Popular Post Red ochre Posted January 3, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 3, 2014 This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download the PDF Seascape tutorial Plugins required: Furblurhttp://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/27058-furblur-update-21st-sept-2013/ Gradients Galore (in my pack - link in sig) Clouds - built in 1. File/New Image - 800 by 800 pixels 2. Effects/Render/Clouds - reduce the scale slider to 150 (make sure Primary and Secondary Colors are black and white) 3. Select the 'Magic wand' tool. . Change the 'Flood Mode' to Global and increase the tolerance to 50%. Then left click on a dark area of the image. 4. Press the 'Delete' button on your keyboard. 5. Use the Magic wand again - this time delete the white - you should now see some 'chequerboard' holes in the clouds like this. 6. Double click on this layer in the layers window and type the in the name 'foam'. (optional) 7. Create a new layer :AddNewLayer: . 8. Change the Primary Color to a dark grey/blue (click the 'more' button) - I used R = 18,G = 32,B = 34. 9. Fill the new layer with this colour with either the paint bucket tool or by selecting the whole layer and hitting the 'backspace' key. 10. In the layers window move this layer below the 'foam' layer. 11. Select the foam layer. 12. Effects/Blurs/FurBlur - adjust the settings something like this - you will need to use your own judgement though. 13. I then used a little Adjustments/Brightness/Contrast with these settings,to tweak the foam layer. 14. Merge the foam layer down onto the background layer - the pedantic may wish to rename the layer! 15. Duplicate this layer :DuplicateLayer: 16. Run Furblur again on the top layer - same settings - possibly reduce the length a little - experiment! 17. Double click the top layer and change the blend mode to 'additive'. 18. Merge down to one layer again. 19. Layers/Rotate/Zoom - use settings something like these*: (Hint: holding shift makes moving the globe easier and the zoom slider can be fine-adjusted with the keyboard arrows.) *NOTE: Rotate/Zoom appears to have changed in Pdn4. You may need to use '- 90.00' for the rotation angle if using Pdn 4.0.3+. Make sure the 'globe' control looks like it does in my Pdn3.5.11 screenshot. 20. Use the rectangle select to enclose the opaque part of the 'sea' texture. (Try to avoid any obvious lines where the texture has been tiled. - I wish there was 'reflected tiling' - much smoother!) 21. use the move selection arrow and drag the top middle handle down to about halfway - should leave you with something like this. 22. Use the Color picker tool to set the Primary Color to the darkest blue/grey in the sea. 23. New layer 24. Run clouds on this, with the settings back at default (little blue arrows next to sliders). 25. Run Rotate/Zoom again - same settings as before! 26. Layers/Flip Vertical. 27. Again use the rectangle select (again avoiding any obvious tile joints). 28. Move the bottom handle upwards to just below where the sea stops. 29. Move the sky layer behind (under) the sea layer. 30. Merge sea layer down onto sky layer. (nearly done) 31. New layer above the sea/sky layer. 32. Effects/Render/Gradients Galore with settings like this: 33. Merge this layer down. 34. Another new layer on top. 35. Gradients galore again - this time to add a little vignette effect. Settings like this: 36. Adjust the layer transparency to fine tune the look. 37. Image/Flatten 38. Save! Advanced ideas:There is plenty of room for experimentation here - possibly add a ship or sea monster!, use more complex lighting effects etc. I have had good results using clipwarp on the sea (with the sky copied to the clipboard). A way to get the sky colour onto the waves. Try using an embossed layer set to overlay above the sea. Also rough seas are not too far away from mountain textures if you wish to experiment. I hope you have found some of this useful and please post your results in this thread - I would like to see what you can create! 2 11 Quote Red ochre Plugin pack.............. Diabolical Drawings ................Real Paintings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 'Twas a dark and stormy night.... Very nice tutorial Red Ochre! 4 Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 WOAH. Very impressive. Y'know what, I'm just going to save time and pin this right now. I am very impressed at the concepts you're teaching here, and the fact that a very evocative image comes from very simple origins. 2014 tutorial authors certainly have their work cut out for them if they want to win that Tut Author of the Year award. 2 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...
Seerose Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Red ochre! Really great work, thank you... 1 Quote Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Gandhi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Maybe we should all give up now ? No, please don't! I want a much more difficult decision. 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...
