Hi Seiyoko! I’m a huge fan of your art how you you animate. If it’s not too much to ask, could you share some tips on how you animate your character’s hair? I believe it’s called the seaweed effect but it’s so confusing to animate for me. D:

real-smug-caryatid:

sarkasse:

seiyoko:

Yeah I’ll try my best!

of course hair comes in lots of different types! The seaweed approach only helps me with smoother hair :^)! keep it in mind and try out different hair!

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I think of it like a cycle of pushes up and down, the source stays in pretty much the same place but it changes which direction it goes depending on what force is being applied where. The hair is just kinda subject to the air blowing.

You should keep in mind momentum and that to change direction it will need to slow down a bit. no part of the hair has a fixed point (except the source), and each part will go up and down in time!! it’s almost like hills and valleys going thru the hair (I just think of longitudinal waves lol)

If it still isn’t clicking, just copy frames here, and try to keep track of the movement! 

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keep in mind this doesn’t work for all types of hair, but it works for a lot of other objects! I use this for flags, steam/smoke, skirts, etc.

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good luck!!

@tomato-bird hair animation!!!

Thank you!! I was just about to say “this is just what I need!