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Tumblr | Facebook | Etsy | Artstation | InstagramThis tutorial goes with my painting "Watchful Twins" ranarh.deviantart.com/art/Watc⦠. It's all done in Painter with aid of Apophysis7x*, without any blenders.
Hope you enjoy!
*) Here on deviantArt there is a whole group dedicated to Apophysis: Apophysis , and, of course the author of Apophysis 7x, Xyrus-02.
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Turned out great! You're welcome, and I'm looking forward to your next piece.
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Ooooh, another nebula technique!Β I love finding new ways of doing things, and your final image is so beautiful 
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Thanks! The main brush for this was discontinued in the standard range of Painter versions further than 9, but there are plenty others. The new Particle Brushes are awesome. Nebulae are very abstract, so there are many ways that work when painting them.
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I'd likely try doing this in GIMP, and see how close I can get.Β Have you ever used GIMP or Photoshop?Β Why do you use Painter instead?
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It should work with any softwares. The main points are modulating transparency and size and then to keep adjusting detail by flattening some areas and detailing others - because due to the abstract nature of space imagery, composition becomes the most important issue. Either Apophysis flames or cloud images make nebulae incredibly much easier unless you're actively going for a painterly look.
Painter is a) cheaper than PS 
Btw, if you're into Open Source software - which is cool - have you tried Krita? It handles MUCH easier than GIMP, and is also free. You can find it on Krita.org; I used it to teach myself animation recently.
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Actually, Krita is a new one to me.Β I've been using GIMP for years and have kinda gotten used to its quirks, but am always interested in trying other software (especially of the open source variety), so thanks for the tip!
Giving this a shot not for my next piece.Β If it comes out halfway alright, would you mind if I link it back here?Β (P.S. I'm using very similar colors for my clouds -- not because I wanted to ape you, but because I wanted to go for a pirates and treasure theme and Caribbean blues and golds were what I had in mind already.)
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By all means link back here, if it turns out okay or not
I think Krita is worth it mostly for the resource hunger, and I find the brushes easier to calibrate, too.
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Gave Krita a shot last night, and I'm really impressed.Β I want to move more into drawing and inking portraits, and GIMP has been really frustrating with the brush dynamics.Β Thank you very much for the recommendation, and I'll post the link back here when I publish the piece -- probably sometime next week
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Wow that is such a beautiful image! I look forward to applying this lesson in future projects. Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you. I find it very relaxing to create the abstract beauty of space imagery. Have you tried planets?
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Sorry for the delayed reply, I don't get on here usually unless I'm gaining inspiration or publishing.
I've made planets, yes. I find getting their atmosphere to be quite tricky without making them look super unnatural xD
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I can only encourage you to try - they're a lot of fun
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Awesome tutorial! I just used it to make this:
fav.me/d6qncvi
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This is a really good little tutorial, I'm certainly going to be using this to add my own nebula in a piece I'm working on currently ^^ Thank you very much for the tutorial, and might I add the picture itself is gorgeous
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Thank you.
I would be happy if you sent me a link when you are done.
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Certainly ^^ I'd be happy to~
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Is it possible to do this in Corel Painter 11, too?
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Absolutely. I think I even did this in Painter 11. All the tools I used are included from version 9 upwards.
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Yes, I just upgraded to Painter 12, and I love it!
The tutorial was done in Painter X, though.
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do u know how to save files as JPG or PNG on that
cuz the pics only save as RIF on corel
hapl plz
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Different data formats are in the drop down list you find under "save as...".
PNG format is only supported in Painter 12.
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Thank you for the comment - I love to watch your colourful avatar! (Seriously)
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I really love this painting... I should try this out!!!
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Yes, you should, it is very meditative.
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Gave this a first go! Not really sure that's what nebula should look like, but anyway... this was fun! [link]
and thanks again for your tutorials! It is really appreciated! :thank:
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thanks for taking the effect to do this for us
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Super interessant, liebe den Absatz ΓΌber die verschiedenen Nebel!
Und super, wie du das Fractal Bild mit dem Rest mischst. Ich glaub, wenn ich mal Zeit hab beschΓ€ftige ich mich auch mal mit nem Fractal-Programm.
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Manche sind ein wenig gewΓΆhnungsbedΓΌrftig, aber die investierte Zeit lohnt sich.
Toll, dass Du den Absatz magst - war gar nicht leicht mich kurz zu fassen und noch konkrete Hinweise zum Malen einzubauen.
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What a great tutorial. I just have to try this.
Thank you very much!
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Please do, and you are very welcome!
(Do you mind telling me what comes out of it?)
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I will. Just need to wait until my display ist fixed.
Thanks again, for your great work.
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What a nice thing to say - thank you!
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oh, and I think I know a similar program like apophysis. it's called alchemy and that's really fun ^^
I don't know apophysis, but it sounds very similar XD
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Guess I should try Alchemy too then - these programmers get really creative with this names, don't they?
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Really interesting o.o
Looks great, maybe I'm gonna try something like this.
Just doodling something and look for forms or structures I could put more detail in :3
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Yes, it is supposed to be a good way of starting a painting. Frankly, I don't do so well with it myself, I even had a thorough idea for this one first.
Thank you for the compliment!
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