New algorithms allow for more realistic coily hair animation, enhancing the representation of Black characters in film.

Anime characters with black hair are ubiquitous; it is a natural color, after all. However, some of them are bound to be more interesting or famous than others. The only requirement for this list ...

The character Ari, played by Peyton Basnight ... who was indigenous and had long, black hair. Her family says her great-grandmother only had three gray hairs in her lifetime, one for each ...

And this also means that the precious few main black characters rarely sport black textured hair. There are far too many examples of poorly done black hairstyles and even more games with no black ...

Dove has launched an online guide to help video game designers and digital creators create characters with Black hair textures as well as protective styles. Dove partnered with Black game ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with video game designer and UC Santa Cruz professor A.M. Darke, about her work on a new computer algorithm that more accurately illustrates Black hair. Whether it's ...

Day 611:05Realistic animation of Black hair has lagged far behind other hair types for years. This artist has a plan for how to fix that Black characters were largely missing from the video games ...

In a classic episode from the 1994 TV sitcom “Living Single” — which featured successful Black ... characters including an attorney and a business owner — Kyle, a stockbroker, believed his ...

Researchers developed new algorithms for animating coiled hair, enabling more realistic and diverse depictions of Afro-textured hair that could greatly advance the animation of Black characters in ...