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Published: 2011-01-24 12:54:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 49680; Favourites: 1396; Downloads: 1572
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Description In a poll I made about which tutorial you would like to see from me, water came second - character/etc design was first, but that's a tutorial I'm going to have to think about to decide how best to present it, so I decided to rattle off this one in the meantime.

Despite the various tutorials I have (most of them very out of date for my methods and quality of work now) I don't think there's really any way I can tell you HOW to do something. Indeed, it has bothered me when I've seen some people use my tutorials to the letter, because (for instance) the specific lighting I used in my examples didn't fit in with the painting that they were doing, etc. So please just use this tutorial and my other ones to have a look at the method I used for that particular example, and try to extract from them instead some ideas for what to experiment with rather than a set way to do something. Experimentation will work for you far better than any method someone lays out for you set by step!
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Comments: 41

jaggedice200 [2015-06-16 02:21:33 +0000 UTC]

you know after looking at this tutorial, it's making me rethink and work on the detail of my project lol. I'm just sitting here like "aww man... I have alot more to do". Thank you for making this tutorial *bows*

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Wylfen [2015-05-11 17:12:17 +0000 UTC]

And I was like: "Okay... Yeah... I can draw that..." And then, I kinda lost track and I was like... "Wait, what? You must've done Magic or something o.o"

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rahul808 [2014-02-25 19:36:02 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. 

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MizDawesome [2014-02-06 00:19:08 +0000 UTC]

awesome!

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ToySkunk In reply to MizDawesome [2014-02-06 08:19:51 +0000 UTC]

Hope it's useful, it's an old tutorial though!

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MizDawesome In reply to ToySkunk [2014-02-06 15:15:02 +0000 UTC]

Still looks cool. Hopefully I'll learn something from it :3

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erickreillyart [2013-05-27 04:04:07 +0000 UTC]

This is way cool! Not to mention very helpful. Thanks for posting!

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fuyu-oleander [2013-05-04 15:09:43 +0000 UTC]

This is really neat and useful, too!

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Glitza [2013-01-15 22:54:54 +0000 UTC]

You have amazing painting skills!

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d0ramYrk [2012-11-05 10:33:47 +0000 UTC]

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BOBtheROSS [2011-11-14 17:54:42 +0000 UTC]

thank you for the first realistic looking water tutorial
most other look so... drawn
I tried to use your technique at a pic - well, I need much more practise :3 [link]

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ScarletImperfection [2011-09-11 02:52:43 +0000 UTC]

This is perfect considering I was trying to figure out how to paint water on a character's face not too long ago. Very informative and useful!

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Noitusan [2011-08-06 12:43:23 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for sharing this.

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ThisAccountWillDie [2011-07-22 03:15:58 +0000 UTC]

A technique of water that can benefit many. Thank you.

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TychoDorian [2011-06-16 22:18:53 +0000 UTC]

Wow! Marvelous! Going to be testing this out soon!

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AedenSolus [2011-06-12 16:48:10 +0000 UTC]

Very well put together and very helpful! I used this here . Thanks!

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wantou [2011-06-05 17:39:46 +0000 UTC]

so cool ( so surprise ~~~~~~~

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MulkenPower [2011-06-04 15:25:51 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for putting this up! It's very helpful and I appreciate you adding text to it all, explaining why you do what you do! Extreemly helpful, many many many thanks!

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TerraRhapsody [2011-05-24 19:14:47 +0000 UTC]

Very nice work! love this guide and how it shapes up at the end!

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Anton42 [2011-02-19 19:42:44 +0000 UTC]

This is what I did using this technique: [link]

Far from perfect, but I still like the result as the first try of ever drawing water, and your instructions certainly helped - thank you!

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MysteryKittenThe1st [2011-02-17 00:08:21 +0000 UTC]

i'm gonna try to do falling water x.x

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Anton42 [2011-02-16 15:11:08 +0000 UTC]

Very nice and clearly explained, thank you very much! I'll try to draw falling water in my next painting

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bdunn1342 [2011-02-10 17:40:27 +0000 UTC]

This is amazing. I've been trying to improve my water for a while and I'm really looking forward to implementing some of your recommendations. Thank you so much for sharing!

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my-dark-desire [2011-01-31 17:43:44 +0000 UTC]

thank you!!!

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BAN---KAI [2011-01-28 21:05:49 +0000 UTC]

i have looked for this for ages and never found it until now, thanks for the tut .)

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Emeraldae [2011-01-27 16:19:32 +0000 UTC]

Great tutorial- it's so useful! Thanks.

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Liketheisland [2011-01-27 00:26:13 +0000 UTC]

Ooh nice!! This might come in handy...

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suka [2011-01-26 15:21:53 +0000 UTC]

LOVE! Very useful and will try applying these techniques to later pieces which would include water.

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wokejacqueline [2011-01-26 04:40:57 +0000 UTC]

LIKE!

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xSassyLassyx [2011-01-25 08:15:50 +0000 UTC]

Usefu; thanks!

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Twilight-Neume [2011-01-25 04:28:42 +0000 UTC]

Great tutorial. I can't wait to try it out.

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Richirich [2011-01-25 01:40:42 +0000 UTC]

Hey, Richi here. Nice work. I agree with the instances people use tutorials to the LETTER and it has almost no place in the piece they are doing. Kinda funny. Thanks for the tutorial!

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ParadoxComplex [2011-01-24 21:32:52 +0000 UTC]

A very helpful tutorial. I always wondered how other artists were able to create a natural water look without using so much blue or white in it. And I love in the second part it had more of a rough look of moving water instead of simply being in a constant fluid movement making it look almost like plastic.
All in all a very well made tutorial and very easy to understand. I can't wait to try it out and experiment with it.

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Kira-the-White [2011-01-24 21:11:16 +0000 UTC]

I love tuts!

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Houndofthenight [2011-01-24 20:03:02 +0000 UTC]

This is really amazing! I've never really been sure of the colors and method used in creating a realistic water effect! Now I really want to try this out when I find some free time! Thank you so much for taking the time to put this together!

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purpleblack-fox [2011-01-24 19:16:08 +0000 UTC]

The first example looks stunningly realistic - thanks for sharing!

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SicilianValkyrie [2011-01-24 14:57:40 +0000 UTC]

Very useful!

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ToySkunk In reply to SicilianValkyrie [2011-01-24 15:12:00 +0000 UTC]

I hope so.

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SicilianValkyrie In reply to ToySkunk [2011-01-24 15:27:45 +0000 UTC]

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unfinishedtears [2011-01-24 13:32:48 +0000 UTC]

Wow this is very useful, thanks for sharing!

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ToySkunk In reply to unfinishedtears [2011-01-24 13:34:05 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome! I hope you get some use out of it.

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