HairMesh by riel brings CataRackta's standalone Stylized HairMesh Creator tool to Blender as a free add-on, which lets you get quad-based hair meshes with curves. Simply draw curves directly onto a character's head, then create hair locks and convert the result into a clean mesh with evenly distributed edge loops.

This add-on supports both curves drawn point by point and freehand ones. Its wall system connects neighboring curves to form individual hair locks. You can switch between Live and Baked views to work with curves and walls or preview the converted geometry. Additional features include guides, crowns, junctions, symmetry and duplication tools, along with a wide range of modifiers like Tube, Mask, Thickness, Twist, Noise, Curls, Fill, and Density. It also includes Profiles, Extras, Brush, and Edges tools, and supports importing .hairmesh files.

HairMesh requires Blender 5.1 or newer to run. It's a port of CataRackta's original standalone tool, and while riel will continue development, future updates will focus on independent improvements designed specifically for Blender.

You can download HairMesh from either Ko-fi or GitHub. If you're creating stylized hairstyles, check out these free tools: Draw-Hair, MT Hair Taper, and Hair Bone Generator:

You might also be interested in Sisir and BGEN Hair:

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