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Blattaphile — Digital Fur Tutorial
Published: 2007-07-25 19:39:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 38707; Favourites: 804; Downloads: 787
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Absolute worst tutorial ever!!! XD I threw this together in like an hour or so, yep pretty basic technique... but maybe it'll help someone anyways! However if you REALLY want my advice, please don't rely on this one tutorial for creating fur... I don't use layers or anything special that might make fur-drawing a lot easier. Be sure to check out the other tutorials out there as well, and don't forget to add your own style to it rather than just copying them!
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Comments: 37
Hey I know I'm really late to this party, but I just wanted to say that this is one of the only tutorials that has made good sense so far and I really appreciate it. I'm faving this
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Nice tutorial you have there
Can I do this with feathers? Except make it more feathery and gappy. I'm doing a dino.
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Oh, probably! The fur kinda came out feathery-looking in this, anyways. I should do an updated version 8D
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I think it's not cheating 
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This is really helpful, I'm going to give it a try.
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Thanks a bunch for doing this - it's really helpful.
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That's a different take on fur. I like it!
Smudging isn't cheating, lol. It's a tool! Every one of my paintings is smudged to hell and back, lol. I'd die without it!
To me it's no different than smudging with fingers while painting or q tips while sketching.
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Wow, I really want to try this out. o3o Maybe it'll work in Paint. xDD;
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wow, Ive never tried coloring fur like that before. Ill have to give it a try. Pretty sweet tut
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this was incredibly helpful! I can't paint fur for anything...
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That's awesome and hella useful. Been looking for a good fur tutorial for ages. Thanks for sharing.
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Not too bad, pretty basic ideas and kinda helpfull in getting the steps right. I like the last image, looks like a dust bunny
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Very nice tutorial! Fur has always been a pain for me to draw so thanks for the hints!
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Is it weird that this helps me more with real media than with digital? Most styles don't carry over too well between the two, but I could really see using this with pencils.
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I protest! If the smudge tool is cheating, why the heck did the invent the thing? I say it's the handy artist's secret weapon.
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Not the worst...totally brillent!! Thanks...this shall help alot 
If I may *faves*
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I KNOW YOUR SECRETS!
...as does everyone else on DA xD
But I'm going to try it out and see if I like it. I've been doing just straight lines without much detail. ^^ Thanks!
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cool now I know how it's done..... 👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Hehehe I use the smudge tool too!
But then I use smude tool to GIVE texture not smoothen it.
Nothing in my books is cheating as long as people can't tell what you are DOING. So it's not slap in your face 'holy cow I used the smudge tool!'
Wonderful tutorial!
=^,,^-
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I don't want to annoy you,but I,more or less, supposed how you did this style of shading and I used it to do the fur in the tail of one character in this picture: [link]
However,I appreciate that you shared a piece of your experience with us
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I use the smudge tool too :B
Shhh! Don't tell
Great tutorial! I do love drawing critters with fur. This will be of much help!
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The smudge tool is cheating? Wow... I did not know that. I guess I'm just a filthy rotten cheater.
Seriously, what's wrong with using the tools you've got to your advantage?
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Wow, awesome! This'll help, great tutorial.. The fur you draw is gorgeous
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oh wow.. thank you! I think this might really help me out actually.. even when just painting with acrylics
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