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。◕‿◕。 Galaxy Hair: An easy guide 。◕‿◕。

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drifblim_s's Avatar drifblim_s
Level 62 : High Grandmaster Poro
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Hey there people.

Recently I've developed a thing for galaxies and space and stuff, and worked out a technique to make the hair on your skins look all space-y and shizz.

I use MCSkin3D by Paril and whtdragon to make my skins but in this tutorial I also used paint tool sai to save time.



Ok, so first off, make a palette. I hardly ever use palettes but I found it simplifies everything a little in this tutorial.

This is the palette I used, 8 colours, nothing too special. I shifted colours from blue to purple but it can work with almost any colour combination:

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Next step is pretty simple. Just use the lightest colour as a base and work towards opposite corners getting darker, for instance this is what you would do with the second-darkest colour:

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And keep doing that with each colour until you get something like this:

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To save time I used paint tool sai to copy+paste that section onto the rest of the head so I didn't have to waste time repeating the pattern over and over again.

So after all of this you should be left with something that looks vaguely like this:

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Looks cooler now, huh? Still a little dull in my opinion, so that's where shading comes in.

Set your lightener exposure to around 15 and draw a line through the middle-ish of the hair:

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After this, draw a 2x4 horizontal rectangle over the top like so:

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And then another going vertically, so it looks like an arrow.

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-Note- For the sides of the head, make sure the arrow is pointing in the direction of the face. On the back, top and bottom of the head, have the vertical rectangle go down the middle instead, like so:

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Looking a whole lot better already! :3 But.. still not good enough.

Set your darkener to around twenty and draw four overlapping lines around the edge of each 8x8 square like so:

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..And then two going down the middle!:

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And there you have it, a relatively simple way to make the hair on your skins look fabulous! <3

Psst, guess what, the shading technique also works on plain colours! ;3

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial, as I certainly enjoyed writing it!

Skin I made in this tutorial
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01/05/2014 8:05 pm
Level 15 : Journeyman Princess
FlameGirl21
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Hey HoodedPenguinz, What skin maker od you use?
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01/03/2015 7:39 pm
Level 11 : Journeyman Princess
smolbebby
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She said in the start that she uses MCSkin3D by Paril ^-^
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11/03/2013 7:44 am
Level 59 : Grandmaster Unicorn
CuteMurphy
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Could you please give me the picture links?
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10/28/2013 9:12 pm
Level 19 : Journeyman Goblin
TudorOstrich
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Nice!
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10/22/2013 3:08 pm
Level 37 : Artisan Cake
NeFt
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how do you use paint tool SAI to make skins?

Im a girl,13 year old HD skin maker as well, Ive been looking for a new hair pattern to follow and this one looks good :D
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10/22/2013 3:12 pm
Level 62 : High Grandmaster Poro
drifblim_s
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oh i only use PTS to copy+paste parts of my skin e.g. hair to save time, because if i did the same part 4 times it would take forever :P
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10/22/2013 4:05 pm
Level 37 : Artisan Cake
NeFt
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ok! Well Ill try once my drawing tablet starts working again :P
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10/19/2013 12:54 am
Level 57 : Grandmaster Prince
MayuriYandere
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oh lawd this is cool.i may use this some time
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10/17/2013 8:11 pm
Level 15 : Journeyman Princess
FlameGirl21
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AWESOME!
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10/17/2013 8:12 pm
Level 15 : Journeyman Princess
FlameGirl21
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btw, how do you make those cute faces like the ones in the title?
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