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Chain Tutorial by =liiga:iconliiga:

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©2008-2009 =liiga
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I had a tutorial on drawing chains up before, but it was so old, horrible and outdated that it made my eyes bleed so I made a new one. :aww:

That's pretty much how I draw all the chains lately. It's made with Corel Painter in mind, but you can probably replicate the process using other stuff such as Photoshop.

In step 2 I mentioned checking "Preserve Transparency". Just to be clear, that setting stays on for the whole tutorial. Really helps with getting highlights and shadows placed right, particularly for smallish chains where it'd be easy to miss them otherwise.

Oh and the brush settings are as they appear in the Brush Creator.

You can see the results here, for example.

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=Heilos Jul 16, 2008, 5:24:52 PM
Wow that was incredibly helpful, i'll have to try this sometime in some of my future artwork *fav*

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*LuisaRafidi Jul 16, 2008, 5:28:56 PM
Whoa, that's pretty handful! But what if you want to draw the chains from another angle?
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`thundercake Jul 16, 2008, 5:32:50 PM
Wow.. fantastic method. I've never tried making brushes in Painter before. I wish this could work in PS, but you can't get the brush to swivel in the direction of the pen in Photoshop :( Still, awesome technique, this is very helpful!

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=hyenacub Jul 16, 2008, 5:33:18 PM
Ooo a shiny new tutorial. You rock as always.

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=liiga Jul 16, 2008, 5:37:05 PM
Then I'd make a new brush or do it manually. :aww: Sadly Painter doesn't quite support brush rotation in 3D space yet. :lol:

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=liiga Jul 16, 2008, 5:37:39 PM
You can't? Omigosh and I thought Photoshop had Painter topped in terms of brush customisability. That bites! >.<

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*LuisaRafidi Jul 16, 2008, 5:39:03 PM
I see :) Why don't you switch between Painter and Photoshop when you need to do those things only Photoshop can do?
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`thundercake Jul 16, 2008, 5:39:27 PM
Yeah, it really sucks! I bought the 6D art pen specifically for that purpose, but no matter what I try, it won't work.
I think Painter wins on the brushes front, ultimately. They look so much more natural.

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=liiga Jul 16, 2008, 5:48:43 PM
Wait, Photoshop magically knows how to interpret the brush rotation in 3d space depending on how the chains should be turned in the image? That is news to me. :P

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*LuisaRafidi Jul 16, 2008, 5:51:37 PM
Haha, no no. It's just that I think it's easier to "distorce" images in Photoshop :XD:
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