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The promised walkthrough for Forest SentryThis walkthrough is assuming a certain level of skill in painting and Photoshop - if you're finding it difficult, perhaps try one of my other tutorials described here!
My first and most basic fur tutorial: [link]
My second and "most balanced" fur tutorial: [link]
A third fur tutorial: [link]
Another wolf walkthrough: [link]
My other tutorials can be found here: [link]
Thanks and have fun!
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wow. You must be so patient ;D
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so basically just be amazing and you will be able to do this? XDD jk
thanks for the tutorial!
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Haha, thanks a lot, and best of luck
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or tell me can it be set in brush dynamics please...
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To be honest, I don't work much with fancy brush settings, so I'm not sure - you'd have to take a look and fiddle with things for yourself.
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where can i find a brush that will give me a pointy edge on a single stroke? To have a pointy tip.
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Are you using a mouse?Β Because otherwise, pen sensitivity should allow you to do that yourself, just by pressing lighter where you want it thinner.
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I tried with dynamics but only looks weird... Not what i really wanted...
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yes Im using a mouse...
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You may unfortunately be stuck with things, then 
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that would be 7 times more in my currency at least. Im unemployed and not sure even how tablet and ps work together. And asking my parents to buy it for me only so i would have pointy fur edges would be pretty selfish in my opinion... There should be another way to do this. Nobody appreciates my drawing anyway...
Thanks for communication anyway...
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Maybe check out my first fur tutorial?Β (it's in my Tutorial folder)Β It mostly involves rough blocking, and then smudging - should be doable with a mouse 
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Excuse me whilst I scrape my jaw off the floor: that is amazing!
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What if the subject is a dark black..would you just use blues and grays rather than, say, a ton of browns, golds, and creams?
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No, not necessarily - black is tough, in that there can be a good number of colours in it (same with white). I'd recommend for maximally realistic fur colours, to avoid using only blues, or only browns - ideally there should be a mixture of both sides of a complementary colour pair.
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Finally! Thank you for this amazing tutorial! I've been looking all over for one like this. <3
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Awesome, best of luck
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Me: "Oh so they're going to show how to make fur like the photo on the right." *tutorial begins* Wait. Is that....? You mean the thing on the right ISN'T A PHOTO?" *mind blown, has to go lie down*
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*chuckles* Thank you very much
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Thanks, I'll need it lol.Β
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This is very helpful! Thank you for this! <3
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Thank you, and you're very welcome.Β Good luck!
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how long does it take to get all the fur details?
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If I'm doing all the fur detail from scratch, no special brushes or anything, a lot longer - this particular image took about 15 hours?
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wow...thats a long time thanks for replying C:
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Wow! What'd you use for this? I doubt its free. :/ All my art is traditional.
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I used Photoshop, but any painting program should work with the basic techniques, as well as traditional - most traditional animal artists start by laying down an underpainting, then doing the fur detail on top! I believe typically a darker underpainting is used, then lighter, individual fur strokes laid down on top.
For graphite, I have a different tutorial for that, also in my gallery!
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I use Photoshop CS6 for now, used to use CS9 but I like CS6 better! This tutorial helped me a lot! Thanks! By the way, your art is wonderful!
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Thanks a lot, and best of luck!
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Very in detail and interestingly, and the main thing is live! Impresses! Thanks a lot! Only it is not clear if it will work out? 0_ΠΎ Thank you!)
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what do you mean when you said that you used " a eye brush to blotch in the grey for the nose..." ? I never heard of a brush named that way in Photoshop. Also, I would like to try out the experimenting brush.
Do you add a emboss filter after you're done with all the fur detail?
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Y'know, I have no idea! XD For that part, when I say "eyebrush" I really just mean normal round brush :b Not sure what I was thinking o_O
No, I don't add an emboss filter after I'm done with all the fur - this COULD be done if you did the fur on multiple layers, but requires the fur strands when you draw them to not overlap too much, otherwise you'll just emboss a single big lump, rather than make each strand look 3D. Haven't tried it myself!
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Wow I'm so happy I found this! You do a fantastic job explaining how you do your art^^ I fell like I can do it too
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Hey, thanks so much! Best of luck to you! If you need any help, just let me know, or try checking out some of my other tutorials
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Wow I never realized that manipping took so long, xD, but I will definitely be trying this out.
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It's not manipping, it's painting from scratch
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*raises glass* cheers and thank you
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