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GIMP storm Tutorial by ~bouncebouncebaby:iconbouncebouncebaby:

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Follow this from left to right. :)
1.Make a new layer in GIMP. Pick out a color, I picked a blue grey, you can pick out whatever just as long as it's a gloomy color. Because I don't remember the last time a stormy day was all light and happy. :) And use the paint bucket tool to fill in the white.Make a new layer and call it "grass color". Color in a section for grass.
2.Go back to your background layer and dodge and burn the sky, however you like it. I like to overlap with my dodge and burn, giving it more depth.
3.Get your smudge tool(the one that looks like a hand, with a pointed finger). And smudge smudge smudge. You can apply jitter, but you have to go back over the little circles its makes. Just do a better job at the smudging then I did. ;)
4.If you need to, dodge and burn some more.
5.You can add in some clouds and lightning if you like, it makes it more effecty. There are many brushes you can use for these!
6.Go to your layers box and make a new layer, call it grass. Place it above the "grass color" layer. Choose two different greens, one lighter one darker, and make sure they are gloomy greens. Look at your brush box and click on "apply jitter" and "use color from gradient", this makes your grass vary from the two different greens you picked out. Take your grass brush(you will have to download this for GIMP) and run it along the colored area to about the half ways point, make sure you cover the colored area.
7.Lets make our grass brush smaller, but before you color it, make a new layer and call it grass 1(place below grass 1 area). Go about half way.
8.Keep filling up the colored area, but each time you go smaller, make sure you add a new layer.(Make sure your layers are under each other.
9.Yet again, make a new layer and call it trees(but only if you want trees). Put this layer above the grass layer. Take your tree brush and put the trees on however you like, I like to use dead trees for this. Remember: the closer they are the lighter and bigger, the further away the darker and smaller.
10.As you can see the far back tree is setting on the grass. So you need to make anew layer(yea!) call it grass 3. Place this above the trees layer. Add the grass where you need it.
11.This is what your layers should look like so far. Lets make some rain. Can you guess? Make a new layer, yes you are correct. Call it rain.
12. Take your paintbrush tool and select a lighter color from the background and make small strokes on the whole background.
13. On your tool bar at the end is something called a Filter. Go there then go down to blur, then go the motion blur(click). A box will come up and at the end of the box it says: Length and beneath that, Angle. They have little sliders for you to pick out how long you want the rain and what angle you want it. Don't worry, theres a preview box.
14.Well the rain looks good, but lets add some more, so make another layer! Call it rain 2. Get a lighter color and do the same as before. And set the motion blur as before.
15.You can stop there, but you can add some fog. NEW LAYER: fog. Get your paintbrush and the color white and paint where you would want your fog to go. Then take a light grey and dark grey and paint around the same area and in different spots if you like.
16.Go back to the Filter button and go down to blur, but this time click on the gaussion(sp?) blur. Set as you like and there is your fog. Mine didn't turn out so good, if this happens, just click Edit>undo, And go back to the gaussion blur and do it again(there is a preview box).

Wow I hope this helps some of you GIMP users out there! It doesn't take as long as it looks. If you have nay question just note me! :)

Brushes:
    Look at my "I'll Protect You" image, I used the same ones here!

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~blackstallion681 Mar 16, 2009, 5:58:49 PM
Wow! I will definately be using this! It's very helpful =)

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~bouncebouncebaby Mar 16, 2009, 7:03:57 PM
Thank you! And thanks for the awesome grass tut! :D

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~blackstallion681 Mar 17, 2009, 12:09:47 PM
You're welcome :giggle:

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=MorningTears Mar 17, 2009, 1:28:00 PM
YAY! ^^ ANOTHER TUTORIAL!! ^^
I must try this one as well!! ^^
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~bouncebouncebaby Mar 17, 2009, 2:37:49 PM
:D! :hug:

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~bouncebouncebaby Mar 17, 2009, 2:38:19 PM
:hug:

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~Hypertail Mar 17, 2009, 2:39:27 PM
lovely tutorail i be sure to use it

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~bouncebouncebaby Mar 17, 2009, 2:40:44 PM
yea! :dance:

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