Here’s an example – in this one, the window is an angled rooftop one in the close foreground and you can see that I’ve used the smudge tool to add some blurry lines whilst also adding raindrops traditionally too: This effect works best when there’s at least some detail behind the window, since this makes the blurring stand out more ( albeit at the cost of losing some of that detail). You can use smaller brushes to simulate individual rivulets of rain or larger brushes to simulate water pouring down the window. Then all you do is use this tool to draw a few blurry streaks on your window. When you’ve got it, use the “Size” slider below to adjust the brush size and use the “opacity” slider to adjust the intensity. Given how the icons in modern versions of GIMP work, you might have to hold the left-mouse button down over either the “Blur/Sharpen” or “Dodge/Burn” icon to bring up a menu that will allow you to access the “Smudge” tool. Either use the “S” key as a shortcut or click on the icon in the top left corner of the screen. This is optional but it’ll prevent any damage ( reversible with the “undo” feature) to the area around the window.Īnyway, when you’ve done this, just select the “Smudge” tool. Optionally, you can use the “Free Select” tool ( it’s shaped like a lasso) to mask off everything except your window. Make a backup copy first in case anything goes wrong. ![]() ![]() Then once you’ve done this, then open the image in GIMP. Just draw or paint your window like a normal window, making sure to include some scenery behind it – since this technique won’t work as well with just a plain sky. This technique is useful for both “100% digital” art and for digitally-edited scans of traditional art ( eg: my favourite type of art).Īnyway, this tip is really simple. In particular, I’ll show you a simple way to add rain spatter to windows using a free open-source image editing program called the “ GNU Image Manipulation Program” (GIMP). Well, I thought that I’d write a very brief and basic digital art tutorial today.
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