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    A Special Letter to Aunt Umi

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    • Lynn Larson
      Lynn Larson SVS OG @Naroth Kean last edited by

      @Naroth-Cow another stunning piece! I am blown away, and the fact that you achieved this look digitally is amazing! Love it!

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      • Steve Young
        Steve Young last edited by

        lol, really like the way you do the watercolor effect!

        Never give up, always push yourself two steps further than you believe you can go.

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        • Naroth Kean
          Naroth Kean last edited by

          @Lynn-Larson @Steve-Young Thanks 🙂 took me a while to figure out this effect. Here a version with better focus. special-letter-compared.jpg

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          • Steve Young
            Steve Young last edited by

            H Yes that does feel better.

            Never give up, always push yourself two steps further than you believe you can go.

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            • Leontine
              Leontine last edited by

              Thats great. Love the color change of the umbrella! Well done!

              Leontine
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              • Rowan Ferguson
                Rowan Ferguson last edited by

                Really nice mate. Would you be able to share any tips for achieving the watercolour brush effect?

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                • Rob Smith
                  Rob Smith last edited by

                  @Naroth-Cow What a fantastic piece. I was immediately draw to it. Your digital watercolor skills are really working well. I haven't figured out the digital watercolor tools. Great job. Your such a talent!

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                  • Ben Rudnicki142
                    Ben Rudnicki142 last edited by

                    Nice piece! I like the changes you made, it does make it more intimate. Love your use of colors too.

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                    • AndrewCothill
                      AndrewCothill last edited by

                      I think this is lovely! It makes me want to see more of what's going on. And am i seeing right that this is DIGITAL watercolour??? I'd also love to know how you got that look to it.

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                      • Naroth Kean
                        Naroth Kean last edited by Naroth Kean

                        Thanks everyone! since everyone is curious how i get the effect here a simple tutorial I made, and hope it helps. Remember it's about how you handle the paint, let it flows and loosen up the detail a bit.
                        tutorial.jpg

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                        • Naroth Kean
                          Naroth Kean last edited by

                          for number 8 also adjusted with smudge tool

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                          • Lynn Larson
                            Lynn Larson SVS OG @Naroth Kean last edited by

                            @Naroth-Cow You are the best!! thank you so much! can't wait to get home and try this!

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                            • Naroth Kean
                              Naroth Kean last edited by

                              @Lynn Larson you're welcome. Let me know if it works out for ya. You might want to adjust your texture paper a bit. I painted mine with light gray watercolor then scanned in, and I adjusted in photoshop a little bit with Level Adjustment.
                              How come sometime I can and can not tag people names?

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                              • Thrace
                                Thrace last edited by

                                Is this close to looking like your apple?

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                                • Naroth Kean
                                  Naroth Kean last edited by Naroth Kean

                                  you are between stage 3 and 4

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                                  • Thrace
                                    Thrace @Naroth Kean last edited by

                                    @Naroth-Cow I will keep trying, thanks.

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                                    • Thrace
                                      Thrace last edited by

                                      Where am I now or is it any better?

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                                      • Naroth Kean
                                        Naroth Kean last edited by Naroth Kean

                                        absolutely looks a lot better, I can see now you have the highlight on the apple and more lighter tone. All ya need to do is to find some watercolor splatters and slap them on the apple then use smudge tool to smudge out any awkward/weird line. Try to outline the apple with darker red or brown then smudge the outline a bit, just a bit to make it look as watercolor bleeding edge. Make sure the splatters are always on another layer, make it on top of the apple, hold Alt between splatter layer and apple layer then Right click; this will make the splatter layer only be colored within the apple layer area only, it won't stray the paint.

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                                        • Steve Young
                                          Steve Young last edited by

                                          Wow great little painting tutorial.

                                          Never give up, always push yourself two steps further than you believe you can go.

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                                          • Thrace
                                            Thrace @Naroth Kean last edited by

                                            @Naroth-Cow Thank you so much for helping me and putting up your tutorial!!!

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