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Paint Tool SAI Basics tutorial
Published: 2011-07-16 12:13:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 226021; 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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Oh.. well, thanks anyway! I think I actually figured it out myself :3
Welcome(:
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what kind of tablet do you use and it is it pressure sensitive? Because I cannot get that smooth brush look with the pen and I use the same settings....
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I use an old Wacom GD and occasionally Wacom Intuos 3, and yes, they're pressure sensitive.
I don't always use the settings portrayed in this tutorial, I change them depending on the picture's style.
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For some reason, I can't change the shape of my lines like in the "make it interesting" part of this tutorial. I'm not sure if it's SAI or my tablet. What are your thoughts on that? It's been bugging me for a while
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Well, if the pressure option doesn't work the problem is usually in the tablet.. P:
But I can't really say for sure.
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I also use the pen to do the lineart but when it's finished it always looks so messy.
I really try to make it look good but it always ends up looking so super messy.
What should i do ?
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I don't know.... I'm not an official help center....
Try reducing the edge hardness on the advanced settings....?
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Try making first a sketch, and the lineart in another layer, using a LINEWORK type of layer 
Hope that helps you
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Actually i already tried that but it still looks messy.
I also tried different ways of doing the lineart and i figured out that the pen tool works best for me.
But thank You anyway.
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thank you so much!!! just got sai today and just looking at it confused the hell out of me. but your tutorial makes things seem sooo simple
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AHMAIGAWD. *O* you're a freaking life saver!
If i could, i'd freaking hug you and kiss your cheeks... and vomit rainbows and butterflies with a unicorn prancing around us!
Not really, but still...
Thanks so much! This will help me tremendously! @U@
(ps. i hope i didn't freak you out with the whole vomitting rainbows and stuff oxo;; )
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I got so far into doing this with layering, and I kept screweing up. Then I remembered, "Opacity lock!" I went to the exact area where your Opacity lock function is located, but it's not there!
All I see is "Clipping Group" and "Preserve Opacity" but preserve opacity is locked because it's a line work layer. Help me... D:
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Preserve Opacity means the same as opacity lock. :3 Just click the tab.
I never use linework layers, because I don't know how they work.
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Reallyyyyy? :C
Oh, and I figured that out eventually.. after about an hour of testing and stuff. :C
Thanks though <3
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It's a great tutorial, but you don't give any specific way to make the pen tool smooth. I've tried to put the quality and stuff, but I don't have 'max density' and it won't let me acess the other besides the last two, even though it is already set the way it should be in this tut.
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that piercing looks very hazardous lol
imagine if it got caught on something
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I know, what if he jumps off a building and the chain on his mouth and ear got caught on a lightpost
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This is going to be very helpful!!
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simple explain,good tutorial
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its perfect....
i so badly wanted some help with Sai....and here it is....
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How do you get your pen tool so.. smooth? 
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With proper settings, a good tablet and a steady hand. ^^
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I've got to say: This has been the most helpful tutorial I've come across.
Thank you very much for putting it up.
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Thank you for this!!
I just got (downloaded) Paint Tool SAI and I'm trying to learn some of the basics because it's all so confusing at first.
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this is not basic for me. 
btw, thanks for the tutorial
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i have been having so much trouble with the lineart. You see, I cant get it to be smooth and fade out at the edges like yours. I have been told to use a tablet, adjust the pressure/min size/ stabilizer and I have tried all that yet I still cannot get the lineart smooth like that. Please help!
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Well I can't know what is causing the problem... P:
Have you tried the "advanced settings" tab below the pen properties? Try to reduce the "Edge Hardness" to 0.
I don't know anything else to suggest. :/
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i have. I guess the program just doesn't like me XD but, who knows, maybe the programs just derpin with me... but thanks for your suggestion c:
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how do you get the transperant background?
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I don't know if it possible to get a transparent background in SAI, I use Photoshop for that.
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So you draw the rough sketch and put the line art in a different layer?
I've always had trouble with layers, this made it really simple. Thanks so much!
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how do i make that link how you have to the lineart i can't make it like that
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thx for the tutorial, this will help me out ALOT!
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WHY? Why my brush in SAI just is a broken line and stupid cicle point?
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I don't get the pattern thingy...where should I place the new layer(that was named "pattern")? below the lineart or above it?
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Lineart is always uppermost. Everything else goes below it including the pattern layer.
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what tablet did you use on this?? by the way,, nice tutorial ^_^
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Thank you. ^^
A really old Wacom GD.
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i don't even have sai and i find this helpful ^-^
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How to have a line with a peak at the end and at the end? I can not get a do .. Pourais you help me?
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First of all you have to use a tablet.
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Yes, my problem is resolut
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thanks~! This is really helpful
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Do you use a drawing tablet for this?
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