Yeah, that's good to hear. The only part that made the whole article sound legitimate was artists leaving; now that I know that isn't true the whole thing is pretty much discredited.
I tried to use a texture to create a dyed pattern in the hair but I couldn't find a way to get decent resolution - even trying a mask instead of a whole texture. So I got some advice and ended up just creating the hearts as their own description and went on to try a leopard dye pattern I'd seen online. These are still just…