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Description Pixeling in Paint Tool Sai
I hope I did ok explaining how I did things, I'm really bad at explaining.

As for shading, I know I didn't really say anything or explained it too well, but you just really need to know your light source.
I can't really tell you that...and I mostly color on instinct. Usually I color in places that looks right to me, and darken
areas that looks like it should be darkened.

This is just a general idea of my process of pixeling, even I don't have a set order.
As you can see I go back and change things up a lot.


Enjoy my crappy tutorial!

Finished pixel:


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Comments: 67

akifei In reply to ??? [2017-01-14 22:23:34 +0000 UTC]

I'm happy it'll help!Β 

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Primrose-Rachel [2014-09-18 16:20:26 +0000 UTC]

This will help me a lot! thank you ^^

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akifei In reply to Primrose-Rachel [2014-09-18 16:28:40 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad that it'll help ; 3 ;Β 

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JillyChelly [2014-08-02 17:51:01 +0000 UTC]

i want to make too a pixel chibi like that but i havent sai i have manga studio EX 5 <.<

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akifei In reply to JillyChelly [2014-08-06 01:35:51 +0000 UTC]

Sorry for the late reply, but I'm sure there are free programs out there you can use to pixel. Such as Fire Alpaca (if it's still availabe)
I believe it has a pixel tool, and I'm sure it was free!Β 

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JillyChelly In reply to akifei [2014-08-06 01:48:52 +0000 UTC]

its ok ah Ok , thank uΒ 

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HyperInLove [2014-06-22 06:12:34 +0000 UTC]

Instead of duplicating brushes to make erasers out of them you can also click the checkered box right here: gyazo.com/c61b98fcb7fae18f481e… Hope this helps! 8D

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faycoon [2014-01-24 10:10:00 +0000 UTC]

this is extremely helpful ; u ;

thank you

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akifei In reply to faycoon [2014-01-25 03:30:09 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad it was helpful xD

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Nickle4aPickle [2014-01-16 02:23:16 +0000 UTC]

Thank you SSSOOOO much for including how to make a pixel eraser in SAI! I was practically pulling my hair out trying to make a duplicate eraser tool that would function like that! XD

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akifei In reply to Nickle4aPickle [2014-01-17 03:18:55 +0000 UTC]

LOL I'm glad that it helped you out!! = u =//

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AkiChuu-Desu [2013-12-06 05:35:56 +0000 UTC]

crappy tutorial . did u just -----Β 

this helped so much ~Β 

thank chyuuuΒ 

im glad i stalked u

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akifei In reply to AkiChuu-Desu [2013-12-06 06:01:05 +0000 UTC]

Ah i'm glad it helped LOL..

but it is crappy AHAHA

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AkiChuu-Desu In reply to akifei [2013-12-06 06:13:51 +0000 UTC]

ish not crappy Q v Q

its bootyfulΒ 


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akifei In reply to AkiChuu-Desu [2013-12-06 21:28:19 +0000 UTC]

aldskfja;s thank you

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AkuToSeigi [2013-09-23 13:34:46 +0000 UTC]

what canvas size and resolution did you use?

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akifei In reply to AkuToSeigi [2013-09-24 19:22:13 +0000 UTC]

115 x 215 pixelsΒ 


i don't know the resolutionΒ 

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AkuToSeigi In reply to akifei [2013-09-25 09:27:21 +0000 UTC]

it's okay, but thanks for the info

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xChibinChanx [2013-07-12 16:45:12 +0000 UTC]

This was an extremely helpful tutorial! Thank you for creating this~

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akifei In reply to xChibinChanx [2013-07-15 02:28:57 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad it was helpful! <3

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ChaoticCinder [2013-06-26 15:27:24 +0000 UTC]

How to animate?

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akifei In reply to ChaoticCinder [2013-06-26 18:25:45 +0000 UTC]

i'm assuming people would look it up. I just showed my process of pixelling not animation...

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ChaoticCinder In reply to akifei [2013-06-26 18:53:59 +0000 UTC]

I'm asking you how to animate! Not your process.

