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I'm Katry 🌊🐟 comms OPEN @awora-nanne.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

How I draw easy and quick fire / magic, a tutorial :) 1/3 [ #art #tutorial ]

First part of tutorial. Rough shapes resembling fire are drawn in box. Text underneath the box reads: 'Rough shapes. Depends on what you're going for but it needs to feel flud.' Example squiggly shapes are sketched out underneath.

Second part of tutorial. Top image shows shapes from part one with circled areas. Text underneath reads: 'With lasso tool, I cut out oval shapes. The closer these cutouts are together, the skinnier the flame. Cut more for more sparce flames or less for bigger ones.'

Third part. This image shows edited flame shapes with the circled areas cut out. Text reads: 'Here are the rough shapes after cutting.'

Fourth part. Top image shows same shapes with slight differences. Some flames had more circular parts cut out and have been edited slightly. There were also scattered shapes added to mimic small flame details. Text underneath reads: 'Continue cutting away if you want to adjust something. I also add some back in the shapes to give it more interest.' Sketches underneath the text show various shapes that can be added to the larger flame shapes.

I'm Katry 🌊🐟 comms OPEN @awora-nanne.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

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Fifth part. This panel shows images of the same flame shapes after all the editing. They are all one deep pink colour. Text reads: 'Final shapes'.

Sixth part. This panel shows the same flames with different colour applied to them (top left - hot pink, top right - deep blue, bottom left - orange, bottom right - neon green). Text underneath reads: "For coloring, I choose a deeper shade. Full opacity is great if you want more focus on fire/magic.' There is a colour wheel shown below the text, circling the colour shades in blue.

Seventh part. This panel shows the same shapes, now coloured with another complimentary colour in gradient. (Top left -magenta purple, top right - teal, bottom left - soft yellow, bottom right - dark mint). Text below reads: 'Add secondary colour. I will usually split it into gradient depending on the piece.'

Eight part. This panel shows the same flame shapes, now glowing. Underneath the panel, two images are shown. First image shows the layer effects in clip studio, focusing on the layer effect 'glow dodge'. Second image focuses on the filter 'gaussian blur', showing the strength of blur being applied to the image. Text next to these images reads: 'Duplicate the same layer and blur it heavily. For the glow, set the layer effect to 80-90% Glow Dodge.