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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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This is totally inappropriate: LOL THE DOG 8DDD
Awesome tutorial, man :3
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pretty awesome!
kind of inspiring as to how one could put a lot of technical knowledge to artistic use.
thnx!
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This is absolutely amazing. Not only do you teach more about the artistic structure of explosions, but also the scientific structure. I really felt like I was immersed in something I would usually receive from the Discovery science channel. (No no, that's a good thing. <3 )
Kudos to you, my friend.
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That was the most informative thing EVER. Thanks very much for making/sharing it!
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Wow. That was really confusing...but I think I understand this sort of stuff a bit more now, X3
I used to think explosions were just a bunch of kabang.
Oh oh oh, I also liked watching the explosions. XD
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He he, thanks, I had to add in some animations so it wouldn't just be a boring lecture!
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You should become a science professor. You'd be the whack-job teacher who rides to the school on a motorcycle and all the kids remember forever. xDD
Very well explained, I learned quite a bit of the why's and how's of explosions from this. I wanna try to lock this in by trying to drawing some, now. The last time I drew an explosion was a very band and generic mushroom-cloud in 6th grade. |D;; And it honestly was a "mushroom-cloud," I mean it looked like a giant one just started growing in the distance, minding it's own.
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Thanks Corv, I was really considering a job as a teacher, but my Mom is a teacher, so I get to see the negative side first hand... it's not pretty! It's easier and possibly more effective for me to share knowledge in this manner for now!
I'm glad you liked it!! We don't see explosions everyday in life (hopefully xD ) so they're kind of out of our consciousness when we try to draw them...
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Bless you.
This tutorial made me realize that I didn't waste my time in Chemistry last year! I actually understood it all! : )
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Thank goodness! Currently, there isn't a lot of practical application for this information in our society xD But it's still cool to know, especially for artists who have to recreate a believable world!
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Wow...
A little more (okay.. a lot more) wordy than I thought it would be.. but that's not a bad thing in this case.
Very well thought out and informative, but... I didn't get bored either...
this is a good tutorial.
I'll definitely use some of this when drawing explosions (that, I'll be honest, avoid drawing because I'm not too good at it)
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Cool, I hope I explained it adequately enough so that when you come to drawing one, you go, "OK... so.. this happened, and this is like this, so the explosion will erupt forth like -this-..." Thanks for watching it!
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I LEARNED THINGS!
SCIENCE THINGS!
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School should just be a sequence of Flash animations you can call up on a book like Penny's from Inspector Gadget!
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Holy dang that was one bitching tutorial. You really know your stuff. Lost me a little with that low amplitude wavelength jazz, but that's probably my fault, not yours. Otherwise I got pretty much everything, which surprised me- usually I don't actually learn much from tutorials. But this was really interesting. They should teach real science classes like this- then maybe I'd actually pay attention. Now I am so going to have to try drawing explosions.
That was really cool. You should do more tutorials!
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Thanks very much MoD!
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Aaaah it's a long tutorial x.x I gave up in the middle...
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Oh gosh it's like science class... ALL OVER AGAIN!!!
But, dude... DUDE... THIS REALLY HELPED? You're freaking amazing. ;^;
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...Please be my science teacher.
That was amazing, incredibly informative. It's nice to see you apply the laws of science in your art.
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I'm DEFINATLY using this. I tried making an explosion animation once..and failed >: But I will try again!
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I do hope it's helpful! P.S. I love your Roots comic, I feel bad you're so busy that you can't make them more often.
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I'll make a wonderful explosion just for you!
And thanks c; I wish I could get to work on it too. Schoolwork is lame. 10% is amazing, I don't know how you update so often. I guess you don't sleep.
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i love your deviations. 9/10, i learn something that will never help me in life, but is stupidly interesting anyway.
this was one of those nine out of ten times. 
i might just have to try an explosion some time soon. another fantastic deviation from you ♥
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Wow! I feel like I was in science class.... Anyhow, it was awsome! How long did it take you to make this?
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It does seem more like a science lesson, doesn't it! It took me a day to make. I'd guess as long as it took me to make the Lycosa flash, 12 hours or so.
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Yeah! I noticed that if I stop, I never finish. It's my worst habit. (I took breaks for lunch and snacks and just to walk around, of course)
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Yeah I do that too. It's just even with the walking around I'll never stay focus for more then 3 hours.
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Oh maannn, this will definitely come in handy. xD Much thanks for sharing this!
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I hope it will! I tried to share as much as I could... maybe I shared too much and kept stumbling over my own explanations xD
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Oh, it was definitely amusing to read though - easy to remember that way. I can see you're a real stickler for technical terms. :D
Like PSHHBXKFFFSHHH.
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yessss thank you so much! even though most of it went ZOOM over my head, this will help so much! |D;; thanks again ♥
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I feel bad that I couldn't explain it well enough, but I hope you can indeed find it helpful!
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ugh it's 2 AM in the morning XD I SHALL FAVE THIS NOW and read through it tomorrow after school! n_n
BUT OMFG *A* YES EXPLODEY TUTORIALSSS YES Zack you are AMAZZIINGGG 'A'
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Thanks BK! I'm glad you like it :>
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Oh man. XD i finally got the chance to read through all of that. I LOVE HOW AMAZINGLY DETAILED YOU ARE!
sdkgjh I love your little sound effects there "PHFFTKJHSKDGHADG"
I'm amazed that I got a science lesson out of this tutorial. XD I'm REALLY surprised that I actually caught the "mistake" at the end when you mentioned it skjdg i was like " ... DAMN I GOT THAT? KJSDG"
THANKS AGAIN ZACK! cB
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I LOVE YOU
okay so maybe I lost you at some parts but man am I excited to know deuterium and tritium are applicable in explodey knowledge (and art in a sense) we just learned about those in ap chem the other day AND THIS IS GREAT for reference and *~*~learning*~* and everything. ALSO HARDCORE EXPLODEYS. thank you for being awesome
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Thanks for complimenting me!
Which parts did you struggle to understand? I can try to help!
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Oh my god, you actually made a tutorial! This is amazing! It's gonna help me so much! (mainly cause I had trouble with different types and the debris never looked real in mine...)
But on top of that this was a science lesson... and I love science. Thank you so much.
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That makes me happy to hear! I'm glad!
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