How to do scars

[sparticles]

Alrighty so, I wasn't sure where this went as I'm not really requesting a preset or a marking, so feel free to move it!

Anyhow, I was wondering if anyone knows how to do scars on a preset. I've looked around several times to find different tutorials on making scars on my presets however, the only thing I've found is an image showing how to make a scar. Helpful, yes, but not what I'm looking for. As of yet I haven't tried texturing on presets nor really layering, though if that's needed I'm sure I'll be able to learn how to. I don't really want to ask someone to do the scars for me as my character seems to get many scars, so I wouldn't want to overwhelm or pester anyone. So, does anyone know of any tutorials or can help me? Written or video, I do not mind. I can make basic scars, though they look rather unrealistic and tacky, I'm wanting them to look better.  

[Preach]

http://mossasaurus.deviantart.com/art/FRee-to-use-Scars-for-Presets-492356802

Does this help in any way?

[Kerriki]

Moving this to the game help board ^^

[sparticles]

http://mossasaurus.deviantart.com/art/FRee-to-use-Scars-for-Presets-492356802

Does this help in any way?

Thank you, they should.
I'm still looking for a tutorial on making them myself, too; possibly layering, texturing, all that jazz.

Moving this to the game help board ^^

Thank you.

[Wyldercat]

I currently can't provide an image, but when I do scars I just draw the shape in the character's skin color, make a white line in the middle, possibly with an inbetween color for nicks or stitches. I blue the white outwards and smooth the edge slightly. Hope this helped.

[sparticles]

I currently can't provide an image, but when I do scars I just draw the shape in the character's skin color, make a white line in the middle, possibly with an inbetween color for nicks or stitches. I blue the white outwards and smooth the edge slightly. Hope this helped.

Thank you, I'll be sure to try that!
I think I do mine in a similar way, but they seem to always turn out awful. xD

[Spottedbears]

Scars take a lot of practice (I'm not too good at them) but I have a way of doing it?

- Make a new layer and draw a thicker version of the scar's shape
- Erase it so it looks like fur is covering the scar (since the fur on an animal flows in a certain direction, any missing patches wouldn't be completely bare). The erased parts should follow the direction of the fur texture you're using, so it looks like it fits.
Then I usually just mix in and play around with various shades of red in an attempt to make it look like it fits.
The newer the scar, the more saturated the red will be -- sometimes in place of a scar, fur may even grow back in completely white.
BUT yeahh it's not really solid haha I'd show examples if I still had any, but I got rid of them a while ago.

[sparticles]

Scars take a lot of practice (I'm not too good at them) but I have a way of doing it?

- Make a new layer and draw a thicker version of the scar's shape
- Erase it so it looks like fur is covering the scar (since the fur on an animal flows in a certain direction, any missing patches wouldn't be completely bare). The erased parts should follow the direction of the fur texture you're using, so it looks like it fits.
Then I usually just mix in and play around with various shades of red in an attempt to make it look like it fits.
The newer the scar, the more saturated the red will be -- sometimes in place of a scar, fur may even grow back in completely white.
BUT yeahh it's not really solid haha I'd show examples if I still had any, but I got rid of them a while ago.

I'll most certainly try this, sounds like a good way of doing scars. Thank you!