Project Poll 4 (Patreon)

- I said I'd put this poll up later this month, but I'm putting it up now, so that I can leave it open longer and more people can vote on it.

- So I've opened up this Patreon page for close to 10 months now and I've mostly only been doing wearable character things (clothing/armor).  I've released more of these in the past months than I have in the 7 years since I started making models for games and to be honest, I'm a bit burned out on it. So for this project/poll, I'd like to maybe take a bit of a break from that and offer something different that you can vote on and eventually use if the poll results are favorable.

- Normally, in times like these, I'd choose to make a weapon or something, as I have in the past, but that's probably not what a lot of people would want, so I think this is the perfect time to try making something I've never done before and that is

HAIR

- Simply put, I'm looking to make a single, high-quality female hairstyle.  

- I've been looking into this on and off for what feels like years now, but I've never actually pulled the trigger on a complete scratch-made model and most I've done was editing existing models.

- Motivation for it, aside from the above, is that there isn't that much of this out there. Most are old, sometimes outdated ports, or rips from other games, which, some can be decent, but most are not fully realized due time or performance constraints that are imposed in game production. I don't really have those constraints unless I self impose, so I can pretty much go crazy with it and make heavier meshes/textures that you'd be hard pressed to find in a game scenario.

- I also believe that something like this has wide appeal (I'm willing to bet that everyone who downloads mods such as mine has at some point downloaded or is actively using a hair mod) so there's something here for everyone and it also has the benefit of being easy to port in all kinds of games, since characters in games may not always have an AK but they'll always have hair :).

- I DO NOT have a fixed concept or a specific hairstyle that I am going for, so I can't offer you a concrete, single image that illustrates how the end hairstyle is going to look, as I have in the past for polls like this. 

- I can however post a reference sheet that I have made for my own use. I don't know how it's going to look entirely at this point, I'm going to experiment with different things and see what works/doesn't, so the reference sheet is mostly for details or elements I'd potentially like my hair to have

- I'm mostly settled on making a longer, half-up half-down type hairstyle with some sort of decorations (maybe a bun/braids or something like that). I've settled on this because it is visually impressive/complex in it's structure (especially from the back/gameplay camera) and offers a lot of opportunities for detailing and trying out different techniques to make it.

- Even if you're not a fan of the general look, consider this a stepping stone for other styles, as this whole thing is one giant experiment. If this is a successful, then it opens the door for more in the future and who knows, maybe a full hairpack one day, since I'd definitely be interested in making more after this.

- Like with the design, I don't have a concrete time frame for when this would be finished. I'd hope for a dev duration similar to the other projects from the polls, but as I mentioned, I don't have much practical experience with a complete, scratch made hairstyle, especially something of the complexity I'm aiming for, so there's a lot of potential for screw-ups, unforeseen issues or things turning out bad and needing to be remade.

- Poll is open for a bit over 2 weeks, I'm really interested in the responses for this one :)