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SO. You're one of like two people who asked for this guide. Well, here. The guide you asked for. I have four images for you. You're welcome. . Your first step is going to be selecting the correct brush and modifying it. The brush I use for the purpose of hair is Round Brush (Angle), but the default settings don't work great so we're going to modify it a little. . Select the brush, and in its settings go to "Shape" and turn spacing down to around 2%. This is so that it doesn't look like you're leaving a trail of dots. Then we're going to finally start working on the tail. What I do is use the dropper to pick a very dark shade from whatever piece of hair I've left on my horse, and use that as the base- which I start on a new layer. I strongly recommend using a brush size of at least 10px so that the hairs are defined, but cap the size at around 20-30 depending on the size of your image. You should use multiple different sizes and make sure you're not just making straight lines- curving them so that the hair looks like it's moving and natural helps tons. |
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Next, what I'll do is start another layer. Do NOT clip this layer on top of the first- using multiple layers with some freedom helps give the tail volume and makes sure it blends somewhat naturally with the rest of the horse. Use the dropper to select a slightly lighter color, or choose one yourself- and then reduce the opacity to 30-50%. You may need to go over the tail multiple times to give it a little variation. |
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And then we do highlights! There are two ways I usually do this and I went with the lazier one on this piece. One option is you take a very pale color from your bg and make a layer with blend mode set to add, and use a brush with 3% opacity, OR you can just take a color significantly lighter than the tail and turn the opacity down to 10ish% and use that. Pick a few areas where you think the light hits the tail more and focus on those, but make sure to add milder highlights elsewhere. That's it! You're done! I can't help you now :D |
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I refuse to crop. you can't make me |
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This is an excellent guide IMO.
I personally use Round Brush (real) for my hair, along with a custom brush I downloaded.
I would recommend toying around with force fade, and using a 1.5-5.5 size in the Round Brush, draw some fly-away hairs on your base color layer. It really helps give the hair movement and volume! |
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Silent Hill Equines said:
This is an excellent guide IMO.
I personally use Round Brush (real) for my hair, along with a custom brush I downloaded.
I would recommend toying around with force fade, and using a 1.5-5.5 size in the Round Brush, draw some fly-away hairs on your base color layer. It really helps give the hair movement and volume!
Why thank you. I'm not sure why I started using round brush angle but I'm used to it now and no one can stop me |
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Sunshine with a Solar Eclipse