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akifei In reply to ChaoticCinder [2013-06-26 19:02:33 +0000 UTC]

Do you mean what program I used to animate. If so I used photoshop.



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eivven [2013-06-22 12:45:03 +0000 UTC]

Long time wandered how to make a binari eraser... and PUFF!!
thanks so much for the turoriaaaal!!!

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akifei In reply to eivven [2013-06-22 18:19:04 +0000 UTC]

AHAHA I'm glad it was helpful!

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darkbubblepop09 [2013-06-11 05:18:38 +0000 UTC]

This is such a lovely tut! Thanks for sharing!

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akifei In reply to darkbubblepop09 [2013-06-13 02:51:19 +0000 UTC]

Glad it'll help!

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Zelimeister [2013-05-22 05:13:39 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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m2dope [2013-05-18 03:46:42 +0000 UTC]

thank you so much for making this ;w;

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akifei In reply to m2dope [2013-05-19 19:26:05 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome!!
I hope it was useful

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m2dope In reply to akifei [2013-05-21 00:05:47 +0000 UTC]

most definitely!
i do have one question though, sorry if this was covered somewhere in the tutorial, but--is there an easy way to change the color of the different parts of the lineart, like without having to go in and individually re-pixel with the binary brush or paintbucket-fill the individual lines?

i'm still kinda new to SAI so im sure there's some easy way to do this.. ._.

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akifei In reply to m2dope [2013-05-21 20:04:00 +0000 UTC]

To answer your question, what i usually do is, I turn on the Preserve Opacity, and just control F, to fill it in. If that made any sense, it should just fill the pixels in where you drew. And turn it off if you need to draw on that layer again.

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m2dope In reply to akifei [2013-05-21 21:23:03 +0000 UTC]

ahh ok yeah i understand, like 'preserve opacity' means it won't color in the transparent parts, yes?

thank you!

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akifei In reply to m2dope [2013-05-22 20:07:09 +0000 UTC]

um yes, and no prob

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StarchyNicky [2013-05-09 16:36:58 +0000 UTC]

ahh great tutorial! only two questions: 1. What canvas size did you use? 2. would it be alright if i download this image? (i wont repost it or anything like that! so dont worry. uwu )

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akifei In reply to StarchyNicky [2013-05-09 16:57:28 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!!
Canvas size, I used around 115 x 120 px and go ahead if your using it as reference xD

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StarchyNicky In reply to akifei [2013-05-09 17:16:40 +0000 UTC]

your welcome!!
ah thank you! and thanks again! >w<

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OneFireFly [2013-04-29 23:01:55 +0000 UTC]

Great tutorial! Is there an easy way to duplicate the binary brush for the eraser? Thanks!

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akifei In reply to OneFireFly [2013-04-29 23:20:16 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!
And yes, just hover your mouse over the binary, and right click to duplicate!

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OneFireFly In reply to OneFireFly [2013-04-29 23:04:09 +0000 UTC]

Oh! Just saw it! Nvm! Thanks again for the great tutorial!

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robotoucan [2013-04-22 02:17:06 +0000 UTC]

This is really helpful thanks for making this! >3<

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akifei In reply to robotoucan [2013-04-22 22:38:51 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome, I'm glad that it was helpful :3

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robotoucan In reply to akifei [2013-04-23 02:10:03 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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MoustachedPanda [2013-04-12 07:47:26 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the awesome tutorial!~ Will try this soon! :3

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akifei In reply to MoustachedPanda [2013-04-12 22:48:06 +0000 UTC]

Yay!
Glad it's helpful! LOL

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MoustachedPanda In reply to akifei [2013-04-13 00:55:15 +0000 UTC]

Huuzah! Haha

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Miwa-chama [2013-03-25 14:34:36 +0000 UTC]

This tutorial is really nice~
I followed the instructions and this is my result (I am a total beginner in this type of thing)
[link]

But despite of my failure, I thank you~ ^O^

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akifei In reply to Miwa-chama [2013-03-25 16:35:30 +0000 UTC]

OH it looks awesome!!
and I'm so glad that it's helpful!

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Jhosei [2013-03-13 03:54:41 +0000 UTC]

Great tutorial, thanks a lot for sharing

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