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part one of my gimp tutorial IS *FINALLY* UPDATED : D
part two will be updated soon, look for it tonight or tomorrow~!

It's easier to understand now, as well as less text-wall-ish. Also, more visually appealing, YAY(the old image was, well... old...).
I've also added a different method of lineart, for you tablet users ;D

Personally, I used a bit of both methods to make those lines. Buuut anyway, hope you guys like the improvement. Let me know if you want a link to the old tutorial here, which is shorter but a little obscure, ha.

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Please, READ IT! I cannot stress how much I would've known sooner than now if I'd actually READ the tutorials rather than stared at the images briefly. My content isn't long, and it's pretty easy to understand, so please READ it. And I'm not saying this for my benefit, cause it doesn't affect me if you read it or not, but you'll learn quicker if you take 3 minutes of your time to actually read the content. Thanks.

PART 2 - COLORING/SHADING [link]

NEW
What To Do If You Accidentally Click Out of the Path Tool and Your Lines Disappear (Credit to ~Kay-Kayz . Thanks!)
" In the tab that is at the very bottom of your tool optoins menu, usually where tool status is, there should be a tiny little arrow in a box near the name of the tool you're working with.
click on the tiny arrow, and go down to the "add tab" option.
Once thats done, just click the "paths" option
And now, if you acidently click on something else while working with paths, just go to that tab, click on the eye thing(like the vision button for multiple layers)and it should show back up, as a highlighted kinda line. you can always just edit it if you messed uptoo! "

HEYYYYY HERE'S THE FINISHED VERSION OF THE DRAWING FEATURED HEREEE: [link]
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Comments: 183

alvama [2009-11-18 14:03:19 +0000 UTC]

ah thanks.. i have been failing with gimp for days XD

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whipscorpion [2009-10-29 07:57:39 +0000 UTC]

Interesting tutorial, very simple which I like of course. Most surely help me in the future since I'm still working with GIMP.

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DTrain2695 In reply to ??? [2009-10-10 19:31:05 +0000 UTC]

The side box isn't appearing for mine and I pressed new layer and named it lineart.

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leleexx In reply to ??? [2009-10-05 08:16:57 +0000 UTC]

oooh! very well done!

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MadMikeyB [2009-09-25 22:24:00 +0000 UTC]

Hi, I love this tut and was wondering if you'd mind me posting this on my site with full accredition to you of course.

Thought I'd drop you a comment rather than just posting it. the site is [link]

Please reply

Thanks

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chex-mix In reply to MadMikeyB [2009-09-27 20:26:08 +0000 UTC]

Sure you can!
Thanks for asking first.

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MadMikeyB In reply to chex-mix [2009-09-28 00:44:51 +0000 UTC]

posted here [link]

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Amori [2009-09-19 05:03:43 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the tut.

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Sweet-Angel7 [2009-09-13 18:32:41 +0000 UTC]

Thank you ^^

Great tutorial

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ZakRila [2009-09-03 10:57:36 +0000 UTC]

but how can i unlock the layer

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chex-mix In reply to ZakRila [2009-09-05 18:04:02 +0000 UTC]

uncheck the box and check it again when you're done/want to lock it again.

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sAviNA-chAn [2009-08-29 15:54:15 +0000 UTC]

but when i select the lineart layer i can't do anything

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chex-mix In reply to sAviNA-chAn [2009-08-30 17:53:48 +0000 UTC]

it won't let you add anything to the layer if it's locked
so if you want to change something, uncheck the box and check it again when you're done.

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ZakRila [2009-08-21 14:29:42 +0000 UTC]

is this gimp 2?

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chex-mix In reply to ZakRila [2009-08-21 20:24:58 +0000 UTC]

yes.
It's an older version of it though.
I'm gonna update it soon to show the newer version, but the tools are all the same.

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ZakRila In reply to chex-mix [2009-08-22 08:18:09 +0000 UTC]

yay

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JineruLockheart [2009-08-19 15:01:13 +0000 UTC]

You have no idea how much you have helped me Your tutorial was great, thank you so much

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chex-mix In reply to JineruLockheart [2009-08-20 03:04:26 +0000 UTC]

Aww I'm glad it helped [; !
no problem~

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StolenUser [2009-08-16 01:33:50 +0000 UTC]

This is very helpful, but where to you go to make the box with all the layers show up? I can't figure it out.

