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Drummerboy08 β Comprehensive Gnarl Tutorial
Published: 2009-12-20 20:09:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 13810; Favourites: 147; Downloads: 2425
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This is my first tutorial for Apophysis, on and all about Gnarls. This tutorial will show you how to make the basic Gnarl, as well as several other forms and shapes of Gnarl, for you to be able to learn this complex technique yourself.You will need the plugin Waves2 for this tutorial, the link is provided in the PDF.
If you use this tutorial, please add a link back here in the artist's comments, as well as drop a line here, i would love to see what you made.
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This is an OUTSTANDING tutorial. Teachers in public schools could learn a thing or two from you. I absolutely love your emphasis on learning how to Β Β create your own gnarls rather than simply saying "put in this value, now this one too". You rock.
This is my result after studying your tut for a couple hours:Β
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Excellent tutorial! Thank you for explaining what everything does and how it effects the fractal as a whole. I used this as a base for this: [link]
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Thank you for your tutorial. I didn't get the end of step 3 where you could type in numbers for gnarl 3-6, I only got black pictures. But the rest was very easy to understand and reproduce. I had a lot of fun with it and this is my result: [link]
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I finally got around to making something with your great tutorial. And I mean it's great. Very easy to understand and follow.
Here's what I came up with on the first shot: [link]
I'll be making more for sure!
Hugs,
Anj
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Thank you for sharing your time and your talent!
Hugs,
Anj
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Hope you are doing OK ?
This is just to leave a link to one of the "zillion" results I got from your Tutorial.
It's fabulous congrats 
Red Rose for a Blue ... background
Thank you ! 
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Hi, thanks for sharing this tutorial, I managed these from it
[link] [link] and [link]
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Hello! Here's a [link] to my second fractal. The first is [link]
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Fabulous tutorial! I wanted to show you what I got out of it. [link]
Also, I run a group on redbubble that uses different tutorials, learning how to use Apo, and we are using your tut for the next 2 weeks. Feel free to come see! [link]
Thanx!
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Very nice job on the gnarl! I love the subtle colors against the grey background, it all works very well! And thanks for featuring it in your weekly tutorial! It is truly an honor.
And sorry about the delay, I havent been online much the last few days.
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Thank you so much for the kind words hun. It's a real pleasure to feature it! We are having so much fun. No problem, we are busy lil bees.
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I've downloaded the plugin pack, but, I am totally unable to open .dll files. Any help will be appreciated.
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It's because you don't physically use the .dll files. Assuming you use 7X, you need to create a folder labeled "plugins"(or if you use the 3D hack "plugins3D) in the main Apo directory and drop the ones you wish to use in that folder. Then when you open Apo next the plugins should be ready to go just as another function in the transform window.
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Thank you very much. And I think your work is terrific.
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Well thank you! And hopefully you can get everything working out, but if you have any questions feel free to ask.
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Thanks a lot. I downloaded the tutorial.
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I'm glad you like it! If you make anything from this, i would love to see a link to it!
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I'll have a go. I'm not very clever with Apo and am trying to learn. I started over three years ago but never really mastered it.
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Well no rush, take your time learning Apo. The journey is half the reward.
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Thanks, i hope you have fun with it!
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I've been wanting to gnarl for a long time now THANKS![link]
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You're very welcome, im glad you like the tut. And thanks for the link!
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You saved my life once again... even if I haven't read very well your tutorial yet.
(you remember... I'm still the same beginner 
But you helped me to find waves 2, so I have made this [link]
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Thanks for the link, and i hope you learn a lot from the tut!
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You're very welcome, i would love to see if you make anything great with it!
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Great tutoril! Now I'm hooked on Gnarls because of you!
Very comprehensive. I think it's great how you covered the Variables tab so much. That was one tab that I often overlooked in the beginning. Yet it is so necessary for this tutorial. Now I try to use plugins that have more variables. More things to tinker with!
I like .pdf's too. Thank you very much for making and sharing this excellent resource.
PS- I've managed to make a few including My Wave , and I have dozens of saves still yet to explore!
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You're very welcome, and im glad you like it so much. My intent was for this to help show how a gnarl is made and how to make it your own, rather than just a step-by-step guide to a single fractal(after all, couldnt you accomplish the same this with parameters?) And especially for Gnarls, the variables tab is a critical part but can be changed in so many ways. For other fractals, the variables tab can make or break the fractal as well, but not all of them give the same freedom as a Gnarl. I hope you continue to have fun with Gnarls, they really are a fun thing to explore!
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Your intent is great. And you encourage self-directed exploration. The best kind of tutorial!
I'm having a blast with Gnarls!
Did you know t3 SPS=0.17 _case=3 and t3 post scaled up 6 times @ 125 makes a Slinky Gnarl! I made one called All Gnarls go to Heaven !
Thanks again!
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Well thank you, its always more productive to do than to simply follow. As for the plugin, i do not think i have heard of that one before, but i have made a similar Gnarl using Crackle with some crazy variables and triangle shapes at [link]
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SPS is available in The Aposhack Plugin Pack .
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Oh. SPS _case goes up to 44, and I counted 18 good shapes.
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This looks great, can't wait to start using it, for *f--l--A--r--k 's Apo Challenge 22 and also because I always wanted to try to do something with this type of fractals 
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You're very welcome! I hope everyone else has fun with it this week as well
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I want to take a look at it again and if am still pleased, will render it and dedicate it to you, Iwona, (another of my great fractal idols) and Stan.
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Well, im glad you are having fun with it! Gnarls really are quite fun to play around with just to see how they react. And i cant wait to see what you are making!!! 
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You will get two notes 
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thanks a lot for share...
this is my result from your tutorial [link]
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For some reason I cant open the tutorial, something about .rar files.
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yes, you need a program to open the file(compressed archives are the only way to post whole folders on DA and most other places on the internet) you can download a freeware program called Peazip at [link] just install it and then you can open the .rar like a regular folder, and the tut and a flame file are inside
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OK, thanks. I'll get on it.
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