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RayCrystal β€” Fire Tutorial for SAI

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Description Update on Sept 1st 2013: I remade the tutorial almost completely because the old one kinda sucked. If anyone is interested about the old version it's here: i.imgur.com/VrFRPVE.jpg
Since I get asked about which tool I used a lot, this improved version is done with the basic brush tool.


Whew tutorials are hard to make...

Anyway, when ~Rustic-Moonlit-Rose commented that the fire in raycrystal.deviantart.com/art/… looks amazing I said that tutorials could help her but she said that there aren't any for Sai really and I noticed that too so I thought I could make one since I like drawing fire

So yeah... I hope it's good

By the way, I used the watercolor tool (like I always do).
Since people are asking about it, the settings I use are 0 for blending, 50 for dilution, 80 for persistence.


EDIT: Holy f--- O_O I wake up in the morning and what do I find...? 2000 faves!!! +40 watchers more I thought this would get around my usual 200... thank you so much guys

EDIT2: ...omg. A DD? I can't believe it, oh my god thank you so much!!!! O_O *does not know what to say*
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Comments: 714

Flipsy529 [2014-08-05 06:13:42 +0000 UTC]

what brushes did u use?

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lFireBlade [2014-07-21 02:12:22 +0000 UTC]

Used:Β lfireblade.deviantart.com/art/…

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sweetsloth [2014-07-04 19:21:29 +0000 UTC]

Wow! Thank you so much!

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MoonkittyArt [2014-06-20 00:11:14 +0000 UTC]

Great tutorial! Very well assembled! \o/

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dietbepis [2014-06-07 06:45:43 +0000 UTC]

oh my god this is amazing and really effective! thank you so much

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XenoJaw [2014-05-17 18:28:36 +0000 UTC]

Thank you a lot! This was exactly what i was looking for.~Β Β 

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MeetTheHelperRachel [2014-05-13 07:04:52 +0000 UTC]

Er... Do you need a tablet to make this work properly? ^^

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RayCrystal In reply to MeetTheHelperRachel [2014-05-13 17:48:12 +0000 UTC]

Well yeah, since it's really hard to blend well with a mouse :'D

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MeetTheHelperRachel In reply to RayCrystal [2014-05-13 22:15:49 +0000 UTC]

Oh I don't have a tablet.

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Kitta-Furen [2014-04-30 22:52:27 +0000 UTC]

What is a "Luminosity" layer? Is it program specific?

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RayCrystal In reply to Kitta-Furen [2014-05-01 09:15:22 +0000 UTC]

Luminosity is a layer mode which you can choose from a drop box usually near the layers in the program. There are layer modes in at least Sai, Gimp and Photoshop, I'm not sure about other programs

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Kitta-Furen In reply to RayCrystal [2014-05-20 07:21:10 +0000 UTC]

Ooooh, I see! Β Thank you for the clarification! Β 

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Lunavix [2014-04-27 20:53:11 +0000 UTC]

I used it!Β 
switchkit.deviantart.com/art/S…

It was really helpful, thanks! Β 

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RayCrystal In reply to Lunavix [2014-04-27 21:15:29 +0000 UTC]

It looks really good! glad this helped

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Lunavix In reply to RayCrystal [2014-04-28 07:11:07 +0000 UTC]

Yay! Thankyou!

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Sploorky [2014-04-26 04:08:58 +0000 UTC]

How the hell do you do this

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CaliBolt273 [2014-02-22 15:51:04 +0000 UTC]

So what do you mean by 'soft brush'?? For that did you just lower the density or what?

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RayCrystal In reply to CaliBolt273 [2014-02-22 20:38:03 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, lower the density and add blending or just use the watercolor tool, works too.

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Jyoniki In reply to ??? [2014-02-19 01:28:06 +0000 UTC]

Great tutorial it helps a lot!

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SilverWingedAdopts [2014-02-12 03:44:28 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the tutorial! Really helps!

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celvista [2014-02-11 15:52:34 +0000 UTC]

And maybe a little bit of blue for the detailed ones Great tutorial.. But which brushes did you use? Marker and then pen or..?

