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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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I didn't use scatter brush so it probably was a glitch, but don't worry, it's under control for now.
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Thank you, this was very helpful since I'm kind of new to using firealpaca!
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no problem! I'm glad it helped
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I got a question. Is the coloring all done on the same layer? D: or are they separate layers? Like shading is one layer and the highlighting is another?
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Yes, in the example I give up there, I use only one layer for coloring her hair.
but if you do want to use a different layer to put shading and highlights, that's also doable, especially if you use the "water" settings to blend it. For example, I did that with some parts of this image here :
But in all of my works, I mainly use one layer for everything, though. My computer is a tad slow, so I can't have the luxury of 38488385 layers in one file.
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Oooh thank you for answering!
I guess I will experiment with both and see!
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Hello! I decided to make a mini-tutorial on how to do shading and highlights on another layer.
I am copy-pasting my artist comment from the tutorial because I am on my phone at the moment LOL but here it is:
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
Hope it helped!
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Thank you so much for letting me know!
I've been following your tutorial here and it's been super helpful already. Thanks again!
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I was having trouble with FireAlpaca's blending till I found this, because Firealpaca is the best free program I've ever seen but every free programs has its ups and downs
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I'm glad it helped you, though. Because I finally found the right combinations after hours and hours of tweaking and trial and error LOL
They do, they do. ups and downs, huh...
> Photoshop has lots of filters and cool effects, but it's not great (read : sucks so bad) at blending colors smoothly like sai or even firealpaca does. This is also because the program isn't intended for painting, but more to photo manipulation.
> Sai is better but the file extension .sai is really rarely used, so it makes the user dependent on the program should they use .sai exclusive features (for example, the fringe effect that gives the famous watercolor edge look)
> Firealpaca is almost like paint and sai making a lovechild. #bRICKED---- super limited features but has sai's watercolor tool, though the settings are, again, limited. good for beginners and those who just started drawing.
But sometimes people just need to find the right combination. For me, drawing in FA and then edit it in PS is my usual workflow, and now i've gotten used to it.
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True, most artists use a program for drawing then a program for the after effects.
I use FireAlpaca and Gimp. I used to use Illustudio and Gimp but I didn't like that program very much, not only was is not translated properly but its over featured, Illustudio is sai, photoshop and open canvas all in one. Many people think thats a good thing but its practically has everything even 3D function so I don't like that. I like the simple stuff. I used to use sai a very long time ago before a grew a hatred for the program. I don't like sai because every one uses it and I Hate photoshop for the same reason and the fact there's no trial and its so expensive.
Everyone using Sai makes it boring, it just takes all the fun out of it. So I started using Gimp by itself but because it's just a powerful image editor, it didn't do me any good. Then I discovered FA and fell in love, nice simple and got all the stuff I need, not over loaded and not over used and sucked boring^^
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No problem! I'm glad this helped, hope you can continue to make more awesome arts!
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BLESS YOUR SOUL! I have no idea how to make brushes/how to get FA to FRICKIN' BLEND THE PITCHIN' COLORS, this was a massive help.
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I'm very glad that this helped you!
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This actually helped me quite a bit. I've been getting used to FireAlpaca lately, and I've been experimenting with color and stuff. Good to know a way to blend colors together on that program. Thanks!
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I'm glad it helped! and it's good to experiment~
oh and as a footnote, i usually set the brush's density at really low value to make the blending smoother, around 10 or so
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Oh my cheezits...thank you. this helped so much!
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i'm glad that this helped you! should you have any questions, feel free to ask!
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glad you liked it! i hope it helps you make more amazing arts~
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do you have any tips on how to make a good inking brush in fire alpaca?
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all this time, i've been inking with the default pen brush that comes with FA...
personally, when inking i like thicker and opaque lines, so that brush works just fine with me. And when my hand is unable to make stable lines, i use correction at 19 and do it slowly....
sorry if i am not able to help at all!
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thank you!! Don't worry, that did help me!!
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sasuga cakwe pake sotosop tapi kayak pakek SAI
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eh? tapi delin, meski gw pake soto, ini tutorialnya ngga pake sotosop kok....
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asfhdks eeeh bukannya mau nyalahin delin kok ;;;v;;// #touch
delin pake sai ya? soalnya dulu coba sai kok rasanya susah gitu---
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iya, saya terbalik dari kebanyakan orang yang bilang sai gampang bisa pake sih, tapi kayaknya ngga sreg aja;;;
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lalu ternyata aku salah ngeh, firealpaca
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Oh my gosh!! i'll try it!!*--* Thank you so much for the tuto >u<
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no problem! try it and see if it works for you~
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T-This is amazing! I've been experimenting with making new brushes for shading because FireAlpaca doesn't really have decent brushes for that, but this is awesome. Most definitely what I need. Thanks for sharing this.
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No problem! I am glad that this could help you~
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The Ease of Mixing and Load Color box isn't there for me...
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Uh... It should appear?
For me, i clicked the "new brush" icon, and selected "watercolor" instead of "pen" at the type dropdown menu.
Perhaps you need to update to the newer version of firealpaca?
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I use the newest version...^^'
Thanks anyway!
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What image sizes do you typically use?
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When using my laptop, i usually go between 2000 to 5000 pixels, but occasionally when doing something more serious i blow it up to 9000-ish.... and then i wonder why is it running so slowly
The maximum pixel size in firealpaca is 10 000 pixels though.
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I knew about the max size. Thanks for the info!
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