Wither Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it This is a tutorial on making complex grass, as requested by jerkfight in the Pictorium. It is based on a Photoshop tutorial I found. [link] Though I tried to write it out as simply as possible, this is still a time consuming tutorial (due to all the duplicating and details required). Ash has written another tutorial that can give similar (maybe even better) results with less effort. --- Required Plugins None! Outrageously Useful Plugins Waves - Madjik Mirror/Rotate - Toli --- You start off by drawing a circle. I chose gray because it's easier to get different colors out of it later. Now take the elliptical selection tool and leave a small sliver. Delete the selection. Then erase a little bit off the bottom so it's flat. Use Waves (or any other effect) to tweak the shape to your liking. This part can be very tricky to get right and there's no sure-fire way to do it. Just keep playing until it's a slim curve. I chose Waves because it comes pretty close. But there are a dozen other distort effects that can do the job too. Color the blade however you see fit. --- Now begins the long part... Duplicate the grass layer a few times. On each, rotate, stretch, and/or move the blades around. Try and get a decent spread. On parts where the grass overlaps, create a layer UNDER the top blade, take out your paintbrush (size 3) and draw small black specks where there would be a small shadow from overlapping. Then gaussian blur the layer at 4 px. Lower the opacity of your shadow layer to 120. Stay with the same shading 'rules' for the rest of this part. Be sure to recolor every few blades or so. Every few blades, be sure to use the Mirror/Rotate plugin to flip the grass so it's not all one direction. --- After doing this process for about 15 or so blades (remember to keep shading!), you should have a healthy clump going. Go ahead and hide the background layer, flatten, then start the process over again. But with the whole clump this time. Keep doing that until you've got an even bigger clump. Hide the background and flatten again. By now you've got a large enough clump to fill a screen without much effort. Just remember to flip the duplicated layer every now and then and you'll have it done in no time. --- That's it! You're done! Here's what I made after some color adjustments. --- My example isn't quite like the Photoshop version... but to be fair, the author is a professional artist who spent a fair amount of time on his grass (and is also armed with a more powerful software... >_>), and I'm just some guy. Besides! How can I compete with this!? :shock: Have fun Paint.NETting! --- Quote YouTube | Myspace | deviantART Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aile Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 oh my... wow. :shock: nice! im'na try this now.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Aile! Good to see you again! :-) --- Wither, Excellent work! This tutorial is David.Atwell approved. ;-) Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncfan51 Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Oh my flying fishsticks, this is cruddy awesome! :shock: Quote +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+ I am a disco dancer. +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xAverix Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 OH MY! very nice work is guys like you that inspire guys like me =] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkShock Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 wow! this tutorial kicks grass.* *please tell me you get the joke. :wink: Quote ---- Gallery | Sig Tutorial | deviantART | Sig Videos | PhotoBucket ----D E S T I N Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoWayOut Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Awesome!! i can imagine so many things i can do with this! great tut! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olli Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Nice ! -Additional info how you make it in your signatures?- @DarkShock91, i get it Quote wear our signature and earn 50 studiocredits. pm me your username if you want to participate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wither Posted December 21, 2007 Author Share Posted December 21, 2007 The super fast way of making grass is: Fill an area with green. Add noise: [*:2twrk1pa]Intensity - 100[*:2twrk1pa]Saturation - 0[*:2twrk1pa]Coverage - 100 Then motion blur at 90 degrees (uncentered) at your preferred distance. Quote YouTube | Myspace | deviantART Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topezia Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 God almighty Wither! You are too unassertive, that grass looks gorgeous! I was nearly going to water my p.c screen Going to try this soon, Bravo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salu Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 very gd tut Quote Deviant Art page of cookies I = She Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoopvideo Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 Very nice tut, accept a bit long.. But the result is nice, I'll start making one.. Quote Back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 Very nice tut, accept a bit long..But the result is nice, I'll start making one.. IMO, they SHOULD be long. A lot of tutorials are WAY too short. :-) Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topezia Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Yes, it really is (complex Could you pls make this clear for me? When you say "On parts where the grass overlaps, create a layer UNDER the top blade, take out your paintbrush (size 3) and draw small black specks where there would be a small shadow from overlapping. Then gaussian blur the layer at 4 px." Where am I supposed to put this "shadow" layer? Just under the first layer starting from the top? I wish I could do this tut but I am presently stucked with this Thanks for your help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wither Posted December 27, 2007 Author Share Posted December 27, 2007 Once you have your grass placed and you have a part where the top blade overlaps one below it. Create a new layer and move it to just one level underneath the blade on top. Then draw your 'shadow dots'. Hmm... It's sort of hard to explain. So I did a short clip up to that point. I'll edit this into the first post too. Quote YouTube | Myspace | deviantART Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topezia Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Once you have your grass placed and you have a part where the top blade overlaps one below it. Create a new layer and move it to just one level underneath the blade on top. Then draw your 'shadow dots'. Hmm... It's sort of hard to explain. So I did a short clip up to that point. Wow! A step by step video tut! Lol, thanks! If I am not able to make it after this, think I am going to hide myself somewhere for a looong looong time :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantera1395 Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Now this has possibilities Quote Myspace, Hack this site.org, My DAmn page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topezia Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 ok, Done it! Thanks Wither! may be may attempt is not that good but I like the idea of little furry animals'eyes peeking from the grass p.s.: Ahem.....perhaps should I have to go and hide for a while? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 What the flip, you are a god! This is a must use :shock: Quote Sig by CommanderSozo. Kiss him. Now. *The above post is not to be taken seriously. The above post contains sarcasm, and if you were offended by the above post, it is purely coincidental Sign here __________* If you use PdN, don't click this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoopvideo Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Spooky eyes that's hiding in the grass! :shock: Quote Back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerkfight Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Is it possible to use clone stamping instead of coping and pasting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wither Posted January 19, 2008 Author Share Posted January 19, 2008 It is, technically. Except the clone stamp doesn't do anything with transparency, and there's a lot of transparent edges in the grass. Going back to reset the stamp's origin point to maintain realism would probably take you a little longer then just duplicating the layers. If you have a large area you want to fill, get a large cluster and just start building up. For example, use a single cluster of grass and keep copying until you've got a bigger cluster (about 5-6 of the original), then use that enlarged selection to fill a bigger area. Just keep doing that until you've got a grass selection that won't take too long to fill a very large area. Quote YouTube | Myspace | deviantART Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRILL Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Good tutorial Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerkfight Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 It is, technically. Except the clone stamp doesn't do anything with transparency, and there's a lot of transparent edges in the grass. Going back to reset the stamp's origin point to maintain realism would probably take you a little longer then just duplicating the layers. If you have a large area you want to fill, get a large cluster and just start building up. For example, use a single cluster of grass and keep copying until you've got a bigger cluster (about 5-6 of the original), then use that enlarged selection to fill a bigger area. Just keep doing that until you've got a grass selection that won't take too long to fill a very large area. I see. Thanks for explaining. Well hopefully when i get more time i can finally try this. If you also remember Ash's Fur Tut. I achieved a similar effect with it and i would like to compare them soon. This tutorial is amazing, but one of the links are broken. EDIT: Never mind the last two comments... I notice you link to his tut, and the link works now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trek Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 Awwsome tutorial. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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