Beards, brows and stubble

Facial hair reads best as several small grooms rather than one big one.

Stubble

A dense groom of very short strands: plant guides over the jaw and cheeks, set a short length, high density and fine thickness, and a colour a little darker than the skin. Fade it out at the cheek line with the soft edge.

Brows

A sparse groom of short strands combed outwards and slightly up from the nose. Keep it thicker at the inner end, and comb the outer third down a touch.

Beard

Plant guides over the chin and jaw, grow them with Length, Comb them downwards, then Clump for locks. A second small groom at the chin with a lighter colour adds a natural streak.

Lashes

Lashes need an eye to sit against. Add one with Objects › New eye, then grow a small groom along the lid’s edge, combed out and up.

Tip

Sculpt the beard’s volume in clay underneath, slightly smaller than the finished beard. The hair then sits on a believable form and gaps don’t show bare skin.