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Killmonger Locs Are Everywhere in Video Games. One Artist Is Done Waiting
Key Takeaways
- Danielle Udogaranya, known as Ebonix, has spent over a decade making custom Black hairstyles for life-simulation games and felt her hand ache at the prospect of doing it again for Paralives' early access release.
- Her Ebonix Patreon has more than 115,000 members and hundreds of free and paid content items, reflecting demand for hairstyles that games do not ship.
- The short, stiff 'Killmonger locs' worn by Michael B. Jordan in Black Panther have become a default look in games including Tekken 8, Spider-Man 2, Apex Legends, and Horizon Zero Dawn.
- Udogaranya argues textured hair relies on code not built for it: straight hair is easy to taper neatly, while applying the same techniques to Black textures produces poor results, making simple cylindrical locs a common shortcut.
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DT Editorial Team··via wired.com