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Description A HUGE tutorial about how to paint a cartoony but believable tree.
Favs and comments appreciated.

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Comments: 163

Balthazatar In reply to ??? [2009-07-18 21:14:38 +0000 UTC]

This is amazingly awesome, im kind of a newbie still but i learned alot. (and yes i did read the whole thing ) just one question tho, in page 8 you speak of a mask whats that? noticed page 7 was missing for some reason so i guess it was supposed to be there? great job anyway. Definitly +fav

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nika4843 In reply to ??? [2009-07-08 01:51:36 +0000 UTC]

thanks, ill use this for my next project!

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Abeni-FJ [2009-07-04 14:55:18 +0000 UTC]

This is very helpful! Though, I tried one...and it looks very un-treeish. But, it's better than the trees I did before. Thanks a bunch!

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p0rkytso [2009-06-15 11:12:15 +0000 UTC]

absolutely amazing! thank you very much for sharing, this will come in handy

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nanaleonti [2009-05-25 22:52:18 +0000 UTC]

This helped a lot! Thanks [link]

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silver-melody [2009-05-15 10:34:06 +0000 UTC]

Awesome tutorial! Thanks for taking the time to write it out. I've learnt a lot from it.

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RhadaNinja [2009-05-10 22:38:43 +0000 UTC]

I just noticed that the 7th step of the tutorial is missing xD

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Norke In reply to RhadaNinja [2009-05-13 16:28:25 +0000 UTC]

Ha, yeah. There aren't missing steps, I just combined a few and didn't change the title It's all in there. Wow, you're the first to see

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Ransomniaccc [2009-05-10 08:56:07 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much, this is really helpful and very well done!
I'm definitely gonna try this out.

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Norke In reply to Ransomniaccc [2009-05-13 16:28:31 +0000 UTC]

Thx

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RhadaNinja [2009-05-09 02:06:06 +0000 UTC]

Great tutorial! Simple and yet very good for practice!

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Norke In reply to RhadaNinja [2009-05-09 12:49:28 +0000 UTC]

Thx

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xSassyLassyx [2009-05-04 17:39:03 +0000 UTC]

I really love it. I love the explanation sketches, they make stuff easier to understand =]
thanks for taking the time to do this, it's very helpful.

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Norke In reply to xSassyLassyx [2009-05-05 17:04:44 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad it's useful

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Engelchen19 [2009-05-01 15:20:35 +0000 UTC]

wow nice tut o.o

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MiatoSakura-chan [2009-04-16 20:28:12 +0000 UTC]

I'm a detail freak too... the bad thing is I become frustrated easily so you can imagine the amount of unfinished pics I have

This one will be useful in a ยดic i have unfinished with a boy sitting in a tree Thanks

(and sorry for that comment in spanish that last time)

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xCryptorchid [2009-02-18 20:38:21 +0000 UTC]

I followed this tutorial, and [here] is the result I came up with. Thought I'd share my attempt!!

Thanks for making it!!

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Ailisea [2009-02-04 17:52:21 +0000 UTC]

This is what I was looking for
Thank you so much for sharing!

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MissEcho [2009-01-27 05:28:38 +0000 UTC]

Amazing tutorial. Just what I was looking for! Thank you!

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COMICAL-NINJA [2008-11-14 05:44:21 +0000 UTC]

great tutorial! Explains everything thoroughly and gives lots of good advice!

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Hermai [2008-11-09 20:57:34 +0000 UTC]

Awesome tutorial! It's a really step-by-step, easy to follow tutorial!

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Nephtrien [2008-11-01 21:58:16 +0000 UTC]

that's a nice collection of tips, I'm just wondering about the stump of the branch..wouldn't you be able to see annual rings?
Anyway, great job. Keep it up!

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Norke In reply to Nephtrien [2008-11-02 21:53:44 +0000 UTC]

That's exactly what makes the tree unique. You never see the rings outside.

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LunaticZorr [2008-10-29 15:15:08 +0000 UTC]

Incredible! Thanks!

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ZephyrAnalea [2008-10-09 19:38:29 +0000 UTC]

The tutorial is very helpful, great for learning to paint. But you're missing page 7! Is it posted anywhere else?

