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Published: 2013-07-09 03:22:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 17408; Favourites: 734; Downloads: 141
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Some people have asked me questions like 'can you teach me how to colour the way you do, or do you have any tips about colouring/shading in general', and while I'm not exactly learned enough to give proper advice, I can certainly do a step-by-step explaining the way I colour using the most basic tools and techniques available.Done in Sai with default brushes. Well, the bar 1 em setting is custom, but you're probably going to get the same effect using Flat Rough or some other similar flat brush.
The important thing is to know how to use the dropper tool to ease into colours nicely and paint using flat shading efficiently before attempting any blending, and of course, having an understanding of the way light falls over objetcts. If you're having trouble with shadows, I suggest practicing with simplistic shapes and objects.
also, I'm lazy so I constantly flatten and work over my layers to avoid having to juggle them. If you have the patience to manage multiple layers for a neater lineart/more manageable shading then go right ahead, but I find that painting over the top of everything works best for me. (I keep backgrounds separate from character images of course, and things like effects and ambiant lighting on their own layers)
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I kinda got stuck on the first step, i didn't get the pressure thing and Β pressure thing tbh.
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I tried this out and I think it's kinda cool(just takes a while lol)Β
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I think it means you just combine the two separate layers together into one
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Even though this is a quite old devianation, it helped me SO MUCH in painting without annoying lineart, THANK YOU
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Also, is this any good for a first try?Β dimblomb.deviantart.com/art/Coβ¦
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Just wondering, what do you do when you paint over the yukky black lines. Just use a solid brush or something?
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Um yo I'm curious about the part of painting over the library I normally use the ink pen. Like what do you do in the 3rd and 5th panels?
Like i understand I'm suppose to go over the lines but they still kinda show in the middle of the overall stroke over?
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Thankyou! this was both simple enough yet detailed enough
I've dug through literally hundreds of lessons and tutorials, but I think this might be the one that actually makes it click!
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GAH! =w= I come back to this too much. My brushes never seem to look the same as yours, but maybe that's just me. I did come close I think with aΒ style test Β but when I tried applying that to a full piece it didn't end up quiiiite the same.Β [Link] Β xP
Oh well, I'll keep trying! The tutorial has been a great help!
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Hi! I thought this was a lovely little walkthrough I tried it out:Β fav.me/d6dt2hu
Would it be okay if I continued to experiment with this way of coloring?
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of course! That's the whole point of a tutorial like this. Feel free to figure out what works for you and what doesn't.
That's really cool too, I love sableyes.
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is the bar 1 em setting easy to make?
Anyways, I like the idea of painting out a palate, do you do that on a different layer or just right there on the layer you're working on?
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It shows in the process that I make a new layer for coulouring underneath stuff, but then I flatten it and do it all on the same layer as necessary. Of course I keep things like characters and backgrounds separated but for simplicity I prefer to do all my painting on the same layer.
As for the bar setting, it's just a simple flat line brush I believe. a small filled rectangle.
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Haha I have yet to get the hang of it but I triedΒ grypheonix.deviantart.com/art/...
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I had to prove that I could amount to something this picked me up when I was down this put me back in the swing of things I figured I should share the wealth
[link]
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That's so nice of you for sharing your coloring tutorial
This is really helpful and I hope I can try this as soon as possible
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Well I'll probably try this anyways, even though I'm not much but a mouse user. >u< This is super helpful though; I've always wondered how you do your process, but I was too nervous to ask hehe.
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I really need to get Sai one of these days >.< My trial ran out before I figured out how to use it xD
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sadly not, the blending and outline tweaking requires some kind of pressure sensitivity. Without it you're going to end up with very hard, jagged corners.
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I noticed xD though i did manage to creat similar stuff with two pictures i did, using the flt brush like that. (( [link] & [link] ))
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Hey, very nicely done for a mouse. Guess it was still a little helpful after all!
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Oh, wow, thank you for posting this!!! 8DDD I've always admired your colouring skills, but I never dared to try and bug you about how. X'P You make it seem so simple, haha~!! X'DDDD Ah well~ I'm going to give this a try at once! 8u8/
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Hey, very nice! I like the colours you chose, very light and pretty.
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Awesome! I always wonder how you managed such vivid colors and now I know! Maybe I'll try this style sometime and paint one of your characters in it? I'll make sure to link it if I ever get around to it!
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I love seeing how other artists work.
I wish I was good enough with Sai's brushes to paint on so few layers.
I usually end up with so many layers that I have to put them in groups.
And even then it's still a mess, lol.
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I used to use a LOT of layers. there's actually nothing wrong with using lots of layers, but I found that personally it was causing me to lose out on a lot of completion time when I had to sift through tons of layers just to find what I wanted to edit. So nowadays I prefer to keep them to a minimum and simply paint over mistakes directly.
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Looks very interesing. Thanks for show to me your colours process on your stories.
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This is so helpful! I'll be sure to credit you when I test it out :3
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