Test piece experimenting with mask mesh workflows using zscripts.
Dedicated with thanks to Marcus Civis for his help in knitting together some lovely Zscripts. 
Please note that this is not a stylised work but in fact a wholly accurate portrait of the sitter.
Hahahaha…a smile (and a chuckle) in a rainy LA day 
Jaime
@Jaime Thank you Jaime, whilst working on the ‘Chunky Knit’ image I was alarmed to discover that the family cat had been fornicating with a ball of wool behind the sofa . However I was delighted later when she gave birth to mittens. 
Here’s a couple of notes from my recent experimentin’ ……
MaskMesh Arrays For Creating Hair
Top Hair created by drawing one section using MeshBalloon Project (Picker continuous Z) > split unmasked > array 360 Y
Side Hair - Hair MeshBalloon Project (Picker continuous Z) > split unmasked > array 180 Y
Bottom image: Using script to split off mesh and run an array on the y. what is interesting is that every added maskmesh stroke is additive to that array
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Transposing MeshBalloon + Alpha
MeshBalloon Project (Picker = Continuous Z) -Stroke = Rect + Dotty Alpha
Stretch on Y with Gizmo
Press y -Switch to Transpose Line
Select scale Mode for Transpose
Holding alt in scale mode from end nodes and middle.
Great work! Thank you for the post!
Puuuuurfect! Thanks for sharing your process 
Jaime
Here’s a note on using MeshBalloon with Replay Last Relative and Replay Last Recorded.
To get a Replay Last Relative Stroke using MeshBalloon to be an additive stroke i.e adding to your existing mesh - make sure your first stroke to be additive and repeatable is created by holding down cntrl + shift - now every replay last relative (shift + 1) is additive. Do this by hovering over the mesh position you wish before pressing shift + 1.
With Regard Replay Last Recorded >Stroke>inventory >record (shortcut on/off number 3) It seems that you can only record one stroke. Record an additive stroke with cntrl + shift (switch off record when done) However if you use a Replay Last Recorded Stroke - shift + 2 then attempt to use a replay last relative stroke shift + 1 it repeats the last stroke and thus repeats the recorded shift + 2 stroke
To get replay last relative to work with MeshProject live boolean
the first stroke cntrl +shift - splits off the MaskMesh stroke - it is the second stroke using cntrl that adds to the existing mesh - therefore wait until the second stroke using cntrl before pressing shift + 1 to repeat last relative. Again you can add a single recorded stroke that has been recorded with cntrl held down.
Great to see you’re also proficient at realism!! 
To be honest, it didn’t come as a suprise I guess… .
Thanks Boozy, you’re a pearl ! 