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19harvestsprite92 [2008-10-08 16:43:20 +0000 UTC]

This is SO helpful! Thank you!

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Faithless-Wife [2008-10-03 16:57:17 +0000 UTC]

Very cool. I'll have to try it.

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parochena [2008-09-29 17:16:12 +0000 UTC]

great tutorial
though... my trees are not looking like yours still

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Norke In reply to parochena [2008-09-29 18:38:05 +0000 UTC]

Keep on practicing. You'll get there sooner or later if you just hang in there.

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parochena In reply to Norke [2008-09-29 20:57:06 +0000 UTC]

Thank you
Im actually thinking together with the rest of the background it is starting to look in place

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Norke In reply to parochena [2008-09-29 20:58:29 +0000 UTC]

Can I see it?

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parochena In reply to Norke [2008-09-29 22:08:50 +0000 UTC]

not yet its still in the process of being done
i will show you though when im done!

its a fan art... but one of the disney fairies ones..
i hope you get a rough idea

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aso78 [2008-09-08 10:19:22 +0000 UTC]

awesome

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ma750 [2008-08-12 13:39:23 +0000 UTC]

great tuts

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Tigermond [2008-08-09 14:24:43 +0000 UTC]

great tutorial! :3 I'ma give it a try some day

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Andantonius [2008-08-04 19:57:49 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much for this! It's really gonna help me with a piece I'm working on.

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VioletVampireVixen [2008-06-23 03:41:21 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow I've been trying to make some believable looking trees, but could never get 'em to look right. Thank you for taking the time to do this. It's greatly appreciated

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Adimo-Rosa In reply to ??? [2008-06-07 00:13:23 +0000 UTC]

This is a very useful tutorial.
I'm just beginning to use my tablet, the only thing I had made so far is practice on a lineart, but this 2nd time I was really eager to draw my own character. Everything was going really fine I must say, I liked it, I started painting the sky, stars (I must say, I dislike the idea of drawing without backgrounds)... and then the grass, the tree... but heck I realized I have NO idea of how to make a texture... and I was very frustrated like an hour ago, for I dunno what to do (the grass, the tree.. it all looked so.. plastic...) and then I found you and your 2 VERY useful tutorials for this.
I'm sorry for all this ranting, but I think thanks to you I'm ready to look at it again and continue working on it.

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Norke In reply to Adimo-Rosa [2008-06-07 09:52:29 +0000 UTC]

That's why I wrote it thx for liking it

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fritchie [2008-05-21 00:53:21 +0000 UTC]

The little special information tips are very helpful, and I am even very ecperienced with Photoshop I found this very useful! Thank you for taking the time to make this

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Jawada [2008-04-07 14:37:39 +0000 UTC]

awesome tutorial. I finally understand what I am doing wrong!

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Anton42 [2008-03-21 07:47:14 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much! I need to practice the "painty" feel, as I tend to rely on the "inking" layer to be there - but I do like how it looks without the lines. Great job, and it is very interesting to see some of your thought process.

With respect,
Anton

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rivo3622 [2008-03-20 17:34:52 +0000 UTC]

thx

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rivo3622 [2008-03-20 15:37:35 +0000 UTC]

GREAT tutorial, this is what i got
[link]
still need a lot of practice T.T

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Norke In reply to rivo3622 [2008-03-20 15:47:03 +0000 UTC]

Looks awesome so far

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matt18041 [2008-03-20 02:37:23 +0000 UTC]

Your explanations in painting in photoshop are amazing, I always wanted to learn how but never had the resources. I appreciate your work in these and love your work. Very inspiring.

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Indoboi [2008-03-20 00:33:01 +0000 UTC]

thank you for the tutorials

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eternal-elentari [2008-03-13 17:07:45 +0000 UTC]

Fantastically useful

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Sepapa-san [2008-03-09 18:48:42 +0000 UTC]

ILU, fav'd

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frisket17 [2008-02-15 20:40:05 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very kindly for the tutorial! I'm trying to strengthen my ability to do backgrounds, and this is a major inspirational step

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