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And the last. Really. Well, I don't PLAN on doing more, anyway... I'll see. It's a nice effect, at any rate.

Naruto: [link]
Sasuke: [link]

edit: alright!

The china ink is actually not so hard, you just have to be careful not to get ink everywhere, and learn how to use just the very tip to make fine lines, or push a little more to make thicker lines. (personally I use an inking pen-brush thing that comes with an ink cartidge included, which helps a lot, but it should also work with a standard brush dipped into an ink pot, just be very careful not to drip everywhere because china ink really doesn't wash off well. Or at all. Fair warning, I'm pretty sure you won't be able to use the brush for anything else afterwards, unless you rinse it immediately, and a lot.)

Practice on a piece of paper, make loops, little dots, see how the brush reacts and where it goes; it's not as solid as a pen, duh, and therefore won't stay put as well. It doesn't make for very precise details, but it's great at making composition and elegance of the characters' position stand out. Remember! *bullshit truth that I just figured out~* China ink isn't about exact precision, it's about elegance.

The colors are even easier, it's just a transparent layer with photoshop on top of the lineart, then a fuzzy brush with 50% transparence or whatever it's called in english, and go wild! what's fun is that it looks even better when you color outside the lines, and that's probably the only kind of lineart that does. (if you want the faded look, add a second transparent layer, color it with a light gray -- or several zigzags with the fuzzy brush like I did -- and then play with the settings to make it more blue or green or purple or whatever.)

(of course, if you don't have china ink, a brush, or photoshop, you're kinda screwed. oops. )

Frankly, it's so easy that I don't think i'll use the technique again, unless I find a neat sexy fighting pose that just screams "i need china ink on me, baby". And even so, I'm just. that. lazy.

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And the last. Really. Well, I don't PLAN on doing more, anyway... I'll see. It's a nice effect, at any rate.

Naruto: [link]
Sasuke: [link]

edit: alright!

The china ink is actually not so hard, you just have to be careful not to get ink everywhere, and learn how to use just the very tip to make fine lines, or push a little more to make thicker lines. (personally I use an inking pen-brush thing that comes with an ink cartidge included, which helps a lot, but it should also work with a standard brush dipped into an ink pot, just be very careful not to drip everywhere because china ink really doesn't wash off well. Or at all. Fair warning, I'm pretty sure you won't be able to use the brush for anything else afterwards, unless you rinse it immediately, and a lot.)

Practice on a piece of paper, make loops, little dots, see how the brush reacts and where it goes; it's not as solid as a pen, duh, and therefore won't stay put as well. It doesn't make for very precise details, but it's great at making composition and elegance of the characters' position stand out. Remember! *bullshit truth that I just figured out~* China ink isn't about exact precision, it's about elegance.

The colors are even easier, it's just a transparent layer with photoshop on top of the lineart, then a fuzzy brush with 50% transparence or whatever it's called in english, and go wild! what's fun is that it looks even better when you color outside the lines, and that's probably the only kind of lineart that does. (if you want the faded look, add a second transparent layer, color it with a light gray -- or several zigzags with the fuzzy brush like I did -- and then play with the settings to make it more blue or green or purple or whatever.)

(of course, if you don't have china ink, a brush, or photoshop, you're kinda screwed. oops. )

Frankly, it's so easy that I don't think i'll use the technique again, unless I find a neat sexy fighting pose that just screams "i need china ink on me, baby". And even so, I'm just. that. lazy.