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amourali β Realistic Hair Tutorial
Published: 2013-05-25 18:18:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 15679; Favourites: 490; Downloads: 120
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Because everyone keeps asking for one, and I'm sitting through a long, boring 8 hours of work. I had some spare time, to say the least.I hope this is at least a little helpful, if not just giving everyone insight as to how I paint my manes and tails.
If you do use my technique, I would love to see your work. :3
Credits are on the image, however...
Horse - ~LRG-Photography
Pre-cut - ~Dressage-lover
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I am very glad it was helpful to you!! Beautiful image, thank you so much for sharing it with me. 
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Absolutely! I've used it for painting a wolf's fur before. (:
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Ahhh glad to hear it!!
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Thank you for the tutorial. It was really helpful. I used it here: [Link]
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I am so glad you found it helpful, looks great! Thank you for sharing! (:
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Thanks to your tutorial I was able to draw this
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Although I have tried to draw the mane too. But after 2 times it still doesn't look like how mane should be drawn I think. It looks so terrible that I don't wanna upload it on DA xD
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Oh wow it looks great!!
And haha no worries, I find I often have to paint it a couple of times before i'm satisfied. (:
Thank you so much for sharing!
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You are welcome 
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fav.me/d6vucuu Thanks so much for providing this!!
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THANK YOU. This is the first one that gives me the general realistic hair idea that I was looking for. Haha!
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Β thank you so muchΒ for the watch! I'll try not to disappoint you
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...I don't understand! I posted this on someone's page. Not here.
Is DA spazzing out for anyone else??
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Aha I have to admit I was a little confused...
But not so far for me.
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haha yeah. This is so bizarre. It keeps doing weird things to me.
Lucky.
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Here is my second attempt by using this tutΒ welshdreamvalley.deviantart.coβ¦
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I use photoshop Elements would the radius thing be angle? That's all I have on my program... Also do you paint over the acutal tail, or cut it out/?
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I stated the radius constantly through my tutorial. xD
And I paint over the actual tail because I try to stick to the natural shape, as well as I grab the colours to paint the tail with from the original tail itself.
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I must have mis-read it somewhere... I don't have the radius thing on my program, and I ususally start with 5px brush for the bases side... I have to try this tequince though, even though it would be lot more trail and error with me since mouse track-pad is hard lol. I ususally use the three spot brush since was easier. I would use this in my next personal picture.
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I will be trying this thank you!
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My first try, what do you think:Β bluegrasses.deviantart.com/artβ¦
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Considering that it's your first try, I think it turned out awesome! Keep practicing and they will all be great haha.
Are you satisfied with it? :3
And thank you for sharing!
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I am, i think i did alot better then i thought it would, a the end i read the thing that said that you had to smudge it after every color i didnt do that and didnt feel like going over so i just kinda smudge the top of it... But thank you for making it! And your welcome!
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when you smudge each step... what size and strength do you do it?
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Between 3-5% opacity, generally 5.5px fuzzy brush.
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great! thank you! this is working out well for me!
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WOW, you are really good at this!!I will definitely try this out on my manips! THANKYOU!!! 
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Of course! I hope it turns out well for you. (:
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One question: is GIMP's 'fuzzy brush' a soft brush?
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Yes! Like I mentioned in the tutorial, it only has 0.5 hardness.
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Hmm...but I use Photoshop, and the smallest I can go is a 1px brush. >.<
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Well I mean, I start with a 3px brush and just scale it from there, the lowest being a scale of 0.3, so that's pretty much a 1px brush. xD
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Oooh! I see! Well, here's my first attempt using your amazing tut here. [link]
I'm definitely going to work on perfecting this!
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That looks really good!! Well done!
And it for sure will take practice, but you're off to an amazing start. <3
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Thanks! It really means a lot to me for a professional like you to encourage me. 
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Just to clarify, you use a laptop trackpad, yes? If so, do you have any tips on keeping your strokes steady?
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Yes I do. Honestly, I know this isn't helpful, but it just takes practice.
Other than that... When you're painting the lines of the hair, don't do it slowly - quick motions will make it smoother.
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Haha, thanks--I figured it'd be hard to put it into words, but I'll have to practice and see
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omg an ali tutorial!!!! instantly a fav v_v >> <<
:3 <3
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Thank you so much for doing this! I was dying to know how you did such gorgeous and realistic looking hair! <3 I'll try it out in my next manip! :3
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Ehe for sure! And I'm curious to know how it turns out for you. :3
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I'll let you know when I use it! c:
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