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RayCrystal In reply to celvista [2014-02-11 21:18:39 +0000 UTC]

The basic Brush tool. It was in the description though

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celvista In reply to RayCrystal [2014-02-12 18:22:26 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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SurvivorOfMinecraft [2014-02-03 03:52:27 +0000 UTC]

This is very helpful!Β 

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imperial-illusion [2014-01-22 20:41:46 +0000 UTC]

AWESOME!Β Β 

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Saga-Sage [2014-01-16 19:57:51 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! This is very helpful! ^^

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yellowpop [2014-01-05 16:16:40 +0000 UTC]

Cool tutorial, 0o0) trying to draw a fire 1st time ^^)''Β and this much help thank you

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biggs2 [2014-01-02 00:32:31 +0000 UTC]

this helped me so much! thank you!

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Cherry36Chibi [2013-12-04 12:20:25 +0000 UTC]

waai!! thank you so much!!

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TswordZ [2013-11-17 21:31:20 +0000 UTC]

Wow, great tutorial. Very useful, thanks.

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CrystalCircle [2013-10-22 00:32:18 +0000 UTC]

I needed this! Thank you so much for this easy-to-follow tutorial! ^^

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RayCrystal In reply to CrystalCircle [2013-10-24 16:07:22 +0000 UTC]

Glad you liked it

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yasermohavi [2013-10-21 21:18:38 +0000 UTC]

Best tutorial I've seen so far other were useless

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Litriu [2013-10-20 23:29:51 +0000 UTC]

AAAACK! Thank you, this really helped me!

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DigiDead [2013-10-17 20:00:47 +0000 UTC]

This helped alot! Thanks for making it!

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ChadComics [2013-10-07 21:57:25 +0000 UTC]

this is very informative. thank you.

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Sakuelle [2013-09-05 12:04:07 +0000 UTC]

Question~ You said that the new version is done with basic brush tool... what are the settings for the fire? Is it the same with the old watercolor settings? ;u;

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RayCrystal In reply to Sakuelle [2013-09-07 07:47:38 +0000 UTC]

Ahh I think I should have added that too, I just don't really fiddle with the settings ever so I didn't remember xD

Blending 0, dilution 50, persistence 0

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Sakuelle In reply to RayCrystal [2013-09-10 09:40:38 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much! ouo

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Lomeo [2013-09-04 19:30:12 +0000 UTC]

Ah, I love you people for making these guides. I have no idea what would I do without them.

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RayCrystal In reply to Lomeo [2013-09-07 07:47:47 +0000 UTC]

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Alu-In-Chains [2013-09-02 03:28:04 +0000 UTC]

I don't have Sai, but I wanted to drop in and thankyou for this tutorial. It was incredibly helpful! I used it on a picture and am in love with how it turned out. The link to it is below, but regardless, thankyou!!!


alu-in-chains.deviantart.com/a…

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RayCrystal In reply to Alu-In-Chains [2013-09-02 11:46:29 +0000 UTC]

Haha the SAI part is maybe a bit pointless indeed since you can do this with anything XD Originally I just added it since most of the fire tutorials were for Photoshop as they needed Photoshop-exclusive effects but oh well..

Anyway I'm happy that it helped! That drawing is really neat, fire's looking good!

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Alu-In-Chains In reply to RayCrystal [2013-09-03 03:11:35 +0000 UTC]

Either way it's amazing how generalized it is, and how easily it can be utilized in any program (which is awesome!). Photoshop is like SO MAINSTREAM...-coughjustkiddingcough-

But seriously, it is nice to find tutorials that show you new things without making it specifically for one program. It opens a ton of doors and windows and stuff; again, it's truly appreciated.

And thanks so much! It'll take some playing around to figure which brushes work best for me(oil pastel is great and all but some exploring will be fun). That fire~ it is HOT thanks again!

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RayCrystal In reply to Alu-In-Chains [2013-09-03 19:08:40 +0000 UTC]

Haha yup and even if I had Photoshop, I'd find it boring to make everything using only effects and filters XDΒ 

Anyway, I'm very glad you like it~ ^^

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Velink [2013-09-01 12:53:34 +0000 UTC]

Awesome tutorial!
but how do I use this on lighter BG?

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RayCrystal In reply to Velink [2013-09-01 13:01:05 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

I think it works the same way haha. I've just used a dark background here because it adds contrast and looks cooler xD

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Velink In reply to RayCrystal [2013-09-01 13:02:55 +0000 UTC]

is that so?
thanks then XD

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Rosaako [2013-09-01 12:50:44 +0000 UTC]

tis is biutuful you is a grt artst
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RayCrystal In reply to Rosaako [2013-09-01 13:04:04 +0000 UTC]

kitos kylΓ€ it is ympyrtuli

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