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Explosion basics tutorial
Published: 2007-09-25 04:26:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 97793; Favourites: 2197; Downloads: 2127
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Here is an explosion tutorial as Leth requested, although I don't think I'm so good at explosions that I can teach how to draw them... But I can teach some of the principles behind them!But the best thing to do is really to watch video of explosions. (Some links are supplied in the Flash)
Edit: I just learned that "flame" explosions are officially called BLEVEs (pronounced "blev-ee"), or Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosions. You can look up this term on youtube to see a bunch of them!
Additionally, a deviant named ~ProfessorDoom has commented about the collapsing of the mystery of gamma ray bursters (pun intended):
"The core of the hypernova collapses directly into a black hole and two extremely energetic jets of plasma are emitted from its rotational poles at nearly the speed of light. These jets emit intense gamma rays, and are a candidate explanation for gamma ray bursts. In recent years a great deal of observational data on gamma ray bursts significantly increased our understanding of these events, and made clear that the collapse model produces explosions that differ only in detail from more or less ordinary supernovae. Nevertheless, they continue to sometimes be referred to in the literature as hypernovae. The word hypernova itself was coined by S.E. Woosley. [link] " Check the link for more information!
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Woah.... you really know your explosions. But when it comes to Gamma Ray bursts becoming visible due to lack of energy, how exactly would that happen? IIRC, Gamma Rays pass through most materials (excluding lead) and don't possess mass to impact them with....
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(I forgot to say that I should correct that in the movie! So thanks for pointing that out!)
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I see your point! I think what I was trying to say is that an explosion powerful enough to create gamma rays wouldn't be invisible, because the amount of power that creates gamma rays and x rays also creates a ton of visible light! In such a case, an invisible explosion would be impossible! However, when visible light does not have enough power to pierce the distance and stuff that a gamma ray can, we won't see the explosion from far away! I do think this is what I meant by "invisible."
If we wanted to mince words, I could say that a radiation burst like that from an x-ray machine is an invisible explosion that, while not producing heat, can still be deadly with prolonged exposure!
For fantastic purposes, I can think of 11th dimension explosions that are strong enough to send their gamma rays (or gamma ray equivalents that then get "translated" into gamma rays) across branes, like supersymmetrical gravity, and then appear as a burst of gamma rays. But, if this is a possibility, then it seems like an explosion this powerful has not occurred yet!
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....you lost me at the "11th dimension" thing. I can only think of up to 10.
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I think it has to do with M theory? Where's that youtube link... [link] I'm way too tired to check to see if they even mention the 11th dimension in there, but I do remember seeing it in a video like this. In any case, it's a cool video, about what happened before the Big Bang!
(Thanks again for alerting me to this! It made me think carefully about what I could have meant by "bump into things and lose energy, becoming visible," since you are correct that this is not an accurate statement.)
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Hmm . . .
Should this be classfied?
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THAT WAS FUN OMG. *giggles* Very entertaining tutorial! I loved it.
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This is really awesome~ it's like having a lesson in Physics XD
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*drops chem book* o.o FINALLY I UNDERSTAND WHAT MY TEACHER WAS SAYING. Pictures and pretty words helped. |D THANK YOU.
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even though you lost me halfway through that with your deuterium and your electromagnetics and your azagoths *is braindead* its was still an awesome tutorial! on explosions! yay 
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wow! this is so great! The way you explained how things exploded was in depth, but simple enough to grasp the concept of. 
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This was awesome... It took me two sittings to get through it (I'm just so busy lately x_x...), and that's impressive for a tutorial, as it was lengthy but entirely informative!
The simplicity of the explanations and instructions was wonderful, making this a tutorial for everyone, and yet not too "dumbed down" for those with a bit of scientific knowledge...
Just awesome.
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This is a very clever, through and useful tutorial. And not just for drawing, but to understand explosions and even learn more about chemistry and physics. All done in a cool, simple and eventually amusing way. Well done.
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Thanks! I just have to say that I love your avatar too.
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You're welcome. Hehe -Thanks - Yours is cooler though.
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dA needs more people and deviations like this one.
Well done, son, your webnation* is very proud of you.
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* This is supposed to be dA
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ahahahah
the gamma rays bursters animation is priceless
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Thank you! 
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Also It's pretty (really) cool.
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Wow...
That was a load of random information about explosions.
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I should show this to my science teacher!
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Did Leth need this for Homework?!?! lol
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Hard to say! Maybe explosions are just cool? xD
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This is quite possibly the best and coolest art tutorial I have ever read. Thank you. Now I must go draw some things blowing up.
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Wow. Very nice work. I now know how to draw the things I love.
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That was amazing! I took the time to watch the whole thing, and I must say, that was very impressive and interesting! Also, I like the sound effects: PSHAIWERASDFLKJG!
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oh man zack. I come back like a week later and this is a DD. No wonder! <33333
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I'm not surprised. It's awesome and amazing in like every way. : D
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I know, I'm like, "wha?" XD
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Thank you SO so much for doing this. I've got an explosion I have to draw and now I know how to make it look a little realistic, and why drawing it like that works... THANK YOU!!!
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only if we got deviantart unblocked from my schools computer i would sooooo show this to my physics teacher 
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This is a wonderful, wonderful piece of work. Congratulations on that, and thanks as well... a great resource!
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that what i call, pacience , perseverance and lof will
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Awesome job on the tutorial!
Gives one a better perspective in how to portray it in the drawings or paintings, or animations.
Thanks!
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dude, you are amazing! I love how you put a lot of the emphasis in this in the physics of explosions rather than teaching one way to draw an explosion that will be seen on the front page a milion times until this dies out. What I loved a lot was that you also went slightly into the chemistry part of it as well as the physical aspect and still managed to keep it simple all the way through. Very nice work A+ material!
gj on ur DD btw ^^
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GOAL COMPLETE.
MISSION: FIND OUT HOW NUCLEAR BOMBS WORK.
you are a genius. :3
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Is it wrong if I started laughing when I saw the cow as something to be exploded? XD Poor little cow was assured a sad fate, making its first appearance in an explosions tutorial.
Not only was this useful, it was a neat, amusing science lesson. And you inadvertently gave me an idea for my writing, as well. Dude. Be my science teacher? XD
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Dude, this is freakin' awesome.
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very interesting! its like a science lesson
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I realy like how you put a lot of science in here, as well as teaching us about how to draw it, you make a very good techer. This is amazing.
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