026 - IFX tutorial - Painting grass easily
This tutorial was written for ImagineFX magazine Issue#14.
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Painting grass easily.
There are many ways of creating grass. If you are in a hurry or impatience, you could either create a custom made grass brush or choose a middle-way solution;Start off by creating a patch of grass on a separate layer. Make it big as if it was just in front of the viewer.
Keep the layout of the patch wide and not too deep.
Now, duplicate the grass layer, scale it down and place it at the back of the field.
Repeat this process and add patches in front of each other towards the viewer.
Make them bigger as you move closer. Flip some of the patches horizontally to avoid repetition.
Using the Liquify-tool (Shift+Ctrl+X) is also a nice and easy way to push the grass into different shapes to change it even more.
At the end, add some dirt ground. If you enjoy details, some pebbles and shadows on the ground from the visible patches of grass looks good.
You only have to paint a small portion of the grass, then place the patches of grass repeatedly placed in front of each other until it becomes lush vegetation.