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Paint Tool SAI Basics tutorial
Published: 2011-07-16 12:13:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 226011; Favourites: 9098; Downloads: 4860
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My first tutorial, EVER.And I'm so excited that it's done yet terrified because I surely made mistakes and typos and more mistakes
And note that english is not my native language so I can't express myself as fluently as I would in finnish.
Anyway~
This tutorial is about Paint Tool SAI basics that I could think of when I was constructing this. I most likely forgot to mention a million things~
Also this is kinda just tutorial practise; I will be making coloring and drawing tutorials later(And I really mean LATER) and they take so much more time and effort~
Still, hopefully this helps somebody~
"Where can I get this awesome program?"
This is the official site, I think: www.systemax.jp/en/sai/
You can download a 31 day trial version, but after that you'll have to buy it.
Piracy exist, but I don't know where.
Finished picture:
tutorial, my oc SaiΒ©Me
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I know that the easy pattern can be done by clipping group. I'm completely self-taught with both photoshop and SAI so I've just developed my own ways.
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Comments: 676
Well i think the pen is the lineart tool right?
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At least I use it for doing lineart. ^^
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Yes, i mean. its only that the tools on my pain tool sai seem, to have different names. and i have multiple tool instead of one. instead of the tool you have i have the: lineart, colour and sketch
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It is very easy to learn from your tutorial. Glad you make it done in a very simple way, Thank you very much BloodlineV
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nice tutorials. very good.
I learned a lot from them. I still need some time to digest all of tutorials. Anyway, thanks a lot.
Just for your informatio, I am new to Paint tool sai. I used to paint with a goodΒ Alternative to Paint for MacΒ Β named MyBrushes app.Β
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As a digital art beginner, this was super helpful!! Definitely adding to my favourites
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I don't even use Sai, but this was still very helpful ^-^
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Hello, mind if I ask what the settings for your line art are? Thanks! Very helpful tutorial btw
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Hi and sorry for the late reply! v - v''
For lineart I use the pen tool on default setting but I reduce the opacity to 60-70% to give it a bit softer look.
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Silly question, but did you use some form of tablet (like Wacom) to do this? If not, is paint tool SAI compatible with such devices. I'm going to buy one regardless for Christmas, but my software choice may have to change.
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Okay, so you layer the lineart? And would you suggest having the lineart be black or a much darker version of the color?
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Yes, I usually draw the lineart with black and recolor it afterwards if needed.
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Recolor the lineart?
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Yes, you can color the lineart with a different color once you lock the layer's pixels with "opacity lock".
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huh. I'll try that. so you can just select it or something,and choose a color?
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You don't have to select anything: when you use opacity lock on a certain layer all the pixels on that layer will be locked and you can sort of paint over them.
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I've been looking for ages how to draw only on the pixels omg thank you for this tutorial! *favorited for future reference 
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How exactly did you change the color of the lineart in SAI? I'm trying to figure out how cause I saw that you went from red to black
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On the lineart layer, click the "Preserve Opacity" button on top of the "layers" box. Once you've done that, just colour over the lines with the colour you want. c: Hope that made a bit of sense...
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You're my savoir! I just got sai paint tool and I had know idea how to work it.
ps . did you name your oc after Sai?
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Glad I could help- ^^
mmaybeβ¦..
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This. This tutorial. It totally caught my eye, seriously, those little drawings of you and all the explanations.... Damn, that sure was a lot of work. 
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Eto, what version of SAI are you using?
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Thank oyu very much for making the tutorial, i normally make art in photoshop but heard from people that making lineart in Paint tool sai is the best, i tested it and they're right! really thank you very much for making this tutorial! it helped me C:
and keep it up wit hthe great work!
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I've already known most of this, but it's still somehow helpful to see it written out. ;w;
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OMG, this is so cool and helpful!!!
And I have a question... What did you use to do the outline? Did you do it on the lineart layer or by just using the pen tool?
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I'm glad you found it helpful. ^^
I'm just using the pen tool on normal layer.
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Hey can u help me with something? My "Selection Source" is off to the side and not underneath the "Clipping Group" Can you help? Or how come urs is moved around?
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Sorry for the late reply!
The tabs move around when you adjust the width of the whole layers panel.
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Excellent tutorial!! I'll definitely reference this in future! Well done!
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Omgosh! I was wondering how to only draw on the pixels! This was so helpful, I'm really excited to start drawing when I get home. ^^
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nice basic tutorial, thank you!
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This tutorial is so helpful! Thank you so much for making this! ^^ It has helped me greatly! <3
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Hello, I just downloaded PTS just now and I'm a completely newbie to using this program. I was wondering if you could do a tutorial for getting tools for paint tool sai! Please and thank you!
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Could you do a separate tutorial on the lineart and make it more in-depth? I looked up tutorials like this to learn more tips on lineart. All you truly did was show us a few pictures.
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thanks this tutorial helped me so much! i just recently got a tablet and paint tool SAI
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Could you detail the lineart part more? As in how did you set your pen tool doing the lineart?
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Thanks! This will really help me
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I think you can select a layer by holding ctrl and then left or right click on the layer xDΒ
BTW nice tutorial XD
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