Creating form with the Gaussian Blur effect

…We are now back in the Amphlibien illustration. And…I want to show you how I created the highlights…and shadows on the tentacles in this illustration because…it was a little challenging. I had a hard time…figuring out how I was gonna handle this. That's…when it dawned on me, I could utilize a Gaussian…Blur. In a little unique way to pull this off.…So I'm gonna walk you through how I did that.…We're gonna zoom in now on this tentacle, and…using layers in an illustration like this, it's complex…and it helps to organize it. It also helps to build out detail and so in this aspect.…

I'm building out the highlight first, and this tentacle.…And I have that layer isolated. I might not…keep it that layer. I'll probably move it to…the Tentacles layer once I get done. But to build…it, it makes it easier. And in this case, I can also lock those layers, so I don't…accidentally move something. So the first thing I'm gonna…do is I have my shape here, which is gonna…act as the highlighting on this tentacle. And I…have another shape, and this is a mask shape, it…