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Published: 2008-09-10 04:46:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 152958; Favourites: 4040; Downloads: 1983
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Description my lame attempt at explaining how i do fur...
i'm assuming everyone has a pretty good knowledge of PS, cause i didn't include the little screen grabs that show what tools and brushes i'm talking about..
but they're all quite standard, so hopefully everyone can figure it out

EDIT:
here's a little screen grab showing which brushes i was talking about... and yeah, the tool that in reality is called "smudge" I called "smear". same thing :}
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Comments: 268

Aquaridragon [2009-06-28 14:45:11 +0000 UTC]

The result looks fantastic! Great method! Even for a beggining smudge/smear method it came out really detailed and crisp o.o

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xanadu125 [2009-06-23 14:33:28 +0000 UTC]

Random deviant here! i love this tutorial, it will really help. what program did u use with this?

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LaraMuk [2009-06-23 04:17:04 +0000 UTC]

thats really nice and easy to follow :_) i'll be taking a look again later XD heck, it looked done in the middle and then got better wow

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Savannah-lion-1 [2009-06-18 10:59:08 +0000 UTC]

thanks that was very helpful

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Wolflife [2009-06-11 10:01:38 +0000 UTC]

weeeee so great :3 I think it will help me a lot ^^ thankies

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Soukami [2009-06-06 10:46:22 +0000 UTC]

This is a great tutorial, but what does it have to do with painting? Oh yeah- Nice fur, ftw >w<

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Gondawondala [2009-05-26 22:41:58 +0000 UTC]

wow thank you, Im kinda afraid to try furries but I think Ill try it, you make it seem easier than I thought it would be.

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Butterfly-Kissezz In reply to ??? [2009-05-21 04:05:57 +0000 UTC]

Very helpful! ^^ I hope I can figure this out using PSP 7...XDXD

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sugarpoultry In reply to ??? [2009-04-08 03:53:37 +0000 UTC]

Well, I tried this again, and I'm happy to know I use the correct brushes. It's just getting fur colors to match and putting them in the right area. >_<

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JustBelieveCosplay In reply to ??? [2009-04-07 07:29:42 +0000 UTC]

Fav'ing again for my new account Thanks!

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Dauntless-Gothika In reply to ??? [2009-04-04 23:18:34 +0000 UTC]

Cool tutorial

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vql In reply to ??? [2009-03-25 13:09:00 +0000 UTC]

O_o I LOVE YOU. THANKYOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING IT!!!!!!!!! It's so simple, but if I could get close to step #2, I'd be extremely happy, because I can't put the right color tones in right places. It always seems flat because I can't shade! Can you plz make a shading and highlighting tutorial? I'd die to know how to shade so it doesn't look cartoonish. X_X

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edwardfmaf In reply to ??? [2009-03-20 17:16:55 +0000 UTC]

what art program do you use?

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MarionMorgenroth In reply to ??? [2009-03-01 00:46:01 +0000 UTC]

interessantest tutorial... das probier ich bald mal aus

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Wolf-Tracks In reply to ??? [2009-02-28 16:56:05 +0000 UTC]

Well now i know my next project XD

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milquest In reply to ??? [2009-02-23 02:18:14 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I look forward to using your tips some day. ^^

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flame1111 In reply to ??? [2009-02-15 18:05:44 +0000 UTC]

OMG This is amazing! o.0
[link] I just did that!Now I have to do the full wolf

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sugarpoultry In reply to flame1111 [2009-02-22 09:01:28 +0000 UTC]

Wow, GREAT JOB! I need to try this as well. I'm excited!

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flame1111 In reply to sugarpoultry [2009-02-22 19:20:14 +0000 UTC]

hehe good luck

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sugarpoultry [2009-02-13 05:19:03 +0000 UTC]

Wow you make it look so easy. It's awesome!!!! I need to try this.

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Novawuff In reply to sugarpoultry [2009-02-14 04:03:12 +0000 UTC]

it is easy... really.. just.. time consuming, and requires a lot of focus

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sugarpoultry In reply to Novawuff [2009-02-14 05:10:55 +0000 UTC]

Yah, I start to get lazy half way through my pieces. I need lots of breaks sometimes.

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azaelwyn In reply to ??? [2009-02-09 16:59:14 +0000 UTC]

great stuff here! i find it harder to paint fur than human hair this has helped my on something im still working on.

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Twitchy-Kitty-Studio [2009-02-09 16:21:01 +0000 UTC]

I've seen a couple of different approaches to fur.... I think I like yours best. Still experimenting and learning myself. The best I've done so far is hair on this crazy mantis shrimp chic I did!

Thanks for the tut!

