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Published: 2006-06-03 03:05:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 12918; Favourites: 206; Downloads: 1249
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I've had a few requests for a lineart tutorial in addition to some other types
A lineart tutorial is conveniently quicker to make though <_< But I'll get to work on some more soonly 
Hopefully you find this one useful. It may not be as eh.. magical as you might have hoped
But these are the tricks I use to make clean lines digitally 
And remember, in addition to tricks, you also need to practice! Yaaay! Everyone loves hearing that, right? 
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did you make the lineart with "pen tool" in this?
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No, just the standard hard round brush at varying sizes
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it really helps!
thank you
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DX Thats how you do it?
Well, Bugger Me!
Thank You #^.^#
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Cool :d hey just wondering here, when doing the line art do u use the pencil or brush?
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I use the brush :] I rarely use the pencil unless it needs to be pixel accurate cause that's all the pencil really does is draw pixels as it has no softness to the edge. But I guess if you like the look of the line, you can use the pencil for sketching. It would have a really graphical look. It's up to you :]
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Um not to be a bother but How do you make a lineart from scratch? As in you do everything with the tablet and havent had a hand-drawn pic to ref by?
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That's alright :] I usually do everything with my tablet from sketch to finish, but you can start with a hand-drawn picture as well. Just scan it an open in photoshop and follow the rest of the tutorial. You can use reference if it makes you feel more comfortable. The purpose of this tutorial is just to show the technique I use to clean up the lines in such a way that they may be colored easily. :]
Also, to make a new layer to can press Ctrl+Shift+N or click the little button that looks like a page with the corner flipped up. In the tutorial, you can see it in step 3 at the bottom of the layers window, second from the right. Next to the trash can.
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OMG I was studying people art and notice the origianl canvas size. If this was told a bit more, a lot of people wouldnt have problems with coloring.
My only question, do you resize after you color or before?
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Cool, I'm glad it helped! I resize after I color it 
Also... don't just color/ink the image at 50 %; you can start that way so you get a good sense of how the piece is working on a whole, but make sure to zoom in and clean up :] The pic should still look good at 100% no matter how big it is, but making the canvas bigger will definitely help you clean up the lines and choosing a higher DPI will give you more pixels to work with so everything is overall smoother even at 100%. :]
Hope that was helpful! I'm glad you enjoyed the tutorial.
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That's the best reply i received in months...
I fully understand. I was practicing the other day and i found it comfortable to draw at 200%. All i really need is a better conception of colors and designs.
But anyway thanks a lot. I'm currently drawing 2100x2100 on average (7x7in.) with 300dpi I noticed a huge improvement in my art and it's all because of you. Thanks
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Your tutorials are amazing.
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This'll be great when I get my Tablet. Thanks for making it! And congrats on getting the Cintiq.
Have fun, and remember, drawing isn't supposed to be perfect, just fun.
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this was wayyy helpful thaannkk you i never new how to resize in photoshop
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Gahh I totally respect people who can do digital lineart like you can T____T Mine looks all wonky and ridiculous. And I prefer to use pens for inking purposes... it feels more personal *dies*
But this is a great tutorial if I ever want to do digital inking *___* Thanks !!
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wow thats pretty cool, what version of photoshop do u use?
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Holy Rosary!
I haven't gone through or even full veiwed it yet, but OMGP I'm so excited. 
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I will definitely have to give this a try some time.
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Nice ^^ I used to do all my lineart in Photoshop (a lot like that, actually), but it was really time consuming for me - I have really, really shaky hands. So I still prefer to finalize all my lineart with a pencil. I find a pencil/micron pen much easier to control than my tablet.
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shweet. Yah, I'd really like to get back into pencil drawings.. but I don't have much free time right now with school and all.. plus my scanner doesn't even work ><
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OOO! That helps me a whole lot! XD
Btw... what's a tablet?
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yay, glad it helped ^_^
tablet: [link]
check them out here: [link]
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Why did it never occur to me to fiddle with my Wacom's hardness settings ._. DUH.
Thankyou for bringing that to light.
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welcome :3 So glad it was useful
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Thankyouthank you for this tutorial, cuz im new on photoshop 7
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thanks, glad it was helpful ^^ No, I probably won't post the pic..
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btw how do u change the file to JPG?
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File >> Save As
then pick "JPEG" from the bottom drop down list. Type in the file name you want to use and press ok! Then you can customize the .jpg compression with another little window that comes up. And press okay again. :3
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T_T Thank you for making such a nice tutorial. Cant wait to try it out.
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I end up faving tutorials that I think will help me... and then I seldom go back to them again. This is THE FIRST one I have ever read that suggests something like making the picture double the size you intend because then it will look better at 50%.. that is just... brilliant... why didn't I think of that before? I mean I knew it, but why didn't I think of it. Anyway, I'm faving THIS one and I'll probably be back to it! I'm actually excited to use my bigger tablet now! (Ok, I was excited before, but pressure sensitivity issues tick me off greatly) Anyway, I'm going to stop rambling now....
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yay! Glad to know it'll be of some use ^^
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wow this is cool no wonder your art is so cool is it ok to tell my sister
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well.. it is open to the public for a reason. So go for it
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OMG...this came JUST IN TIME....i just scanned in a bunch of stuff and i was planning to outline it all on my computer, but then i'm like "okokokok...uh..yeah..." and then my computer blows up and i'm not sure where i went wrong....
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oh dear o_o Well I'm glad this helps ^^
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hehe...in fact i just submitted one...why don't you go check it out...critique please?
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IT PWNS
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