I need tips please!

[DovepawLove]

Could I have some tips on how to do water, backgrounds, and stencil work please?
Thanks in advance! LOL

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[melsterrr4life]

Use Magical effects, that makes good water.

[DovepawLove]

I guess no one saw this yet......
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[loreinbook]

sorry you guys  I haven't found time to make the water tutorial yet.

Ok, now instead could you tell me what pic I've done, or someone elses pic, that has the type of water you are seeking?
I could help you farther from there. 

[melsterrr4life]

Well Lore.. I was asking how to do a simple body of water without currents. like a pond, lake, or ocean.. not a stream, creek, or river.

[loreinbook]

well, there are many ways of doing it....one is by using this piece (the skyII piece from backgrounds pack)  and squishing it then adding this pattern (the oceanV piece from the animal patterns)
that works very well for oceans and large bodies of water.

hope this helps 
(I'll do more later)

[DovepawLove]

Sorry if someone answered before my last post, I sometimes can't see the posts for some reason.
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[Flowersunshine]

You should not demand tips, Dovepaw, you can just ask. Many people have figured everything out themselves. Also, not everyone has time to make tutorials and those are simply the best way to teach someone something. Try and take a look at other peoples images and try to figure out what they used and how the used it. It could even be fun
I think that for a lot of things people used items purchased in the market, like paterns and backgrounds.
Most of it is just playing around, trying to alter items to how you want them to look.

And you did get awnsers, Dovepaw, you should not trow those a side so easily. Lorein asked you what type of water you want to make. If you answer, she can help you.
It might also help if you were more specific in your request. F.e.: do you want natural backgrounds, like forest/mountain/etc? Or do you want rooms or perhaps cityscenes?
What do you mean by 'stencilwork'? What do you want to use the stencils for?

I don't know much about these things, but I hope this will help you to get help from others

[DovepawLove]

Sorry guys, I only saw your posts in the topic summary when I replied. for some reason I can't see your posts when I look at the topic normally. I'm so sorry I said this:

I guess no one saw this yet......

after someone replied...

Lore, how did you do the swamp part of this amazing picture?

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[DovepawLove]

Flowersunshine, I would like to know how to do better nature backrounds, and I would like to know how to do stencil animals better.
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[Flowersunshine]

Sounds way better already, Dovepaw Weird that you couldn't read them...

Well if you take a good look at Lore's picture, you'll see that the trees are made bodyparts, probably from the animalmaker (is that right, Loreinbook?) So you could try to use that in your naturebackgrounds. Also have a look at the plantpacks in the market, I think she used some of those too... About the swamp itself, I must admit, I don't have a clue Though I do see that she used three different parts, and that she blurred the line between them by putting some streched special effect or plant over them... That is what I suspect, atleast.

What I do know about making things like these, is that layering and opacity are very important, so try to play with those and see what comes up.

So, a summary: market items (most of all: paterns), assets, squishing items, opacity (use the alpha line at the colouringpanel) and layering.
Just try some things, a layer of blue with stripes and a layer of green with spots, who knows what you might end up with!

[DovepawLove]

Thanks Flowersunshine! I'll see what I can do with that!
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[DovepawLove]

The pond in this was made with something from the magical effects pack I think. Am I right Lore?

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[loreinbook]

ok, lots to take in.....I didn't even know you guys looked at the stuff in my gallery. 

well, for the swamp I use the large background piece from the building pack and a pattern from the animal pattern pack. I squished them to different sizes and put a magical effect over the places were I joined them together. I can't go into much detail now because I'm in a rush to get my dad's ultra messy car cleaned.  then I just used darker colors for the ones that were farther away. I'll tell more later, I haven't had any real time on the computer for a week...and I'm not expected to have any for a wile yet.    please excuse spelling and word mess-ups. I'm speed typing.... with no extra time to correct. 

[DovepawLove]

lol, Okay, thanks Lore! And yep, I look at your gallery all of the time, it's awesome!
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