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LKE-Kola In reply to ??? [2009-02-09 14:08:27 +0000 UTC]

Waw.. this really helpful, I should try this one. xD

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myrmaad In reply to ??? [2009-02-06 12:18:12 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, this is really sweet and generous (and helpful!)

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HaughtyFlaki [2009-02-06 11:33:17 +0000 UTC]

Very useful tutorial!
I've always used strong brushes for the fur, but soft ones seem to work better
Thank you!

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BOONJAGGA In reply to ??? [2009-01-16 23:00:06 +0000 UTC]

Great job. This really helps ^^

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Kuroyo19 In reply to ??? [2009-01-11 00:05:09 +0000 UTC]

This is awesome! o.o I will try it!

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VnyX [2009-01-06 02:31:24 +0000 UTC]

So it means if I don't have tablets, it'll took more... years to do it, huh? ;_; (poor me)

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GabuSiTa In reply to ??? [2009-01-05 23:51:54 +0000 UTC]

i personally think i do great with my mouse. ):

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wolvenlied In reply to ??? [2009-01-05 23:14:38 +0000 UTC]

Nice tutorial

It looks so much easier than it actually is to do fur like that

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1989maria In reply to ??? [2009-01-05 20:36:04 +0000 UTC]

really helpful! makes my attempt at a wolf look like a childs drawing lol! well done on your DD by the way!

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Nairazak [2009-01-05 19:49:04 +0000 UTC]

I looks easy, but I think I should learn to make clean sketches xD

I'll try this later

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Aphasic-Ninja In reply to ??? [2009-01-05 17:51:12 +0000 UTC]

Hey, this is pretty helpful... Thanks ^_^

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LauraGarabedian In reply to ??? [2009-01-05 17:44:53 +0000 UTC]

AWESOME! Thanks

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Luna-95 [2009-01-05 16:55:46 +0000 UTC]

OMG! This is so helpful! THank you SO much!

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Spilled-Sunlight [2009-01-05 15:36:09 +0000 UTC]

AMAZING! The fur looks as real as pixar, seriously.

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Artestie [2009-01-05 14:17:36 +0000 UTC]

Wow.. this is amazing! thank you so much for putting this up for public viewing!!! I never got the hang of fur in GIMP or photoshop. Danke!!!

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Vellez [2009-01-05 13:30:02 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for making the tutorial it is very helpful c:
I'll give this a go when I get some time on my hands ^_^

-Velle

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kchikage [2009-01-05 12:57:14 +0000 UTC]

T.T I dunno how to really use PS......

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Ferny654 [2009-01-05 12:12:19 +0000 UTC]

All of the tuts I've seen.. yours is the only one that is clear enough to actually try.. everything else is like "mask and drag layer thingymajic".. >.>

So, thanks!

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CrimsonInHumanBlood In reply to ??? [2009-01-05 11:23:13 +0000 UTC]

Ooo thank you! Now.. if I can draw a dog dog ear >_>

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BakaMichi [2009-01-05 11:01:00 +0000 UTC]

This is so awesome! I'm gonna try this out right now!!!!!

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mightyamoeba [2009-01-05 10:38:20 +0000 UTC]

Thats one of the best and most realistic fur tutorials I've seen.
Thanks for putting it up.

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stacems [2008-12-22 02:53:28 +0000 UTC]

This is incredibly helpful. Thanks for posting this!

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Queen-of-Randomness [2008-12-12 07:19:57 +0000 UTC]

Most helpful; thank you!

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DasTierLockjaw [2008-12-09 23:30:10 +0000 UTC]

T-T mine is turning out to be CRAP! Oh man -_- would you be able to color a pic for me? It wont require much since its just a bust (or head to about waist level) image. If you can I will upload the sketch to show you ^w^

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DasTierLockjaw [2008-12-09 01:57:00 +0000 UTC]

This is EXTREMELY helpful. I just have a few questions. Since my character is not the natural colors (in fur) I may need some help. My characters colors are Black, Neon Green (lime green), and white. For the black, how exactly do I shade the fur? Should I make her overall color lighter or the same as usual? Could you maybe make a pic with the few fur colors to give me an idea of what to do? (just the fur, not a whole entire pic of a werewolf) unless you wouldnt mind making a pic of my character (hopefully Gaara too)

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pokepanda [2008-12-07 05:40:39 +0000 UTC]

omygoshomygoshomygosh, i can't believe i didn't fav this yet! i was looking at my fav'd tutorials and i was like "WHAT, WHERE'S HEATHER'S TUTORIAL??!!! " but yeah, this is awesome, and this way seems really fun and easy (not that i'd know for another six months or so )

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