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Shinobi-Gambu β€” Lightning Tutorial 02

Published: 2009-12-18 00:23:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 1605; Favourites: 27; Downloads: 49
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Description This is something that I had to do for some people who think that have trouble drawing Lightning. I do this hoping that it helps them out a bit.

If you guys think about it, Lightning is like the veins of this world. I decided to put 3 of my OC's for the demo to show how Lightning flows throughout a character's body. It can flow in several patterns and It can do the same for an object. You can also color the lightning at whatever color you want. What matters is that you have fun doing it if you like it. You can also add layer effects to it in order to add more visual effects to it too. Well hope you guys find this useful and if not, then let me know what it needs and I'll make further work out of this tutorial.

Tutorial by: *arbucias93
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Comments: 47

Randommode [2010-01-04 01:53:34 +0000 UTC]

Great work Gambu!

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Shinobi-Gambu In reply to Randommode [2010-01-04 01:56:26 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Random Mike.

Hope you can find it useful whenever you need to draw lightning

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Randommode In reply to Shinobi-Gambu [2010-01-06 23:44:38 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

Hahaha I have- remember when I did the kiss scene- thanks for making it.

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Shinobi-Gambu In reply to Randommode [2010-01-07 14:15:32 +0000 UTC]

Ah I see. Well you welcome Random Mike!

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SwordMan15 [2009-12-31 20:02:20 +0000 UTC]

Ohhhh nice! That is some great Lightning Tutorial, I do believe this would be useful to lots of people!

Fav*

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Shinobi-Gambu In reply to SwordMan15 [2009-12-31 23:47:29 +0000 UTC]

Thanks buddy! Hope you can find it useful whenever you need to draw lightning!

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TheCreativeJenn [2009-12-19 15:17:07 +0000 UTC]

Just what I needed!!! Thanks, man!

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Shinobi-Gambu In reply to TheCreativeJenn [2009-12-19 17:54:10 +0000 UTC]

You welcome Jenn. Hope you can find this useful!

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ElectricGecko [2009-12-19 03:13:58 +0000 UTC]

Just love those magic, lightning effects.

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Shinobi-Gambu In reply to ElectricGecko [2009-12-19 04:24:22 +0000 UTC]

Thanks buddy! Hope you can find them useful!

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RANKLOAF [2009-12-18 19:39:56 +0000 UTC]

You rock with these SFX!

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Shinobi-Gambu In reply to RANKLOAF [2009-12-18 19:46:27 +0000 UTC]

Thank you I have a work that will deal with a lot of SFX coming up.

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RANKLOAF In reply to Shinobi-Gambu [2009-12-19 21:20:34 +0000 UTC]

Sounds awesome!

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DonLoco-un-Poco [2009-12-18 11:32:26 +0000 UTC]

Woah, love those lightning effects, man! Great job! And the characters are very well drawn too!
Keep it up, hope one day I learn to do such stuff, haha

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Shinobi-Gambu In reply to DonLoco-un-Poco [2009-12-18 13:45:25 +0000 UTC]

And I hope you can find this useful man! Thanks man.

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verghi52 [2009-12-18 11:10:03 +0000 UTC]

Muy bueno, y ΓΊtil, amigo!

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Shinobi-Gambu In reply to verghi52 [2009-12-18 13:38:49 +0000 UTC]

Gracias mi querida amiga!

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Chejanea [2009-12-18 10:43:06 +0000 UTC]

Ooo really cool lookin' ='D

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Shinobi-Gambu In reply to Chejanea [2009-12-18 13:39:41 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Hope you can find it useful if you ever feel like drawing lightning.

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Chejanea In reply to Shinobi-Gambu [2009-12-20 05:45:25 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

I'm sure it'll be useful! And not just to me, but to many others too. XD

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GekkouKitsune [2009-12-18 03:34:07 +0000 UTC]

Cool.... I will have to try and remember this great advice

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Shinobi-Gambu In reply to GekkouKitsune [2009-12-18 04:07:44 +0000 UTC]

I hope you can find it useful! and thank you!

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Maxfield-Elite [2009-12-18 01:07:37 +0000 UTC]

Nice! I'm gonna have to try and draw Gambu-Style sometime.

