#cloud tutuorial

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Sky Tutorial

I was asked about how I made the sky in the Mistbreak cover, and I have no idea why I put it off for so long. It took like 10 minutes to get the screenshots XD.

End product:

Tutorial below the cut.

First off, I started with a plain blue background. I used the “Gradient” tool set at “Foreground to transparent” to add lighter blue above and darker blue below. It’s a slight difference.

I also sketched out where I wanted the clouds.

In the next 3 images, I used “Opaque Watercolor” with varying sizes. For the farther clouds, I started with dark blue from the bottom, then added onto it using light blue from above and lighter blue for definition. For the closer clouds, I started with the light, then added the dark and lighter. Vary colors as much as you want. Clouds are natural and random. (Note: This can work with any sky, including sunsets.)

Next, I did this. I already decided where the sun would be. (This was experimental for me btw.) I believe I used “Polyline” lasso tool, then simply used fill bucket.

I duplicated the layer and hid the top one. I blurred the second one by using Filter<Blur<Gaussian Blur and set it until it felt right.

I set the clear one to 10% Overlay, and the blurred one to 15% Normal.

Lastly, I used a tiny bit of yellow with white in the middle using either “Soft Airbrush” or “Opaque Watercolor” to paint the sun. I used “Sparkle A” (under Effect in Sub Tool [Decoration]) with varying sizes for the sparkles.

Here are the final layers:

Enjoy! (And tag me if you want, I’d love to see what people make!)