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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

Tearahk In reply to ??? [2013-01-23 18:50:42 +0000 UTC]

This will totally come in handy once I get a tablet. Thanks for making it.

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Arc925 In reply to ??? [2013-01-23 18:24:59 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for posting!

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secret-pony In reply to Arc925 [2013-01-24 11:08:12 +0000 UTC]

yw!

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Arc925 In reply to secret-pony [2013-01-24 16:55:42 +0000 UTC]

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Nx3Fox [2013-01-23 18:03:24 +0000 UTC]

Highly appreciated. Thanks for sharing.

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secret-pony In reply to Nx3Fox [2013-01-24 11:08:17 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome ^^

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Azumizai [2013-01-23 17:54:52 +0000 UTC]

This is awesome!

Another note about making glow effect look more glowy is to not to over-saturate a picture's colour, and so when one does put in the glow effect as you instructed (I really like that last one you show there) it looks even more impressively glow-like because it might be more saturated than the rest of the picture.

Awesomeness~

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secret-pony In reply to Azumizai [2013-01-24 11:09:13 +0000 UTC]

That's going too in-depth for me xD (/simpleton)

But thanks

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Azumizai In reply to secret-pony [2013-01-24 16:55:45 +0000 UTC]

No problem! I've been learning about colour-theory recently, and I can't help but pass on the awesomeness that I've learnt ^__^; And the tutorial was so great, and your art is pretty fantastic too.

Hee hee. XD

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secret-pony In reply to Azumizai [2013-01-24 17:01:36 +0000 UTC]

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xxJonson37 In reply to ??? [2013-01-23 16:57:30 +0000 UTC]

Flagged as Spam

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secret-pony In reply to xxJonson37 [2013-01-23 16:59:39 +0000 UTC]

Umm, what's that?

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KariTBB In reply to secret-pony [2013-01-23 22:53:44 +0000 UTC]

Spam. A memebr that just joined today and posts outgoing links without any further comment... Spam :/

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secret-pony In reply to KariTBB [2013-01-24 10:02:49 +0000 UTC]

Ah, thanks

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ShadowZanon In reply to ??? [2013-01-23 16:18:04 +0000 UTC]

Oh this is awesome thanks for the tips!

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secret-pony In reply to ShadowZanon [2013-01-23 16:49:23 +0000 UTC]

yw! ^^

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Lumicorn In reply to ??? [2013-01-23 15:20:46 +0000 UTC]

logic xD

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Nova-Solaris In reply to ??? [2013-01-23 15:09:19 +0000 UTC]

That's a nice tip. It surely will be very useful to me from now on.
Thanks for share and great work

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S-E-A-S-H-O-R-E-S In reply to ??? [2013-01-23 14:53:41 +0000 UTC]

graet job amd idea! tho color dodge is the equal of luminisity in sai c:

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secret-pony In reply to S-E-A-S-H-O-R-E-S [2013-01-23 14:57:51 +0000 UTC]

I don't use any other programs but SAI, so I don't know.

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S-E-A-S-H-O-R-E-S In reply to secret-pony [2013-01-23 15:31:14 +0000 UTC]

Oh okay then xD sorry

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secret-pony In reply to S-E-A-S-H-O-R-E-S [2013-01-23 15:41:05 +0000 UTC]

Don't sweat it

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S-E-A-S-H-O-R-E-S In reply to secret-pony [2013-01-23 16:01:22 +0000 UTC]

okay i wasnt xD was I? Ovo

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secret-pony In reply to S-E-A-S-H-O-R-E-S [2013-01-23 16:02:23 +0000 UTC]

*hands deodorant*

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S-E-A-S-H-O-R-E-S In reply to secret-pony [2013-01-23 16:03:41 +0000 UTC]


baths in deodorant

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Def-Initely In reply to ??? [2013-01-23 14:23:12 +0000 UTC]

soon...

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secret-pony In reply to Def-Initely [2013-01-23 14:27:14 +0000 UTC]

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Def-Initely In reply to secret-pony [2013-01-23 14:29:42 +0000 UTC]

xDDD

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