Now, what is this "photoshop brush"? And how can I use it in GIMP?

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Shinobi-Gambu In reply to Maxfield-Elite [2009-12-18 01:36:48 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

It's Photoshop brush but you can do it on Gimp as well, but I have never tried GIMP Myself.

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Maxfield-Elite In reply to Shinobi-Gambu [2009-12-18 01:39:59 +0000 UTC]

They're supposed to be similar, but GIMP being absolutely free.

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Shinobi-Gambu In reply to Maxfield-Elite [2009-12-18 02:03:26 +0000 UTC]

Yeah! If Photoshop has it, Gimp should have such feature too.

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Maxfield-Elite In reply to Shinobi-Gambu [2009-12-18 19:53:18 +0000 UTC]

What does this brush look like?

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Shinobi-Gambu In reply to Maxfield-Elite [2009-12-18 20:04:05 +0000 UTC]

You can change the shape of the brush in Photoshop in different ways, and you can adjust it to as many pixels as you wish. You can also make it either rough or soft for the brush.

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Maxfield-Elite In reply to Shinobi-Gambu [2009-12-18 20:05:16 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I can do that in GIMP, too, but what brush is good for lightning?

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Shinobi-Gambu In reply to Maxfield-Elite [2009-12-18 20:07:00 +0000 UTC]

The softest ones are always the best for lightning!

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Maxfield-Elite In reply to Shinobi-Gambu [2009-12-18 20:11:02 +0000 UTC]

So, a fuzzy brush! I think I can manage that. And I know I have to colorize it later to make the hue. Anything else I should know? Or am I all set?

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Shinobi-Gambu In reply to Maxfield-Elite [2009-12-18 20:13:37 +0000 UTC]

Fuzzy brush works best on lightning and Here's another tip:

Go up the toolbar and click Layer > Layer Styles > Outer Glow and check what you get. It glows whatever you brush.

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Maxfield-Elite In reply to Shinobi-Gambu [2009-12-18 20:23:49 +0000 UTC]

OOooh. Gonna try that now.

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Shinobi-Gambu In reply to Maxfield-Elite [2009-12-18 21:03:18 +0000 UTC]

Sure thing!

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Maxfield-Elite In reply to Shinobi-Gambu [2009-12-18 21:58:51 +0000 UTC]

Uh-oh. Looks like I have to download something to get it to work.

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FusionShaun91 [2009-12-18 00:30:11 +0000 UTC]

whoa O_O this will be pretty handy X3

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Shinobi-Gambu In reply to FusionShaun91 [2009-12-18 00:31:52 +0000 UTC]

Thanks man! Hope you can find it useful!

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kakyuuspark [2009-12-18 00:29:47 +0000 UTC]

Awsome ^^

Can it work on Paint.Net or Photoshop only?

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Shinobi-Gambu In reply to kakyuuspark [2009-12-18 00:31:36 +0000 UTC]

Thanks bro!

It might work on Paint.net but Photoshop offers some Layer effects that make them glow.

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kakyuuspark In reply to Shinobi-Gambu [2009-12-18 00:32:15 +0000 UTC]

Wow ^^

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infinitesouls [2009-12-18 00:25:52 +0000 UTC]

omg this looks so good like a cartoon the graphics are amazing like it's an intense fight machine

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Shinobi-Gambu In reply to infinitesouls [2009-12-18 00:27:04 +0000 UTC]

Thank you dear. I just hope you can find it useful if you ever need to draw lightning.

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infinitesouls In reply to Shinobi-Gambu [2009-12-18 00:47:18 +0000 UTC]

I'll keep it bookmarked as Dougs power is lighting

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Hero-of-Awesome [2009-12-18 00:24:49 +0000 UTC]

lightning is easy just get a photoshop brush XD

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Shinobi-Gambu In reply to Hero-of-Awesome [2009-12-18 00:25:59 +0000 UTC]

Yeah! But some people find it really hard.

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Hero-of-Awesome In reply to Shinobi-Gambu [2009-12-18 00:26:56 +0000 UTC]

XD photoshop brushes make it really easy. just the click of a mouse (literally XD)

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Shinobi-Gambu In reply to Hero-of-Awesome [2009-12-18 00:27:25 +0000 UTC]

True.

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