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cakwe — How do I color and my FireAlpaca brushes settings
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Just after uploading this I realized that the title 'Coloring Tips' isn't really... tips on how to color.... so yeah the title of the deviation is more accurate.
Q & A sectionQ. On what opacity do you use your brushes to paint/blend colors?
A. I usually use the watercolor brushes around 10-40% opacity. Otherwise, the colors becomes either too weak or too strong. For the water brush, I recommend 10% opacity, and for the paint brush, I recommend going 100% because it's not meant for blending anyways.
Q. How to set the brush opacity?
A. Please take a look at this. sta.sh/214ufkvzwech
Q. What if I don't want to color at the same layer? What if I want to do the shading / highlights at a different layer? How to blend at different layer?
A. Please take a look at this set of tutorial. sta.sh/22a53jygighf
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glad it could help! good luck with your art!
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no problem! sharing is caring, right?
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this is great! I have the most trouble coloring and shading with this program it's crazy @_@
Thank you!
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no problem, glad you find it useful!
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Hello!
Did this tutorial help you?
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Oh! Thanks so much! Those are some really handy-dandy brushes to use. 
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I used Photoshop to compile all the screenshots i've taken while using FireAlpaca.
Actually, I used Photoshop for my drawings / paintings, that is, until I found the godsend FireAlpaca. Now I mainly draw on FireAlpaca and tweak / edit them later with Photoshop.
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Ah! Thank you! 
I think I'll try using it for combining the images too... Idk, photoshop is so, well, not free.
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Would you consider using GIMP instead of photoshop? That thing's free, and I know that several professional artist uses that program.
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Heey! Thanks so much for all the tips! You think Gimp would be better for combining images than FireAlpaca? Hmm, I might give it a try.
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Aah,, very helpfull!
Say, how do you color in the lineart tho? I'm horrible at filling color and i'm just simply curious
cakwe.. unyu amat namanya :3
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wah, baguslah membantu~
eh? saya sih males, jadi pake bucket tool / ember tumpah aja....
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Thanks for this! I actually used this tips for creating custom brushes on the Android art app Layer Paint HD which has striking similarities to FireAlpaca
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Isn't that because the developer of Layer Paint HD also contributed in developing FireAlpaca?
Anyways, glad it's useful for you!
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Oh, i didn't know that. No wonder it feels like i'm using FireAlpaca mobile version
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Just got my first tablet today and I used these brush settings!! Thank you so much for them :3 they work perfectly
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Glad they work perfectly for you!
Wow, you just got your first tablet? Congrats omg/// I noticed that your gallery is empty, so I guess I'm going to look forward to your new digital artworks!!
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Yesss
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Hi! I was wondering where I can download these brushes?
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No, you don't 'download' brushes in FireAlpaca.
Just like in Paint Tool Sai, you need to create them by yourself.
I gave the settings of my brushes on the tutorial above. So if you wanted the brushes, you just need to copy my settings!
Good luck and have fun with FireAlpaca!
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yes ummmm i lost the brushes! i was messing around and i clicked the "x" on the brushes choosing panel and im confuse
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please click "window > brush"
your brush window choosing panel should come back
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you beautiful soul.
thank you so much!!!!
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no problem! did you test the brushes yet? how did it go?
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It's going great!
i love the program and I really appreciate it thank you!!!!
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Thank you very much. This is really helping me out since I got started long ago. I love this brush settings. Thank you !
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I'm glad it helped! FireAlpaca is a really nice program, so I'm happy if more people uses it.
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Tar aku cobain deh... FireAlpaca bikin aku pusing, booo~
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haha, okelah~ gw sih suka firealpaca soalnya gratis dan interfacenya simple, jadi gampang untuk dipelajari dan dipakai....
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Bercanda lo?
Kaleringmu dah kece banget soalnya
Tukeran deh, ajarin gw gambar mecha. Gimana?
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kaga bang itu war kemaren gue masi pake referensi
yaudah tukeran sini, mecha gue juga masih nyoba2 kaleringnya
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Oh gosh, it's pretty rare to see FireAlpaca tuts/videos, so thank you for this!
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Sebenernya ini udah lama saya post, tapi baru aja saya tambahin bagian Q&A dan ada info supplemental tentang coloring, jadi....
semoga membantu yaaa
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Thank you so much for this I primarily us FireAlpaca for all of my drawings and this really helps me out a lot!
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I use FireAlpaca a lot too, and I think it's a really great, FREE program that works on both mac and windows. It's a super awesome program for beginners because it's simple too, so I would like to see more people use the program.
So i'm glad if it's useful for you, and I hope it will help more FireAlpaca users too!
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I really is a great program I love the smooth lines it can produce as well
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How do you set the brushes opacity?? I just started using FireAlpaca
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I made this for your reference, please take a look!
sta.sh/214ufkvzwech
If there's anything else that confuses you, feel free to ask me about it!
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Thank you so much!!!! I really appreciate it
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Thank you so much! This was super duper helpful!
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I'm having a problem with firealpaca, I was drawing a picture then I made a new layer and started colouring. But for some reason I can only colour small random areas and not the areas that I want to colour. Do you know why this is?
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"can only colour small random areas and not the areas that I want to colour"
that... sounded like you turned the scatter brush option on.
in the case you didn't, it might be a glitch or error.
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