The Jungle Book and The Lion King were both done by MPC. The grooming was created using their own technology - Furtility. Everything they've done since 10,000BC up to and including the The Lion King and...ahem..Cats... has been done with this tech. Simulation I think might have been done in Houdini but I can't recall. Not…
this is usually done through simulation of grooms. so individual hairs are being rendered, normally bound to guides which get simulated. which is actually stuff that is coming for game sooner or later houdini is taking over on that end, but maya is still strong. look into xgen and yeti on mayas end, maybe ornatrix but i…