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Description Tutorial 03 ~ Special Effects: Bolts, Beams and Fire!

So after not doing one of these for aaaages, I come back with something a lot of people ask for (among other things |D), being how I do my glowy effects and stuff ~

This Tutorial straight off assumes that you know how to use Photoshop or your nearest equvialent, as I'm not here to teach you where to find shizz.
And as far as my glows go - I don't like using the Outer Glow Blending Mode, as it never has the right feel to it, so with the gaussian blur 'glow', you manually make the glow happen and it looks SO much better.

And there you have it - Not much to explain on this one, and remember to just have fun with it!

Tutorial 01: Planning, Panels & Typesetting
Tutorial 02: Pose Perspective and Dynamics
Tutorial 03: Special Effects: Bolts, Beams and Fire ~ You're Here!
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Comments: 28

Shaun-K [2018-03-28 21:32:45 +0000 UTC]

That's really helpful.

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anoneemoos [2016-08-26 22:29:42 +0000 UTC]

with this I can now draw a Dark Pulse beam in my draws, with the other tutorials, I can now draw my own comic book! I thank you very much. >w<

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FrostRaven32 [2015-10-05 13:22:22 +0000 UTC]

This is pretty awesome. Can't wait to try this out

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RoxedoArt [2015-09-02 07:00:52 +0000 UTC]

very interesting method, very nice, thanks for the tip

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XrosHeartx7 [2015-07-03 14:56:55 +0000 UTC]

Wow! I used your tutorial to help with crating fire, and it really helps! Thanks! 

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PurpleChaos [2015-03-15 19:15:58 +0000 UTC]

useful

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Scales-The-Dragon [2012-12-30 17:06:34 +0000 UTC]

This is gonna help a lot in some of my art! Nice work, and w00t for tutorials!

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ZeroXLimit0 [2012-06-04 02:28:18 +0000 UTC]

thank you for making this, I've been looking everywhere for something like this

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Shiruberu [2012-03-05 15:18:40 +0000 UTC]

I was looking for a simple way t do fire, it's so tricky! Thanks for the tutorial, I think it will really help!

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Gadvac [2012-03-05 03:32:40 +0000 UTC]

Excellent! Thanks so much for these.

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SapphireMiuJewel [2012-02-17 00:59:36 +0000 UTC]

Cool!~ OWO

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TiredEspurr [2012-02-12 22:07:16 +0000 UTC]

Oooh, I can use this to my advantage! Thanks :3

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XNanatan [2012-02-05 08:00:31 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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LittlestAngelArtist [2012-02-05 02:56:23 +0000 UTC]

Wow, great tutorial! I definitely have to try using this sometime! ^_^

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Songal [2012-02-04 22:47:12 +0000 UTC]

Nicely done.

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akitos [2012-02-04 20:26:45 +0000 UTC]

I've been looking for something like this for ages *-* Thank you so much for making it

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HanaBani [2012-02-04 17:36:01 +0000 UTC]

OMG thank you for making this tutorial this will help a lot with my drawings

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Forta-Verity-Amity [2012-02-04 16:43:04 +0000 UTC]

Yay! Thanks for this (It's given me some new ways to go about SFX )!

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SP4RT4N-23 [2012-02-04 14:36:39 +0000 UTC]

thats something REALLY helpful >w👍: 0 ⏩: 0

PhoenixSapphire [2012-02-04 09:58:01 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for this!!! Really helpful tut
Just in time for Hyperion's second round too XD

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NekoHimi [2012-02-04 09:19:02 +0000 UTC]

YAY!!!! Now I can learn drawing some attacks!! Thankies

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Pug-In-The-Mug [2012-02-04 07:44:29 +0000 UTC]

That is really usefull,thanks "sensei",hahaha. Hope you will make one with water or psychic attacks. Could be useful too.

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Eevee164 [2012-02-04 07:32:41 +0000 UTC]

Wow. Very nice. This'll help a lot

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lilowoof [2012-02-04 06:23:51 +0000 UTC]

I love these tuts you make.

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UltimaLOL [2012-02-04 06:14:44 +0000 UTC]

This is very helpful!

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tazsaints In reply to UltimaLOL [2012-02-04 20:38:45 +0000 UTC]

I'm sorry, but I have to respond to your sig |D Magnets can't be gay -- The same poles repel, not attract. Saying they're gay just because of material is like calling humans gay (even if they're not) because they happen to be carbon-based lifeforms. |D

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UltimaLOL In reply to tazsaints [2012-02-04 22:40:05 +0000 UTC]

And now you inspired me to put that part about magnet poles repelling against each other on my sig.

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UltimaLOL In reply to tazsaints [2012-02-04 22:35:37 +0000 UTC]

I had a hard time trying to word that part where "they're made out of the same type of materials" since magnets have no gender. >< You have a good point about how the same poles repel, though.

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