STEP THREE
BRUSHING OUT THE FUR BUMP
First, going in the direction of the fur coat, 'brush' in very short up sweeping strokes, along the
outer edges of the body. Then I proceed to brush the dark areas into the light areas, and visa versa,
working from the back of the animal, toward the front. I want the fur to be 'overlapping' properly,
the same as it lays on a real animal. I use a mouse, so I 'click, hold, and drag. If you use a tablet,
then do the equivalent. Remember, take short, swift, sweeps of the brush. Go in the direction of the
coat hair, and be ready to "undo" a zillion times! I get a stroke that I like, and SAVE! I use a
lot of patients, and a lot of "undo's". Try to brush the fur that will be 'under' the other fur first.. that is,
you may want to brush the rear fur first,and then proceed toward the front of the body, but still
brushing in the direction the fur lays naturally. It takes a little practice to get the "feel" of brushing
out the fur, but I feel it is well worth the effort! Good luck with your fur! I would love to see any
images that you have created, using my tutorial! NOTE ON USING LAYERS- for brushing out
fur separately, from the background. If you are familiar with masking and creating separate
layers in Photoshop, then that is one way to prevent the background from smearing, BUT in some
cases, you may want the background to be involved in the process. I have done this both ways.
See my Siamese cat image, where I did use a separate layer for the cat fur.
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