How to make Afro & Dreadlocks Styled Hair in Blender 3.5 (Tutorial)

Hiya everyone! Blender 3.5 is out, and it is AMAZING! Especially the new hair geometry node assets are a true gem. In this tutorial, we'll be creating a hairstyle with the new Blender 3.5 hair assets that can be used as a solid foundation for Afro and Dreadlock hair. Something that was incredibly tricky to pull off before, can be achieved rather quickly now!

Follow me with this step-by-step tutorial and create a nice, customizable hair system.

Textured head 3D model: https://file.io/ji3g47S4Wq4Q
Original (non-textured) 3D Head model by MKULTRA: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/reali...

Hope it helps!
Cheers, Nino

0:00 Introduction
0:50 Adding the empty hair curves
2:11 Adding side hair strands
6:33 Adding & tweaking side geometry node hair assets
10:48 Adding top hair strands
12:33 Grooming the top hair
14:43 Adding & tweaking top geometry node hair assets
25:30 Blending the top & side hair
32:00 Adding the hair shader
32:46 Final remarks & outro

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