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TylerCreatesWorlds β Nebulae Tutorial
Published: 2013-04-28 01:58:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 83916; Favourites: 2356; Downloads: 3067
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After numerous requests, I have decided to make a tutorial on how I paint my Nebulae. I did my best to include every part of my process. I'm sure the thing is riddled with spelling and grammar errors. Just ignore those, there's a reason I'm an artist and not a writer.I hope you all can learn something from this. It took quite sometime to get it done. If you have any questions or are unsure about anything, don't hestiate to ask me.
I've included my custom cloud smudge brush that I use in all my paintings
Get your copy of my painting here
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Thanks for your tutorial! Was SO helpful hahaΒ Β
Gave you credit here:Β
nothrur0d.deviantart.com/art/Nebula-463582217
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No problem, looks good.
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This is very cool and useful, 
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thank you so much for sharing!
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Thanks for checking it out. Hope it helped ya.
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Absolutely awesome! Thanks for sharing your knowledge
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It's the least I could do.
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One of the best tutorials I have come across! Thank you so much, this helped me with a contest entry!
I love how you make it easy to understand and clearly laid out. Thank you for this!
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Glad it was helpful. Its the only tutorial I've done so I was kinda just winging it.
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I see, it's fantastic either way.
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Very helpful! Thanks! Great work!
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No problem
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Thank you for the great tutorial!
i don't even use photoshop, (gimp is cheaper) but this tutorial was still very helpful.
used here fav.me/d76pjo3
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No problem at all, glad it could help you.
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Very helpful tutorial - thank you. I like your approach of only using simle tools like a round brush and a smudge (in most other nebula tutorials I've seen they used fractals).
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I really don't like the look of fractals, they look fake. So I've always tried to stay away from them forcing me to come up with my own method.
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if we will draw space someday we use this tutor for sure. but even if we'll not it's still amazing tutorial. thanks.
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I love you. 
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I love you
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Ooooooooooh, nevermind!! huhu there is a zip file *derp*Β
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Might seem like a dumb question, but what do you mean by smudge brush? At 1st I thought it was the smudge tool because you speak of the "strength", but then you refer to opacity... so I'm confused. 
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This is marvelous! Wish I would have found it ages ago!
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well you got it now
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Will most def be sharing this. Tutorials ftw! And even more awesome that you did one, it actually makes something so awesome feel more achievable for those who want to learn how~
Thank you!
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No problem, just trying to my part.
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Holy fuck you've even wrote a tutorial on this. Thanks so much man, deff gonna try this! You art is 'mazin!
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Just trying to do my part and help out. I'd love to see what you come up with. Thanks again
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well thank you ever so much!
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Best tutorial ever! And the most beautiful one! Great job and many many thanks!
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Well thanks, I hope it was helpful.
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Β I think for my next piece after the one I currently am working on, I will give nebulas a shot for a Christmas card!
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Awesome, I'd love to see your take on it.
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Unfortunately im insanely busy right now, have like 7 projects for college (art related) to work on, all have to be professional quality >
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I know how that goes. College was a busy time, it's tough trying to juggle that many projects while putting quality effort into all of them. I watch you so I'll see it when you upload it.
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oh yeah
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Thanks for this awesome tutorial <3
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Great tutorial! Really simple to follow and well written! I've never realised how much stars plays a part to define the feeling of the nebula.
Anyhow I was wondering, since my result always end up crap anyway, do you have an idea of how the nebula will look in the end? Do you already know where the light sources shall be and what shape the nebula will take? And do you paint all the layers knowing these things? Because looking at all of the pictures you painted, they seem to be quite random. Yet the end result always seem planned.
I think my problem could be just that I paint every picture too defined in their shapes and light, not letting the randomness decide in the end. Because how will I otherwise get the nebula to look the way I want!? (For example pillars and shits).
The tutorial is still great though!
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Thank you so much, I hope it was helpful.
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For the most part, my nebulae are pretty random. I never know exactly what the end result will be until I've finished. Which to me is one of the best parts of painting these. It's a good blend of random chaos and order. I've learned to control the random aspect of the painting to fit my liking, well, I've learned to see the shape from my random strokes. Getting a good defined, yet natural look to a nebula takes some practice. It's what I had trouble with the most when I first started painting. Once I've got my shape, Im more direct in my design choices, but until then, its pretty random.
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I hope this helps you out some. Just keep practicing and you'll get better, everyone's got to start somewhere. You can look at my older stuff, its almost all garbage. But you learn something newΒ with every piece.
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Thanks,
Tyler
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Yeah, that helped me out!
And boy do I know practice makes perfect! Though, looking at your earlier work compared to my earlier work, you seem to have evolved a lot faster than I ever did! xD
Anyhow, thanks for the reply, hope to bring an awesome nebula soon!
Cheers!
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Your artwork is great and so is this tutorial .. but I don't get it right. I've tried it a few hours, but it still looks like shit
I'll keep on ...
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You just gotta keep practicing, and be patient. You'll get there one day.
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Where is this custom cloud smudge brush you speak of? lol
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Download the tutorial, it should be in the zip file.
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I've got to read this several times slowly! Great tutorial and I'll be experimenting for quiet a while. Many thanks.Β
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