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EDIT>>>>Wow! I wasn't expecting this to be so popular, for it's quality! It's my simplest tut,(and in my opinion, it ain't all that great
) but hey, I'm glad it's been so helpful. 
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Yay! Forest Background!!!! I'm gonna use this background for one of my pics. I referenced from a scene I found on Google, and it helped a whole lot! So this is my first tutorial, is it good for my first???
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Gonna use this one ^^ Sooo helpfull
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=] I used this tutorial here! [link]
It helped SO MUCH!
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Omg I never thought doing detailed BGs is so easy... >.>
And by the way... 15 min for this background? 
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Well, now that I'm making my pictures larger the backgrounds take more than 15 mins!
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Well damn, I didn't think that drawing a forest background was that easy. Thanx!
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I'm having trouble with the layers..how many layers do you use? And how do you shade/hightlight the background and put the leaves BEHIND the trees? i''m not a computer nerd, so i don't know these things. thanks!
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Um, for this I just used one layer! 
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but how do you put the leaves behind the trees after you draw them?
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Oh, that! I use the fuzzy select tool. I use that for almost everything! You will get addicted too! It's located near the top of the tool options.
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Oh, Thank you thank you thank you!
It's my mom's b-day present and i need to finish the background! THANK YOU!!
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I tried to do the background, but you're so much more talented, and it turned out crap. So there goes my beautiful drawing.
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Aww, keep trying hon! maybe try a simpler background first. And don't say that. don't let it get you down
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You're really talented. I hope when i'm your age i'll be as good =]
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Thanks, too! Well, right before my trip to Dewey Beach, DE,I decided to create a character. I started to draw a galloping horse, and as I was, something clicked. I don't know exactly what, but it clicked. And you know what came out of that drawing? A beautiful mare named Dist. I drew another one of her, and it turned out great! So I just evolved another improvement! i'm happy.
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0_0 how do you get such good quality pictures with gimp? i can't get art worth a dollar from it, even with a tablet.
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Well, I do the lines on MS paint....but I wouldn't call that good quality either. But, I like GIMP, even though it's sucky compared to photoshop, it's good enough for me. I wish I had a tablet. I also costs to much.
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you say it's not good quality, but it looks really good. ^.^
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I guess this is the easiest tutorial so far!:3
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Would you happen to have the Ivy and Galaxy brushes for gimp? I deleted all the random not-so-helpful brush files when I downloaded a ton of others. Turns out they might be-so-helpful ha ha.
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Just un-install and re-install gimp, and you will get them all back, I think. But then you would probably lose all of your downloads. 
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Meh that would work. I actually just recently wiped my hard drive from a bug that got in my lap top and had to re-download gimp. Backed all my files to my desk top so that's how I saved my gimp works. I found some leaf brushes but I honestly think the default ivy brush makes a way better design, (from what I've seen by yours 
Theres lots of sites you can download brushes from, noupe.com, searchlightdigital.com, techzilo.com, blendfu.com, tons of others. blendfu has a HUGE selection, I turn to them for everything.
Downloadable brushes come in a file called a "zip file," you need a specific wizard to open zipped files but most computers have those through default. It's simple to figure out once you click the download or run button or whatever might happen to pop up.
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Hmmmm. I'm not too good with computers, (my brother helps me and then I just draw "pretty pictures". That's about all I know how to do!) 
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Well I could guide you through the folders to get to the brush files. You could email them to me or somethin-somethin.
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What type of computer and/or operating system do you have? Like a Mac or PC, windows 90s, XP, or Vista?
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Windows XP I believe. It's a laptop.
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Well no worries anymore, my friend sent them to me.
Thank you very much though for putting up with me
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OMG! I love this! I know this might be an old comment but this will help me a ton! I will send you link once I finished it!
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