How do you make/draw glass? - Background creation

Hello so, I am trying to make backgrounds. But 1) I need to be thought how to do it on my program(Ibis Paint X).
2) I want to have glass and I don’t know how to do so.

Soo… you’re wondering how to paint glass??
You should turn the opacity down first of!
It’s tricky to explain! :woozy_face: Depends if there are any reflections?!

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I am. I don’t know to draw/make it for a window or door for example.

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Maybe this can help!

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Maybe but I don’t use Photoshop.

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Well, the idea is still there!
What I do is just paint a base color
And then alpha lock it, and paint lighter wide stripes over, maybe some dark ones - if that makes sense!

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Okay thanks, Screw. I’ll try that out.

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No problem! Let me know how it goes!

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Will do!

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Final result:


Thoughts? @screwdriver

Credits for the banners: @Random.Tomboy @Mild_Adventures

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Example of glass like a window of how I do it:

  1. Use a transparent background
  2. Use a light blue color and paint a rectangle
  3. Change the opacity down to make it have a see-through effect
  4. With a new layer on top, a lighter color (ex: white) draw lines to make it look reflective (you may blend the white out with blurr effect to make it less cartoony
  5. Change the opacity down to your liking
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It looks a bid smudgy! Maybe make it more blue?
It could use some more visible white lines!
Id also try using a different blend mode for the glass layer!

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Okay. I am so bad at this…

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Do you want an example? :face_with_monocle:

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Sure.

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I’ll do a step-by-step tomorrow! :raised_hands:t3:

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Great! Thank you!

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