
 
Posted by:willilix
Data created:6 May 2023

Hi everyone!

I need to make a ponytail with a hairband that will have animation. I've got a few questions:

1- whats the preferred way to approach an hairstyle like this?
2- is it possible to have the hairband "hang" in the hair and be simulated with it?
3- if not, is it possible to constraint some points of the guides to the hairband that would be manually animated and "drag" those guide points with it?

I had a previous hair rig done in c4d's standard hair, and worked well enough, but i'd really would love to be able to make something more powerful with Ornatrix, but right now i'm quite lost.

Any help is really appreciated!

Thanks!
Miguel

Hi,

1. I don't think there is a "best way". It all depends on your pipeline and production requirements. However, here is one of the ways that you could do it. 

2. Attaching the hairband to the hair?

Jeordanis Figuereo (Product Designer. EPHERE Inc.)

Hi Jeordanis! Thank you so much for the quick reply!

Indeed, there's not a best way per se. Thanks a lot for the video, i missed that one and definitely can be a good way, and i can imagine everything else i need for animation working with that way.

As for attaching the hairband to the hair. with the polygons method, that's quite accessible. But if it was attaching directly to the ornatrix guides, would that be possible?

Sorry for asking again! Thanks!