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Description Soooo I was asked how I do those Northern Lights I used in my last Suicune picture, so here it is. My very first tutorial!!
I hope it is helpful but this is just the way I do it. There are many other ways...
It was done with PS CS3 and a Wacom Bamboo Fun tablet.
Also I hope everything is understandable. I know from others that explaining isn't my strength so if you have questions just ask XD
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AkioWolf26 [2021-01-07 21:51:13 +0000 UTC]

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CrystalDraeron In reply to AkioWolf26 [2021-01-12 22:04:09 +0000 UTC]

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AkioWolf26 In reply to CrystalDraeron [2021-01-12 22:24:12 +0000 UTC]

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qirien [2020-06-05 19:29:02 +0000 UTC]

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CrystalDraeron In reply to qirien [2020-06-09 16:08:28 +0000 UTC]

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Art-Going [2019-03-03 19:24:24 +0000 UTC]

Made my very own picture with this tutorial, it was very helpful thank you for making this!



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CrystalDraeron In reply to Art-Going [2019-03-16 12:38:47 +0000 UTC]

I'm happy it helped!
Your picture looks beautiful <3

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Art-Going In reply to CrystalDraeron [2019-03-16 12:57:52 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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MagikSadie [2019-01-12 02:18:40 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for this. I’m just a starting artist and this made my painting look so much better

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CrystalDraeron In reply to MagikSadie [2019-01-22 18:02:58 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad that it was helpful

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lauraypablo [2015-10-13 08:46:51 +0000 UTC]

amazing tutorial thank you!!!!

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CrystalDraeron In reply to lauraypablo [2015-10-15 07:19:44 +0000 UTC]

Omg thank you XD

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yondoloki [2015-08-23 17:33:24 +0000 UTC]

I followed your tutorial on this image, hopw you like  yondoloki.deviantart.com/art/B…

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CrystalDraeron In reply to yondoloki [2015-08-26 17:10:38 +0000 UTC]

Ah thank you very much
And thanks for crediting me. I really like them. As they are a bit more blurry they don't distract from the characters on the picture.
This creates a fokus and a good atmosphere in my opinion
And I have to say: I like that ice bear XD

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yondoloki In reply to CrystalDraeron [2015-08-28 08:30:50 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

Yea, that ice bear took three different polar bear references, whereafter I scraped them all and went by free hand, and it was the best one! Go logic....

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CrystalDraeron In reply to yondoloki [2015-08-28 16:19:07 +0000 UTC]

Yay screw logic! XD
Happened to me as well, though.
Strange world...

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yondoloki In reply to CrystalDraeron [2015-08-29 08:27:45 +0000 UTC]

yup, very strange....

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KealiaLaw [2014-08-11 20:14:10 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for this

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WindgeistArts [2014-03-25 21:33:39 +0000 UTC]

ah cool ^^ I'll try this out I just recently tried northern likes but they didn't turn out as I wanted actually XD

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CrystalDraeron In reply to WindgeistArts [2014-04-27 07:58:56 +0000 UTC]

Haha thanks a lot XD
Did it work out for you now?

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WindgeistArts In reply to CrystalDraeron [2014-04-27 19:37:56 +0000 UTC]

anytime^^
oh yes it did

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Wolvenlights [2013-06-23 18:21:12 +0000 UTC]

EEEEPPPPPP! Thank you so much for this! I greatly needed it SOOOOO many times!

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CrystalDraeron In reply to Wolvenlights [2013-06-23 21:40:18 +0000 UTC]

Aaawww thank you so much for your lovely words ;___;
I'm so happy that it's helpful XD

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hyde9318 [2012-12-20 16:57:38 +0000 UTC]

Really cool tutorial. I really have never tried this, so this really helped me out. Thank you.

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CrystalDraeron In reply to hyde9318 [2012-12-22 16:18:26 +0000 UTC]

Aaaw thank you >w<
I'm really glad it helped

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GothicElegance [2012-12-13 19:28:55 +0000 UTC]

I have been browsing for a good Northern Light tutorial, I just recently got a tablet and I wanted to make a nice nighttime picture. Thank you for creating this.

Btw - I have the Bamboo Create.

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CrystalDraeron In reply to GothicElegance [2012-12-20 09:51:27 +0000 UTC]

Aaaw thank you so much and I'm sorry for the late reply D:
I'm really happy to hear such nice words :3
Would you like to show your finished picture to me?

Oh I really like the design of the Bamboo Create XD
I still have a two year old Bamboo Pen&Touch (actually I don't you the touch haha).

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