Grooming: Pelos com Xgen Interactive no Maya

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Grooming: Fur with XGen Interactive in Maya

Grooming is a digital art production stage that develops the type and appearance of characters’ hair, fur and feathers. To bring more realism to the characters, professionals specialized in grooming in digital art find job opportunities in companies such as Pixar, AMC Studio, Nintendo and Lightfarm Studios, as the games, advertising, animation and film markets need this specialization.

The grooming sector in digital art has seen an increase in demand for professionals in recent years, creating an opportunity for artists in Brazil and around the world. The trend is that demand continues to increase in the area of animation, games and advertising, which has created a window of opportunity for new artists!

Artists who work in large teams, with different specializations and who wish to become or are already 3D Generalists, also benefit from knowledge in grooming, even if they do not work in the sextor, as knowing how the grooming stage works facilitates the creation process of a team project.

To make character hair, fur, and feathers realistic so that they appear natural and fluid in motion, there are various techniques and tools, such as modeling, painting, texturing, and simulating hair dynamics. The Grooming: Fur with XGen Interactive course in Maya came to simplify the entry of artists into the concepts and processes that involve grooming in digital art, focusing mainly on fur.