To create a ring with outer glow in Krita, these are the steps

1 Create a new document

The document should have the following settings

• Width: 1024px
• Height: 1024px
• Resolution: 75pxi
• Background Canvas: Black

2 Create New Vector Layer

• Under the layer settings, create a new vector layer

3 Draw a Circle on the Vector Layer

• Select the Ellipse Tool
• Select White Color
• Select Brush Size of 15px
• Draw the circle (click + Shift + click)
• Press Ctrl + T and click on the circle to move/resize it

4 Center the Circle

Start by creating the guides for the background canvas as shown below.

Quick Refresher on how to create wrap around textures in Krita like the one below.

Getting Started

Step 1: Create a New Document

Start by creating a new document (width = 1024px, height = 1024px, resolution = 75 pxi). After creating the document, ensure that you have 2 layers (1 black background layer and 1 paint layer) as shown in diagram below.

Note: This is written with the assumption that you are somewhat familiar with Blender

Modeling

In Modeling Window, create the smoke cloud with the following steps:

1. use Shift A –> create a Ico sphere –> set the subdivisions to 1
2. Add a subdivision modifier to the Ico sphere to make it rounder
3. Shift + D to duplicate the ico sphere to create a cloud shape by moving the shapes around with G
4. Once you have the shape you want, select all the ico spheres, and Ctrl + J to join the mesh together
   • rename the object to SmokeSphere
   • Note: if you want to edit, go to Edit Mode, and with vertex select mode, click on a vertex and press L and then G to move the object, to adjust the shape to your liking
5. Add a remesh modifier to smooth the shape
   • Use Voxel
   • Voxel Size = 0.2
   • Adaptivity = 0
6. Apply the modifiers in order –> subdivision –> remesh so that we can edit the UVs
7. In Object mode, select the object and Ctrl + A to apply all the transform

UV Map

In UV Editing Window, create the uv map with the following steps: