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secret-pony — Mini tutorial: Glow effects in SAI

Published: 2013-01-23 14:10:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 94322; Favourites: 3674; Downloads: 1143
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Description Apparently glowing effects are a mystery to a lot of people,
but they're so easy! So here you go!

Apologies for the lame layout, I didn't want to use any more complex backgrounds to bring out the effects to their fullest.
Also apologies for typo's

If you're looking for more resources for drawing (ponies), check out my other tutorials:


I never use any other program but SAI, so I can't tell you how to do glow effects in PS, Gimp, etc...
(and I don't want to know either)
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Comments: 178

secret-pony In reply to ??? [2013-01-24 10:21:02 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome, glad I could help.

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Botoru In reply to secret-pony [2013-01-24 10:55:10 +0000 UTC]

np^^

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StormChill [2013-01-24 03:11:10 +0000 UTC]

Wow, this is great! You should do more of these mini-tutorials. Me likey.

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secret-pony In reply to StormChill [2013-01-24 10:21:38 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. I plan to! ^u^
There are so many little, easy techniques no one knows about. D:
(and there are so many more I don't know about as well xD)

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NaruFan808 [2013-01-24 02:58:46 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for this! It will be very helpful~ :3

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secret-pony In reply to NaruFan808 [2013-01-24 10:21:54 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome, glad I could help ^^

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Mauvaiseloup [2013-01-24 02:32:51 +0000 UTC]

You are awesome! Thank you so much! I've been wondering and wondering!
Thank you!!

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secret-pony In reply to Mauvaiseloup [2013-01-24 10:22:04 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome! ^^

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MrFahrenheit89 [2013-01-24 02:30:10 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for another great tutorial. This well really help my when I am doing unicorn magic effects.

By chance will you be doing one for shading in the future? I can never really get the program do what I want. Anyway thanks for the art lesson.

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secret-pony In reply to MrFahrenheit89 [2013-01-24 10:23:08 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome ^^

I've been procrastination one on coloring and shading for the longest time now. (making tutorials is tedious work ;_
But I think I'll cover a small technique I use for shading soon.

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MrFahrenheit89 In reply to secret-pony [2013-01-27 09:57:37 +0000 UTC]

yay.

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InvaderLez In reply to ??? [2013-01-24 02:09:44 +0000 UTC]

I've always done this, but I really had to figure it out on my own. I hope this helps lots of people!

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secret-pony In reply to InvaderLez [2013-01-24 10:23:53 +0000 UTC]

Same here, but at least some people will be saved the time and effort to figure it out now. ^^

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mustachedbunny [2013-01-24 01:53:59 +0000 UTC]

I'm sure this will come in handy for my future drawings

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secret-pony In reply to mustachedbunny [2013-01-24 10:24:01 +0000 UTC]

great! good luck ^^

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Kayru-Kitsune In reply to ??? [2013-01-24 01:42:14 +0000 UTC]

For the record, the steps are the same in Photoshop, just instead of "airbrush" it's simply a brush with 0% hardness.

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secret-pony In reply to Kayru-Kitsune [2013-01-24 10:24:28 +0000 UTC]

I don't know or use PS, so...

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LittleMissChess In reply to ??? [2013-01-24 01:31:21 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for making this tutorial! Glowing effects always confuse me. This'll help a lot

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secret-pony In reply to LittleMissChess [2013-01-24 10:24:44 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome! Have fun with them ^^

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thedoughNUTer In reply to ??? [2013-01-24 00:43:49 +0000 UTC]

This is new to me, thanks! (I mean HOW to do the glow stuff)

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secret-pony In reply to thedoughNUTer [2013-01-24 10:24:55 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome! ^^

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APonyArtist [2013-01-23 23:50:57 +0000 UTC]

is SAI free to download?

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kat377 In reply to APonyArtist [2013-01-24 00:33:45 +0000 UTC]

Yea, but it's a trial that only lasts for a month...unless you wanna get....ilegally

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CharlotteTurner In reply to APonyArtist [2013-01-24 00:32:56 +0000 UTC]

it is yes, google 'SAI Portable' it'll show up for you to download. It's really good for things like lineart.

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APonyArtist In reply to CharlotteTurner [2013-01-24 00:33:40 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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artReall In reply to ??? [2013-01-23 22:27:22 +0000 UTC]

GREAT TUTORIAL!83

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secret-pony In reply to artReall [2013-01-24 10:25:10 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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Bluesparks4 In reply to ??? [2013-01-23 22:17:09 +0000 UTC]

so coolio!! thx lolz but i don't have sai

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secret-pony In reply to Bluesparks4 [2013-01-24 10:25:47 +0000 UTC]

Haha, too bad x3
It's a very easy program to use, though

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crimsonblossom42 In reply to ??? [2013-01-23 22:17:07 +0000 UTC]

This is great! I recently started using SAI and can use all of the help I can get.

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secret-pony In reply to crimsonblossom42 [2013-01-24 10:25:59 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome. Best of luck to you ^^

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azurethc [2013-01-23 21:49:16 +0000 UTC]

This will come in handy x3 thank you

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secret-pony In reply to azurethc [2013-01-24 10:26:06 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome ^^

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Katrla In reply to ??? [2013-01-23 21:32:14 +0000 UTC]

Thank u This was helpful.

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secret-pony In reply to Katrla [2013-01-24 10:26:14 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome

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KirstinLove [2013-01-23 20:35:36 +0000 UTC]

i love you

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secret-pony In reply to KirstinLove [2013-01-24 10:27:23 +0000 UTC]

and I love you, random citizen

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KirstinLove In reply to secret-pony [2013-01-24 12:35:29 +0000 UTC]

pfffffff XD genius XD

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Evoli-niceli In reply to ??? [2013-01-23 20:12:51 +0000 UTC]

Great ! Thanks

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secret-pony In reply to Evoli-niceli [2013-01-24 10:27:30 +0000 UTC]

yw! ^^

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iHasArtworks In reply to ??? [2013-01-23 19:57:58 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, it helps!

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secret-pony In reply to iHasArtworks [2013-01-24 10:27:38 +0000 UTC]

Yw, glad I could help! ^^

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opus-13 In reply to ??? [2013-01-23 19:44:36 +0000 UTC]

Even though I don't draw, I really enjoy these tutorials. It's enlightening and helps me to understand the process that artists use. Thanks for sharing!

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secret-pony In reply to opus-13 [2013-01-24 11:07:11 +0000 UTC]

As long as you're enjoying yourself xD

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chapaV In reply to ??? [2013-01-23 19:24:09 +0000 UTC]

I don't even know what SAI is and I still read the whole tutorial!

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secret-pony In reply to chapaV [2013-01-24 11:07:34 +0000 UTC]

As long as you're enjoying yourself, I guess xD

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nikutsuki In reply to ??? [2013-01-23 18:55:24 +0000 UTC]

Totally gonna fav this just because of that lovely little drawings ;u;
It's a very clear and nice tutorial, btw <3

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secret-pony In reply to nikutsuki [2013-01-24 11:07:45 +0000 UTC]

Haha, thank you ^^

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Kyoshyu In reply to ??? [2013-01-23 18:52:33 +0000 UTC]

I can confirm this works for other programs as well, just find the right tools and you're set.

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secret-pony In reply to Kyoshyu [2013-01-24 11:08:06 +0000 UTC]

I'm limited to SAI only, so

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