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chex-mix In reply to StolenUser [2009-08-16 16:02:50 +0000 UTC]

it should be open when you open the program,
if not you can go to Windows > Dockable Dialogs and click layers. [;

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StolenUser In reply to chex-mix [2009-08-16 17:03:39 +0000 UTC]

Okay, I got it This make GIMP so much easier, before I had swtich between layers manually

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LillyCrystal In reply to ??? [2009-08-15 00:10:00 +0000 UTC]

this has helped so much! thank you

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chex-mix In reply to LillyCrystal [2009-08-15 00:14:02 +0000 UTC]

no prob, glad you found it helpful [;

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XxBlackRevengexX In reply to ??? [2009-07-25 04:48:07 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!

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chex-mix In reply to XxBlackRevengexX [2009-08-13 23:54:14 +0000 UTC]

no problem~!

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Dawnight04 [2009-07-11 02:15:30 +0000 UTC]

wow, this will surely help me.... thank you for posting it!!!

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chex-mix In reply to Dawnight04 [2009-08-13 23:53:59 +0000 UTC]

no problem C:

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fizzing-dragon [2009-07-10 17:01:55 +0000 UTC]

ed! It has helped me a huge amount thanks.

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chex-mix In reply to fizzing-dragon [2009-08-13 23:53:07 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!
Glad this helped you out [x

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fizzing-dragon In reply to chex-mix [2009-08-14 08:52:31 +0000 UTC]

It did. ^^ Your welcome.

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thisisme77 [2009-06-10 18:42:11 +0000 UTC]

Very useful thanks!

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chex-mix In reply to thisisme77 [2009-08-13 23:52:45 +0000 UTC]

no prob, happy I could help~

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Edimmu [2009-06-07 15:38:02 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for that! Finally learned something.

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chex-mix In reply to Edimmu [2009-08-13 23:52:26 +0000 UTC]

glad it helped [:

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Silverstream06 [2009-04-23 01:28:43 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for doing a tutorial. XD I've just started using GIMP and the path tool isn't my best friend at the moment. I need to work on my lines lol.

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chex-mix In reply to Silverstream06 [2009-08-13 23:52:16 +0000 UTC]

no problem!

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EmilyFreeze [2009-04-17 05:54:51 +0000 UTC]

Lol. where is the layer tab?

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chex-mix In reply to EmilyFreeze [2009-08-13 23:51:33 +0000 UTC]

it should be open when you open the program,
if not you can go to Windows > Dockable Dialogs and click layers.
[you probably already have this solved but I'm gonna reply anyway haha]

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EmilyFreeze In reply to chex-mix [2009-08-17 22:19:23 +0000 UTC]

yeah... A little late but thanks anyways XDD I figured it out on google XDD

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exquiro [2009-02-03 19:37:16 +0000 UTC]

This was really useful! Thanks! Now I can finally get going on a webcomic or summat

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chex-mix In reply to exquiro [2009-08-13 23:50:59 +0000 UTC]

no problem, glad you found it helpful!

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aquabreeze87 [2009-01-31 21:59:42 +0000 UTC]

I have gimp 2.6, and I can't find the layers O_o

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chex-mix In reply to aquabreeze87 [2009-08-13 23:50:20 +0000 UTC]

it should be open when you open the program,
if not you can go to Windows > Dockable Dialogs and click layers.
[you probably already have this solved but I'm gonna replying anyway haha]

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Rooster89 [2008-11-15 03:39:32 +0000 UTC]

very helpful thanks

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chex-mix In reply to Rooster89 [2009-08-13 23:47:36 +0000 UTC]

no problem [:

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RomeCat17 In reply to ??? [2008-10-24 16:35:57 +0000 UTC]

Nice tutorial. :3

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chex-mix In reply to RomeCat17 [2009-08-13 23:47:26 +0000 UTC]

thank you~

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RomeCat17 In reply to chex-mix [2009-08-14 04:23:01 +0000 UTC]

welcome.

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kingdomjacko [2008-10-09 02:09:19 +0000 UTC]

Needs to fav so can get back to it

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Apri-werewolf In reply to ??? [2008-10-09 01:36:22 +0000 UTC]

Wow, I didn't know a LOT of the tools you mentioned here (Well, you learn something new everyday! XD)
Thanks for putting this up ^^ I can now color a sketch!

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