hi i wanna make some fluff

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# 1 13-01-2005 , 01:22 AM

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hi im pretty new to maya but ive now got use to doing the basic things. but im thinking of making my cartoon char in maya and his a hairy fluff ball tbh, so i wanna know how can i make hair [question mark]

ps- shift key is buggered and been to maya for 3 days now kind of user added image

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# 2 14-01-2005 , 10:17 AM

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# 3 04-02-2005 , 01:53 AM

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if ur using maya unlimited use the hair tool in the dynamics bar and change the ammount of hair and stuff and the shape
but i dont know yet how to make it fluffy
sorry if that didnt help

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# 4 04-02-2005 , 03:27 AM

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For a "fluff ball", the fur tool might be better than hair.

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# 5 04-02-2005 , 02:04 PM

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hair has is nice though user added image

, if you want to go mad you could do poly clip map method controlled with soft bodies and springs... but if your new it may be a bit too much work ? :S