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Published: 2012-09-14 20:50:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 847251; Favourites: 14932; Downloads: 9970
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Description Check out the Golden Exercise and Download the Practice Sheet HERE
EXERCISE:  Challenging your knowledge and application of gold. 

You can use gold on many different materials and surfaces from a golden helm to the stitching of a golden fleece. The trick is knowing how to accurately create the appearance of gold. Gold itself is a metal material. A metal surface will most often reflect light rather than absorbing it. We created a reference last year that give you a quick look at one way of creating the “golden” look. 

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ANNAJON [2013-09-19 13:01:27 +0000 UTC]

wow

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Ejlen [2013-09-18 19:40:13 +0000 UTC]

Finally someone showed me how to create a golden colour !
THANK YOU !

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CGCookie In reply to Ejlen [2013-09-23 18:41:02 +0000 UTC]

Hope this helps, I know gold can be tricky at times!

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Ejlen In reply to CGCookie [2013-09-23 18:50:15 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, Thank you very much again.
I am very grateful

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fantasy-please [2013-09-17 19:48:07 +0000 UTC]

Ohhhhh this is so painfully helpful thankyou <3

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CGCookie In reply to fantasy-please [2013-09-23 18:40:45 +0000 UTC]

Hope the pain isn't too much

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HogashTheOrc [2013-09-13 11:58:07 +0000 UTC]

my hero xD

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RealmsOfNowhere In reply to ??? [2013-09-09 02:08:42 +0000 UTC]

Very useful, thank you so much!

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LibbyKeppen [2013-09-06 05:32:47 +0000 UTC]

THANK YOU

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MrsBrushwood [2013-09-03 18:00:34 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! It helps a lot

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paulnery [2013-09-03 16:04:18 +0000 UTC]

Very nice!!

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Oskua [2013-08-24 01:10:15 +0000 UTC]

¡Oh!, ¡Fantástico!

Muchas gracias, me será muy útil. -> thanks so much, it will be so useful

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kiger8kiger In reply to ??? [2013-08-20 14:22:25 +0000 UTC]

U are the best! thnx!

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kiger8kiger In reply to kiger8kiger [2013-08-20 14:25:47 +0000 UTC]

Nvm that, you have to register to download and that would be something like $18 :/

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SunPulse In reply to ??? [2013-07-29 19:13:31 +0000 UTC]

really cool, thanks a lot!

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CrystallineX In reply to ??? [2013-07-27 13:38:35 +0000 UTC]

Awesome, thanks for sharing!

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Hisietari In reply to ??? [2013-07-10 04:34:56 +0000 UTC]

This comes from Heaven! I've agonised myself over gold so often, it feels like my personal bane. Thank you so much!

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girl24s [2013-07-05 19:31:08 +0000 UTC]

a♥ yes a free chat under www.gimo.de ♥

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spearmint-toothpaste In reply to ??? [2013-06-21 14:05:49 +0000 UTC]

I will definitely try this, looks much simpler than I would have imagined it to be! Thanks a lot for this helpful tutorial!

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Nina-Frost [2013-06-14 04:03:06 +0000 UTC]

thank you!! really easy and useful!

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Chely-Sparkle [2013-06-12 14:01:26 +0000 UTC]

Your tutorial was really helpful, and the brushes are really cool, thank you very much

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CGCookie In reply to Chely-Sparkle [2013-06-17 20:30:07 +0000 UTC]

You are most welcome!

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JuliaSartKnight [2013-06-03 14:26:35 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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FictionAddict In reply to ??? [2013-05-14 17:25:45 +0000 UTC]

Wow awesome, I always wondered how concept artists made things look like metal. Cool!

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KeziahNutmeg [2013-05-10 09:26:16 +0000 UTC]

Would the brushes work on Paint Tool SAI?
P.S. The gold looks great!

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CGCookie In reply to KeziahNutmeg [2013-05-20 16:29:28 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, the brushes should work well on Paint Tool SAI.

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Laticis [2013-04-14 11:27:36 +0000 UTC]

Very nice work.

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Ardo842 In reply to ??? [2013-03-25 10:52:05 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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zakniteh In reply to ??? [2013-03-24 21:50:53 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for tut!

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PostBoxRomance In reply to ??? [2013-03-24 19:24:42 +0000 UTC]

This is awesome, thanks!

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rissbutts In reply to ??? [2013-03-24 17:35:19 +0000 UTC]

Do you perhaps know which versions of Adobe these are compatible with>

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CGCookie In reply to rissbutts [2013-03-27 15:54:13 +0000 UTC]

I know Photoshop for sure but I haven't tried them in the other softwares yet.

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CandieDoesPokeMon In reply to CGCookie [2017-10-30 05:35:03 +0000 UTC]

MS Paint (If you're a professional MS Paint artist)

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rissbutts In reply to CGCookie [2013-03-31 20:28:59 +0000 UTC]

Well, would it work in CS4 and CS5 of Photoshop?

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CGCookie In reply to rissbutts [2013-04-03 22:23:19 +0000 UTC]

Yes, it should!

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lycanthropeful [2013-03-24 17:09:02 +0000 UTC]

Wow, incredible! This is really lifelike, and so simple. Thanks for this useful tip

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Burning-Question In reply to ??? [2013-03-24 15:06:13 +0000 UTC]

That's very useful! *.*

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AntaresCr302 [2013-03-24 12:11:48 +0000 UTC]

wow this is awesome! thanks for making it!

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Stalcry In reply to ??? [2013-03-24 07:14:30 +0000 UTC]

....oh my GOD...

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Kyshone In reply to ??? [2013-03-24 07:09:19 +0000 UTC]

You are amazing.

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CheezayBallz In reply to ??? [2013-02-23 16:10:08 +0000 UTC]

awesome

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AngelJasiel In reply to ??? [2013-02-15 23:24:22 +0000 UTC]

this is amazing, thank you!!

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IsabelaRazo In reply to ??? [2013-01-12 04:03:29 +0000 UTC]

brilliant!

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enabeleno In reply to ??? [2012-12-13 00:25:59 +0000 UTC]

cool

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Louisetheanimator [2012-11-24 21:55:24 +0000 UTC]

Are you supposed to use this on Illustrator? because I tried download the file but my Illustrator didn't like it, is that because it's a different cs4 5 & 6? or is there another reason?

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CGCookie In reply to Louisetheanimator [2012-11-26 16:58:36 +0000 UTC]

No this is meant to be for Photoshop, I do not believe the download will work for Illustrator

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Louisetheanimator In reply to CGCookie [2012-11-26 17:03:23 +0000 UTC]

Well I tried downloading it and it seemed to be more of an illustrator file, should I try to open it with Photoshop then?

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CGCookie In reply to Louisetheanimator [2012-11-26 17:06:33 +0000 UTC]

Yes, that should work in Photoshop since Illustrator has a few different settings for this kind of a file.

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Louisetheanimator In reply to CGCookie [2012-11-26 17:22:11 +0000 UTC]

I just tried it with photoshop & it didn't work.

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Louisetheanimator In reply to CGCookie [2012-11-26 17:12:08 +0000 UTC]

Ok thanks.

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