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Paint Tool SAI Basics tutorial
Published: 2011-07-16 12:13:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 226013; 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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The preserve opacity is the same as opacity lock. (:
Are you using an linework layer? If so the preserve opacity doesn't work.
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oh i understand now!! thanks xD
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Thank you so much!!! You explained it very well even if it's in english, and it helped me!!
I linked this tutorial from my art so people can go see this.
My art's link -> [link]
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im having problems with 'smooth lines'
i use the pen tool and it never comes out smooth for me. ._. i look up tutorials but none really tell me how to fix that. i even tried setting it to what the picture in your tutorial had.
thats my problem and i hope you reply. c:
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Try reducing the edge hardness/hardness of the pen tool. You can find it by clicking the "advanced settings" tab below the pen settings.
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okay, i'll try, thank you. c:
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sorry.. i want ask u something..
how can i make the line like that? at the "make it interesting" part..
i dont understand.. can u make the tutorial how to make line like that?
plz reply
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Just draw it thicker at some points. Take the pen tool and make the line wider.
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oh..
well, thanks a lot~
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Woah, this was such a helpful tutorial xD I think I learned more reading this than when I was drawing a turtle for fun on sai (or would ever learn by trying to figure it out myself lol) xD I think after reading this layers make sense because I always put my layers on in the wrong order (or never locked them xD wow, so useful). Thanks for making this tutorial! I love your art and your tutorial! Also, your English is perfectly fine!!
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Thank you so much for the tutorial ^^
I was wondering, have you done a tutorial on things like using the magic wand?
I've seen people use it to do coloring stuff but I'm not sure how to use it well >.< Like, I get it but I wonder how people change the color in it.
This might be a stupid question because I THINK you covered it already in here but yeah >.<
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I actually didn't mention the magic wand, because I don't use it myself. : D
You should probably ask from someone who does use it.
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ahhh I want to chomp this guy up
sooo hawwtttt
and this was a helpful tutorial thanks so much
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Oooh, I didn't know about the pattern part of SAI *__*
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You can also create the same look by using the "clipping group" tab in the layer options. (:
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Oooh! I was wondering if clipping would create a similar effect. Thanks 
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this helped a lot but my pen pressure isn't working 
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Then the problem might be in your tablet. > 3 >/
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Thank you!!! This is so helpful!!!
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thanks a lot, paint tool sai looked seemed like chinese to me at first but this helped a lot!!
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this seems much easier than using the stupid curve tool.. thank you
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i dont have opacity look OAO
and how to colour the skin but no erase the line art
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The opacity lock can also carry the name "preserve opacity".
Put the lineart and skin color on separate layers and put the lineart layer on top.
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hmm...to have a perfect sketch, it means u need to have a tablet ryt?
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Well drawing with a mouse is hell. :'D
But of course, you can draw the sketch traditionally and then scan it to your computer.
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yeah...it is so difficult to draw with a mouse...LOL..^_^..thanks 4 d info..
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Bloodlinev, I must say, thank you for this tutorial, it has helped me alot.
Jam-Marvin, how old are you? From the lack of grammar and "txt tawlk" I'm guessing 10-8. I'd appreciate if you would speak correctly and not use degenerate idiot language.
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sorry not meaning to cause a fight but im just saying that soem people type fast liek me, and make a lot of mistakes, adn some people are used to typing with texting stuff like ryt and gtg. thats it, just kinda felt bad. :I
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Thank you for sharing techniques
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How do you add volume to strokes? Like, how do you get them to go smaller when they end?
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You need to have a tablet with a pressure property.
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Very useful basic tutorial and I've found the selection by transformation tool a clever idea, despite the clipping group thing
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I cannot find the [None] Options in the textures in my SAI. what do I have to do to make them appear?
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Maybe you have a different version of SAI and the none option is there but with a different name. P:
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THIS HELPS ALOTTTT
but what do i use for the lineart??
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Okay thankyou!
also, how long does it take getting used to drawing from scratch on the tablet? I scan my traditional and then yeah, so I'd like to know c: cause if you made this tut, then your art is amazingggg
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I actually think it's easier to sketch on the computer than on regular paper because the "undo" button.. : DD
But I guess if you started to drawing the pictures from the scratch with the tablet now.. you'd probably be confortable with it in a week or two, depending on how much you draw daily. :3
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hmmm alrighty! thankyou c:
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um hmmm o3o I don't think I can sketch with my laptop but great tutorial ;D
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THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU so much I've been driving NUTS--- Ok not that bad but still, I just started with all this in SAI and a few things you said here and there will do the trick, quite a bunch of details I didn't know and you explained it all really well, so it's easy to follow. Great Tutorial!
Thank you, again.
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this has helped alot thanyou so much
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How do you thingy the thickness of the line? xD
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If your tablet has a pressure property the thickness of the line should vary automatically. c:
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Ohhhhhh you used a tablet??? No wonder. Hhahah Sorryyy! xD I didn't know(x
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Haha I probably should have mentioned it in the beginning... orz
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