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Background Shading Part 1
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Part 2:
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Part 3:
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Part 3 involves how I do the sky like this:
So skip to that if that's all you need help with.
This part is pretty much the most basic of basic for beginners, the next two parts actually teach you stuff.
Because people keep asking me how I do it. o3o
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boomheart900
Aug 15, 2013
trynexttrynexttry and what i get? nooothiiing...
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