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I'm pretty sure that this is as simple as it gets to making your own lightning, rather than using lightning brushes that can look out of place.

Of course though, you're probably not going to draw anything that small, so just as a side note, blur "Lightning copy" just enough to blur the edges slightly. Blur "Lightning copy 2" enough to give it a small glow. Blur "Lightning copy 3" enough to give it a large outer glow

If you have any questions, feel free to ask! I'll answer it as best as I can ;D

And if you use this, it'd be great if you sent me a link to the finished artwork you made, so I can see how much I helped (or didn't D; ). You don't need to credit me, but it'd be nice if you did ;D

Used Adobe Photoshop CS4

Tutorial (c) *northstar2x
Lightning Font (c) Honey & Death
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Comments: 30

runningsquirrel7 [2013-08-14 23:28:10 +0000 UTC]

Sweet tutorial, might give it a whirl .

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rebeccapark9 [2011-07-09 14:35:16 +0000 UTC]

how do you merge the layers? (has ps 7 btw)

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northstar2x In reply to rebeccapark9 [2011-07-10 06:08:57 +0000 UTC]

If you right click the layer in the layers window, there should be an option that says "Merge Down". Otherwise, I think the keyboard shortcut is "ctrl+e", at least mine is, but I've changed my shortcuts to work better for me, so I'm not 100% sure if that's the default, and then on top of that, I'm not 100% sure that's the default for PS7

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rebeccapark9 In reply to northstar2x [2011-07-10 18:12:56 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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northstar2x In reply to rebeccapark9 [2011-07-11 04:53:30 +0000 UTC]

No problem

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Kardeen [2011-03-04 14:41:48 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the tutorial I tried it out here
[link]

I made some tweaks due to the picture, but overall it was your tutorial that helped get it started. Thank you!

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northstar2x In reply to Kardeen [2011-03-19 00:42:17 +0000 UTC]

Glad I could help

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patchesofheaven74 [2010-06-28 17:55:45 +0000 UTC]

I hope this works on GIMP. lol photoshop is so expensive! I don't see anything on there that shouldn't make it work on there... I'll have to use this tut sometime.

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northstar2x In reply to patchesofheaven74 [2010-06-29 18:28:00 +0000 UTC]

Well, I don't see why it shouldn't work, but either way, hope it does xD

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patchesofheaven74 In reply to northstar2x [2010-07-02 06:46:02 +0000 UTC]

it worked perfectly! here is what I made with it.

[link]

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patchesofheaven74 In reply to patchesofheaven74 [2010-07-02 06:47:28 +0000 UTC]

oops! here we go [link]

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blackmoongirl [2010-06-05 03:42:37 +0000 UTC]

Thanks I've been needing something like this for quite some time XD; (can't do lightning to save my life and I have a character with electric based powers *fail*)

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northstar2x In reply to blackmoongirl [2010-06-05 06:44:14 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, well, I hope my tutorial helps you c:

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blackmoongirl In reply to northstar2x [2010-06-05 20:30:30 +0000 UTC]

Yeah thanks! >D

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phoenixn91 [2010-06-04 15:57:55 +0000 UTC]

now this is useful and easy

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northstar2x In reply to phoenixn91 [2010-06-04 20:05:47 +0000 UTC]

Quick, easy, and it looks good too!

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phoenixn91 In reply to northstar2x [2010-06-04 20:20:39 +0000 UTC]

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Cherry-on-Top-comix [2010-06-02 22:07:49 +0000 UTC]

fabulous~

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northstar2x In reply to Cherry-on-Top-comix [2010-06-03 07:39:36 +0000 UTC]

Lol, thanks ;D

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Hew91 [2010-06-02 17:15:02 +0000 UTC]

great tutorial Ky!

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northstar2x In reply to Hew91 [2010-06-03 07:39:45 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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xXDragon95Xx [2010-06-02 12:19:32 +0000 UTC]

sweet i like this tutorial

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northstar2x In reply to xXDragon95Xx [2010-06-03 08:22:44 +0000 UTC]

Fun making it too ;D

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xXDragon95Xx In reply to northstar2x [2010-06-04 01:08:43 +0000 UTC]

i think i'll try it instead of using my lightning brush

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LiveDeepWhithin [2010-06-02 11:55:19 +0000 UTC]

really cool. hope to use this some day.

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northstar2x In reply to LiveDeepWhithin [2010-06-03 08:22:54 +0000 UTC]

Hope you do too

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LiveDeepWhithin In reply to northstar2x [2010-06-03 12:07:38 +0000 UTC]

believe me, i will.

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NinjaKitten22 [2010-06-02 06:54:53 +0000 UTC]

YAY
thank you!

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northstar2x In reply to NinjaKitten22 [2010-06-03 08:23:02 +0000 UTC]

Now, USE IT!

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NinjaKitten22 In reply to northstar2x [2010-06-04 00:53:58 +0000 UTC]

I WILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

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