Create Hair Strands Faster With This Free Blender Tool

Made by ヨルノサク, Draw-Hair is a Blender add-on created as part of a university coursework project. It's still a work in progress, and the developer is continuing to improve it to make it more convenient for everyone. As the name suggests, Draw-Hair lets you draw hair curves directly in the Blender viewport while following a guide mesh, such as a head model.

To use it, press the Set Guide button first. Adjust the guide mesh to fit the head and modify the bevel shape however you like. Then press the Edit Hair button to enter drawing mode. Simply draw lines in the viewport, and the curves will automatically snap to the guide mesh. You can control curve resolution and simplify vertices using the add-on's Topology settings.

Draw-Hair can be used for both personal and commercial projects. The developer welcomes feedback and suggestions to help improve the add-on. Download it here.

We've featured quite a few handy tools recently that can help make your character workflow easier. Nyanko has released a toon shader for Substance 3D Painter, along with a generator that makes it easy to create highlight masks, like those for hair:

Nanka Tsukurouyo's TXTRCast lets you paint in your preferred drawing software and instantly see your brush strokes reflected on the Blender model:

You might also be interested in Quick Finger Collision, a simple Blender add-on that makes hand posing faster and more natural: