Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 - Senua's Hair Groom

Senua's hairstyle has been such an iconic part of the character since the first game, it's hard to imagine her without. So I was super happy and honored when I learned I would be responsible for the groom and in-game hair asset.

Since -while playing the game - the hair is almost always on screen, you can basically see it as a character on its own. Some of the groundwork was laid by the brilliant Kamila Bianchi, but it was Jascha Wohlkinger who's solid rigging and movement logic really brought the hair to life in the end.

The beautiful headpiece, several optimization passes, transition from UE4 to UE5 and shader enhancements were done by my very talented colleague Dominic Pearce.

Renders are from UE5, using real-time in-game assets
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Additional Credits:
Ninja Theory Character Team: Dan Crossland, Dominic Pearce, Pietro Berto, Gabriel Maia and Jasper Vick