Study addresses challenges in digital animation of coiled hair


Yale University research diagram on new coily hair animation.

A. M. Darke, a UC Santa Cruz professor of Digital Arts and New Media, participated in a project to help animate coily hair. This research aims to help created animated characters who are Black with more realistic hair patterns. Previous animation work made curls go all in one direction, but this new research created an algorithm for a curling pattern with switchbacks that more closely resembles real-life coily hair.

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Last modified: Oct 14, 2024