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Lhuin β Tutorial - Blending a Character into the BG
Published: 2012-12-07 23:15:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 84770; Favourites: 5326; Downloads: 784
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BIG FILE!I originally wanted to make a video of this but never did so thought I could make it a tutorial like this.
Something I've been asked about earlier and thought I'd share it
I always enjoy doing this part in my pictures!Not much to say about it though here, but let me know if you have any questions or if anything's unclear. Wrote the texts pretty quickly so it might have some typos but hopefully not haha!
It works at least in photoshop, but it should work in any other programs that have a Gaussian Blur... thing or something similar at least.
Hope you like it!!
characters used in this are (c) to their owners!
edit: added some little things!
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I was looking about how to do these kinds of effects and it helped a lot so thanks! But some people say they don't use effects but instead they use layers of color in the type of layer, "overlay" so does that help enhance the pic too?
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Yeah you might want to try other layer settings too and see which one works the best for the image! ^^
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I don't have any blur tools on my software, using Android Sketchbook. Any other way?
(I might get the Photoshop app soon but it's a bit of money and I don't know if it has Gaussian Blur.
Edit: it does)
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I think there is a blur tool. I have been using the Android Sketchbook app for a while, and there is one on the Pro version. :3
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omg this is great
I should try doing this hhh
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Thank you so much for this! I'ts so simple, yet makes such a difference
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Oooh that's actually pretty good! Thanks!Β
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Thanks! This really helped me out a lot!
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Why did I not think of this on my own?
Brilliant!
Thank you c:
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Yeaah thank you! I always search how to do that! >w<
But I'm French and I don't really understand all your sentences x'DΒ
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Love how simplified you've made this!
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Thank you, this helps a lot. Now I need to learn how to do backgrounds. >.<
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Woahhh this is awesome!! Great tutorial, 5/5 : D
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this is the best advice I've ever seen... 
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Does it work the same for all programs, or just yours?
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The tutorial is not really about the program but more about the technique so should work in most digital programs (maybe not paint tho) and traditionally too in some ways
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Ohuhff just realised I thought this comment was on the fur tutorial so maybe not traditional at least that well...
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Oh ok, I was just curious because I got a new program. Thanks for answering my comment!
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Thank you thank you thank you!!! This is PERFECT. I was trying to find a way to blend my characters into their background properly, and you finally solved my problem! Thank youuuu!
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Mine selects the whole picture DX help please :C
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Might be a hole in the lineart somewhere! :0
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That is SO useful! I had trouble with various drawings where the character would simply stand out too much. I hope that will help me to finally deal with this problem
Thanks a lot for posting this!
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Why the hell didn't I think of doing it this way? Thanks brosafina.
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This is something that has always bothered me. Wow, this is so simple, yet so effective! Thanks for sharing!!
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This photo here: [link]
I'm sorry I didn't realize the thumb nail wouldn't work on comments >.<
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From the looks of it, it should, as long as you use the color you want the glow to be (and it's still from the background). Of course you'll have to pay attention from where the light bounces from, etc.
In short, yes.
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Actually, I was wondering, will adding this extra lighting source also give the line art that "glow" for example, this picture you did here: :thumb357062870: is outlined in a beautiful glow, if I follow this tutorial will I to get this effect on my pictures?
Thank you for this tutorial, and your beautiful photos
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Ah yea, another thing I might do (and did in that pic) is simply duplicate the lineart layer ad use gaussian blur on the new layer that's on top. And erase the blurred lineart where the character's eyes and other details on the face are (just to make those areas look sharper). Then on that picture too I just made a new layer on the Soft Light setting on top of everything and drew there around the character with a big soft, round brush
so it depends on the picture a bit but the thing I do in this tutorial is what I normally do in every lineart picture in any case, and then if needed add extra things like I mentioned above. x3
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Have you ever done any sort of speedpaints? I learn better when I can see what you're talking about as I am dyslexic...
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Yep! I got some on my youtube channel here [link] or my old one [link]
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Oh my God... YOU'RE Zowolf?! I think you completley just blew my mind, I've been watching your videos since I was 13! Maybe even younger than that >.< But I forget.
Your art has inspired me for the longest time! ((though you wouldn't know it from this account as it's my original)) Anyway thank you so much, I will proceed to watch ALL of them lol :'D
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