Red ochre Posted January 3, 2014 Author Share Posted January 3, 2014 EER - great result! Thanks for trying it out and posting the results.David - Many thanks for pin and the kind remarks.Welshblue - If you can get it to look right at stage 12, the rest will be a doddle for you.Seerose - thank you for saying thank you! 1 Quote Red ochre Plugin pack.............. Diabolical Drawings ................Real Paintings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorOutlaw Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 1 Quote Paint.NET Gallery | Remove Foreground Object Tutorial | Dispersion Effect Tutorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doughty Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 I like my outcome very much. Thanks for the tutorial. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewDale Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 A great tute Red, congrats on a worthy pin. I have bookmarked to do this, looking at some great examples of what can be done from EER & Trevor. @Doughty - That looks amazing, the addition of the rocks and lighthouse sets it off, great work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red ochre Posted January 4, 2014 Author Share Posted January 4, 2014 Trevor - great example - thanks for posting!I think you may have used a very slightly different setting for Furblur which gives the impression of the waves moving from left to right - great idea - works really well! Doughty - absolutely stunning 11/10! Drew - Thanks for the congrats - looking forward to seeing your take on this! Quote Red ochre Plugin pack.............. Diabolical Drawings ................Real Paintings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorOutlaw Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Trevor - great example - thanks for posting! I think you may have used a very slightly different setting for Furblur which gives the impression of the waves moving from left to right - great idea - works really well! Yeah, I used a slightly different settings, and I also used a bit of displacement to create depth. Quote Paint.NET Gallery | Remove Foreground Object Tutorial | Dispersion Effect Tutorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Red, a fantastic tute & a worthy pin! It is hard to believe that none of these are photos. Outstanding work...Each one a little bit different but all beautiful Welshy has again captured the moodiness that appeals to me. Bookmarked for later Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. April Jones, 2012 Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Welshy - keep taking those meds! That is ASTONISHING Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewDale Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 A fantastic take on it Welshblue, stunning work. Heres my take on it, added some cliffs before making the gradients galore layers. Great tute Red +1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ella Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Thanks for the tutorial ! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red ochre Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 Trevor - always good to experiment!WB - stunning! - I'm glad you persevered.Barbieq - thanks!Drew - good result - thanks for posting.Ella - very moody and dark - good sense of depth too. Quote Red ochre Plugin pack.............. Diabolical Drawings ................Real Paintings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechnoRobbo Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Ella, OMG! that's ridiculously awesome. Great tute Red Quote Go out there and be amazing. Have Fun, TRSome Pretty Pictures Some Cool Plugins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitenurse79 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Some really nice examples here, all of them look like real photographs. I hope to try this very soon, well written RedOchre, Congratulations on the pin too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocky532 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 @welshblue- Your image is simply beautiful; it's so serene My natural inclination was to make a dark, dreary, rainy night, but I decided to try something different and attempt to create a less moody picture (or at least a little less moody...) 2 Quote My Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullbonz Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Sorry Red that I didn't try this sooner,between you and TR it's getting hard to keep up with the new plugins,lol. This is a great tute. Of course I had to add my own twist to it though,lol 1 Quote http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/21233-skullbonz-art-gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Wow! Everyone continues to churn out such fab outcomes! Great work Skullbonz & Rocky. Congratulations on the Galleria entries doughty & Welshy! 1 Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. April Jones, 2012 Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HELEN Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Echoing barbie's congratulatory words. Congrats, Welsh and doughty! Unbelievably great tutorial and such amazing results from all of you. Quote Don't spit into the well, you might drink from it later. -----Yiddish ProverbGlossy Galaxy Ball---How to Make FoliageMy Gallery PDN Fans--My DA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red ochre Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 Rocky - Good work! - thanks for posting.I wanted to get people to use rotate and zoom to get a sense of depth into the sea and clouds, and use gradients for 'aerial' perspective - you have achieved that wonderfully!Skull - 'tut well executed and aliens installed successfully! - nice one. To all - thanks for giving the tut a go - good results all round! Quote Red ochre Plugin pack.............. Diabolical Drawings ................Real Paintings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocky532 Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Thanks to all who commented! Love the creativity, Skullbonz @welshblue; Glad you like it! Thanks for the rep And thanks for the sig compliment as well. Kudos to MadJik (if I remember correctly) for the hexagon grid! @RedOchre; Thank you so much! I love the concept of using Rotate/Zoom on something like this. I'd never thought of it before. It's so simple but gives it so much depth. Quote My Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midora Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Thanks for the tutorial. Great results here. Some advice how to produce a different sky? Like Sunset over sea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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