D3z Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 There are half a milion tutorials on how to draw "cool looking lightning" but all of those fill your canvas with clouds as well. What I would like to know if there is a way to render (without using polygon or paintbrush) just lightning, without clouds or other background. Can anyone help? Quote "Confusion is the welcome mat at the door of creativity." -Michaul Gelb My Gallery Check it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topezia Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Something like this? But you'll always need a background to see it unless you want a cartoonish style kind of lightning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 The question is, do you want the shape of the lightning (as in, the jagged forking effect), or the glowing-tube effect of the lightning's coloring? If the shape, I recommend the GenTree plugin. If the color, look for a Lightsaber/Laser tutorial. :-) Otherwise, maybe follow a tutorial and cut out the clouds you don't want. 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...
D3z Posted August 10, 2008 Author Share Posted August 10, 2008 Thanks guys I think it works best to use TreeGen and then give it some colour and glow. Quote "Confusion is the welcome mat at the door of creativity." -Michaul Gelb My Gallery Check it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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