Disney characters like Moana and Princess Tiana made strides in bringing representation to animated films by showcasing women of color with curly, coiled hair. Now, animators are working to advance ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers developed new algorithms for animating coiled hair, enabling more realistic and diverse depictions of Afro-textured ...

When a person has a bad hair day, that's unfortunate. When a virtual character has bad hair, an entire animation video or film can look unrealistic. A new innovative method developed by Disney ...

Disney princesses always have enviable hair. In the transition from hand-drawn to computer-generated animation, that asset remained constant. But the technology animators use to craft these inclusive ...

The animation industry has long struggled to get Black hair right — from the infamous “Killmonger locs,” named after the Black Panther character and copied across video games, to the stiff, oversized ...