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All right, here's my first tutorial. About time, don't you think? I don't know how many new things this tutorial will teach you. Put even if only a few persons can draw some inspiration from it it's worth it.The main reason I wrote this tutorial, aside from giving back to the community, is the fact that I've noticed that starfields are often sorely under-worked in a lot of pieces I see published on deviantart. I'm guilty of the same myself a lot of times. But in many cases the starfield is what makes or brakes a piece. The difference between a good and a marvellous piece of art. So this is an attempt to draw some focus to a matter that seems to have been somewhat forgotten. Which is somewhat strange, seeing as starfields are such a major thing in space and space art.
As soon as I get some left over time I'll include this tutorial in The Grand Space Collection , if you haven't checked that one out yet, you should. It's a collection of over 50 tutorials and resources on the space art theme by some of our most distinguished space artists on deviantart.
Finally, please don't copy and spread this tutorial outside of deviantart without my permission. And please give me a shout if you use it so that I can see what you've done.
Thanks!
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Comments: 39
swickarts [2017-03-19 19:47:41 +0000 UTC]
this is an excellent tutorial and beautiful pieces made.
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tadp0l3 In reply to reis1989 [2016-05-27 23:49:31 +0000 UTC]
Hey, you're much welcome. Glad it's of some help
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odderwall [2015-10-04 23:39:59 +0000 UTC]
Dusting off this comment section for a request.
First of all THANK YOU. This is the only tutorial for a star field that looks good and has actually worked for me. Though I also really like your 'previously used in my other works' background.
I have searched everywhere (even in your collection above), only found one tutorial, and cannot for the life of me pull it off. If you have the time/energy, could you please give me some pointers on how to create this background from your tutorial?
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tadp0l3 In reply to odderwall [2015-10-05 10:04:26 +0000 UTC]
You're welcome. I'm glad you like it
I'm not really sure how I made that background. If I would guess I started with a blue background and painted randomly with a normal round brush set on overlay and low opacity and varying the tip size to paint the dark parts. There could be one or a couple cloud stock pictures and/or fractals at very low opacity and possibly some blur added to them as well.
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odderwall In reply to tadp0l3 [2015-10-13 00:41:57 +0000 UTC]
Awesome, I'll start with your advice! Thank you again : )
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samurai225 [2013-10-16 00:15:04 +0000 UTC]
Thanks for this tutorial! Nice intro to making stars but do you know if you can make star brushes in Glimp 2?
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tadp0l3 In reply to samurai225 [2013-10-21 19:03:51 +0000 UTC]
I don't use gimp, so dunno tbh :/
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samurai225 In reply to tadp0l3 [2013-10-25 17:46:43 +0000 UTC]
damn, oh well got to do it the old fashioned way... through the internet!
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AmayaMarieSuta [2012-06-17 13:20:48 +0000 UTC]
Thank you for this tutorial! I was able to get a cool star background for my picture
[link]
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tadp0l3 In reply to AmayaMarieSuta [2012-06-19 23:02:13 +0000 UTC]
Glad you could put it to use
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stormbaldur56 [2012-05-31 13:50:25 +0000 UTC]
Very, very, very good !
Easy ans very useful !
Thank you very much !
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stormbaldur56 In reply to tadp0l3 [2012-06-01 21:18:03 +0000 UTC]
I used it first on this very good tuto: [link]
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hosko817 [2012-02-22 15:06:33 +0000 UTC]
Great tutorial! much better than most that just tell you what settings to use and not why.
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tadp0l3 In reply to hosko817 [2012-03-20 16:07:47 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, the important thing is never the setting themselves, but the ideas behind. I hoped I could get people to see beyond the technical part, and learn to experiment.
I actually thought of blurring out the actual numbers in the settings, to further force people to experiment themselves, and learn what the settings actually does. But ah well.
Glad you like it though
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sur-mata [2011-10-20 13:19:08 +0000 UTC]
Thank you very much!
Although your jump from making the brush to using it might take me a little while to figure out
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tadp0l3 In reply to sur-mata [2012-03-20 16:05:47 +0000 UTC]
I'm glad you like it. Need help just ask away
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Byakuhan [2011-10-13 20:32:20 +0000 UTC]
Definitely the best starfield tutorial I've seen yet. With extremely detailed and high quality results. Thanks
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tadp0l3 In reply to Byakuhan [2011-10-17 18:17:45 +0000 UTC]
Thanks man. I hope it'll be of use to at least some. Terribly hard to spread things like this though. But as long as it helps someone I'm glad
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Byakuhan In reply to tadp0l3 [2011-10-18 20:20:34 +0000 UTC]
Well, I've been searching through deviant art for weeks for good tutorials for space related themes. I've noticed that most tutorials I came across weren't in many groups, or any at all. So at least by doing this I'm helping my own grp's artists, as well as helping u by letting you get seen
It's win win to let me host your tutorials haha.
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tadp0l3 In reply to Byakuhan [2011-10-18 20:30:46 +0000 UTC]
If you like tutorials, check this out; [link] You've got +50 different tutorials and resources collected there
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Byakuhan In reply to tadp0l3 [2011-10-18 20:32:41 +0000 UTC]
Thank you. I'll add that to the group, and save it in my favorites Maybe someday I can get to read it myself, I'm sure there will be tons I can learn from it too
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tadp0l3 In reply to orcbruto [2011-10-17 18:17:01 +0000 UTC]
Glad you like it, would sure like to see the results
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skaldriv3r [2011-09-29 07:40:11 +0000 UTC]
OH. MY. GODS.
you just DOUBLED my star field ability. and it's not half bad, I think [link]
it all seems so obvious, why didn't I see....
Thank you, really.
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tadp0l3 In reply to skaldriv3r [2011-10-17 18:16:39 +0000 UTC]
Aye, it's all very straight forward - but took me some time to figure out nonetheless Glad you like it though
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tadp0l3 In reply to Aldeminor [2011-10-17 18:16:03 +0000 UTC]
Hey, no problem - hope it'll be of some use
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