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A tutorial on how I made the aurora borealis wolves in "Spirit of the Hunt." Could probably also be used to make nebula and cloud animals, as well
Please let me know if you have any questions!Tutorial links:
Star stock photos:
Star tutorial:
Spirit of the Hunt:
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Nice tutorial, can't wait what I will create with this!
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Awesome, best of luck
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~Cool tut, could use it
for something special.
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Thanks!Β I hope so
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welcome 
Content creation
is where it's @ βΊ
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this is really helpful , thanks!! Can't wait to see my final result
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Best of luck!Β Lemme know how it turns out
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your tut really helped me make the sky for this -truthdawnsinfire.deviantart.coβ¦
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would be more helpful with brushes
i dont have photoshop and tried TRIED with sai and it looks like crap not like a real borealis like your wolves
wish ur wolves were a real borealis without the animal to better do a borealis original
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The same general principle should apply to doing a non-animal-shaped borealis as well!Β But yeah, generally I try to do tutorials for painting things from scratch - if you're using a brush, then it sort of does it for you, and wouldn't need a tutorial
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I cant figure out on how to make it a good borialis in sai
the only brush i use is the normal ones
I wanted to make it look smooth like tihsΒ Β or the 4th that you had in the tutorial
and none of the ones you made in your tutorial helped with that for me well not makng it look good anywhoΒ
Β see? i havnt colored it fully yet cuss the work on it didn't look fluid enough to egin coloring the rest
tried to have the colors of thisΒ Β
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Looks like you need to do more gentle airbrushing around the "base" - it looks clearly like you drew a line along the bottom, then drew a few lines going up from it.Β To make it look less "mechanical" and more glowy, try using an airbrush to expand the area along the bottom and to make the vertical lines look "fluffier".Β If you use an airbrush, you should avoid that hard edge you're getting, and it'll look more blended and realistic.Β Copy the photographs to try to get that natural, irregular, some-lines-are-fainter-and-others-are-bigger-and-glowier look.
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hmm but thats just it i did use an airbrish to make both the stripesand the glow going up from the line
i used an ink pen in the softest it could get for the base of it the most lighest and an airbrush for the other two
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*nods* It just needs some more blending - perhaps using a smudge tool would help?
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it doesnt have a smudge tool in paint tool sai
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Ah, I guess it's just up to straight manual painting skills, then!
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I mean, you'll just have to do it all manually yourself.Β Things like special tools and brushes can help make it easier, but if those aren't available, you just gotta work with what you have and make it work
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Thank you so much for providing such an amazing tutorial!
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Cheers, best of luck with it <3
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This is beautiful!!! Thank you for providing such a wonderful tutorial!!!
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Thank you, and best of luck
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You're welcome!
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Oh now I'm challenging myself to a level of expert! lets see what this noobie can do LOL
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Awesome, best of luck!
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OMG! I think i did pretty good actually ^_^
Check it out and tell me what you think. Thank you for posting this tutorial, it was a HUGE help.
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Good job
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thank you very much! I'm sure with a little more practice I'll have it down
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Amazing tutorial!!!! T^T I really want to make a cool aurora now.
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Hehe, best of luck!
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Wonderful! Very useful, I hope to try it as soon as possible!
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Cheers, best of luck to you
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Wow, neat! Very sparkly
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Squeeee this is fantastic. Thank you so much, Jen! 
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You're super welcome! You should make a rainbow space Bob 83
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I am so going to do this. Right now. Thank you for giving me the best idea ever 8D
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Whatever you end up doing, I think I'll end up imagining a rainbow space Abby-angel playing with him <3
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I can make one of him and Abby for real if you'd like! β₯
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