Take a look at a new hair shader for Blender 2.8 that is capable of astonishing results.

Take a look at a new hair shader for Blender 2.8 that is capable of astonishing results. Principled Hair BSDF is an implementation of the paper by Chiang et al., which was used in Zootopia. Let’s witness the thing in action. 

This shader is an implementation of the paper by Chiang et al., which was used in the Disney film, “Zootopia”®.

Documentation

Landed in both master and Blender 2.8.

Will it come to EEVEE? Eventually, parts of it can be made compatible but it won’t look the same as this is quite raytracing heavy.

Artwork by Chris Chuipka, thanks!

Blender 

You can learn more about Blender 2.8 and its possibilities here.