Week 7

Update 1 05/06/2024

Create the swing dress geometry with low and high poly. I utilized Marvelous Designer to generate the base mesh. Since I plan to simulate the cloth in Houdini, I aimed to keep the cloth relatively smooth with minimal wrinkles to ensure a smooth simulation process by importing a cone mesh to lift the dress up.

Issue encounter: Curve tool comes out as segmented with straight lines.

Solved: The character size is too small, should be real human size.

Update 2 05/07/2024

MD 3D mesh Transfer low quad topo Refine UV tiles High poly with a thickness testure test

Update 3 05/08/2024

Start working on grooming in Houdini.

To configure Alembic file settings for Houdini, ensure that the wireframe of the mesh is visible and selectable.

Update 4 05/11/2024

I extracted the scalp geometry and added more subdivisions to allow for finer detail when painting the attribute. Initially, the scalp was too small, and I realized that to create a medium-long hairstyle, I needed additional faces on the mesh. This prevents the guides from bunching up at the tail end when I comb them by using drawcurve node.

Next, I begin by placing the guides. Initially, I planned to use the Guide Process node to groom all the hair. However, I found that alternating between using the Guide Process node and the Guide Groom node provided better control over the guides.

To achieve a realistic hair appearance, I incorporate the Hair Generate node. Currently, I've only added hair clump and fizz in this node. Since I'm still fine-tuning the guides, keeping it simple makes adjustments easier.

Update 5 05/12/2024

Tried a test render in Houdini using the Redshift renderer. Still need to added the guides for the hair ban.