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DolceCapella — Sketch to Linework Tutorial
Published: 2012-08-19 15:15:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 3761; Favourites: 69; Downloads: 58
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For a dear friend of mine who is having a little trouble with digital drawing - for you *CakeChan-x3 !Linework is the best thing I know how to do or else I would have tried to do more, and this is how I do all my pictures (and the reason why it takes so fecking long!) I hope people will find this helpful, and if you don't please don't complain because we all do things differently and this is how I do linework from a sketch (since I find it impossible to draw straight onto the computer - surly I'm not alone in this).
Here is the completed picture that I used in this tutorial:
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i dont think its that easy, well not for me anyway. besides my sketch lines arent smooth enough for that and if i had to smooth them out it would take just as long XD
i do my lines differently now anyway on sai with the line edit and pressure tools. it works like a dream i tell ya! and doesnt take nearly as long >w<
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your way Sounds pretty solid to me. I think i'll try some other methods and see what works better.
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well i have to say i do recommend sai for lines, its quick easy and looks good at the end 
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really? Can you link me to it?
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sure, you can download it here: [link] and heres a video for installing if you need it: [link] (its where i got the download link from)
ive been trying to find the tutorial i used to learn how to do lines but cant find it. so if you want i can do a little join.me session now for you (if you have time) just to show you how to use the tools i use? if you want. but it may have to be quite short coz my eyes are a bit stingy from being on the computer so long XD
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Well thanks for having the links for me. I appreciate it. You don't have to do a session just for me. That's nice of you to offer, but when i get my laptop, maybe we could do it later.
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oh no probs z-kun
and thats fine, i noticed you went offline as i said that anyway so doesnt matter. if i come across a decent tutorial for linework on sai i'll let you know though
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oh sorry about that, and thanks for looking out for me yet again. I appreciate you doing that.
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lolol its ok z-kun! oh and no probs! i like to help my friendies as much as i can
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lol, "friendies"? Thats a cute way to say the word. and thanks for the link. i'll check it out later.
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tehe, yup >w<
and no probs, hope it helps!
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I'm sure it will help, Ede-chan. Thanks again for taking time to help me out.
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oh youre very welcome z-kun! im always happy to help my friendies out - oh! and before i forget, i finally finished a full draft of the story i sent you before (finished yesterday >w<) would you like me to email it to you so you can read it? 
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Email that story to me please.
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sure thing! i'll do it now
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tehe, oh and tell me if you have trouble opening it - i had to save it as a different type of .doc for a magazine submission XD
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I got it just fine. thanks!
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coolness, and no probs! tell me what you think once youve read it
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I think that was a swell story.
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d'awww, thanks so much! i like how you call it 'swell' XD
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lol. I needed a new word for it. It was really interesting. So was he related to her or no?
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well it was a great word!
and, well, its kind of open to interpretation as to whether he was telling the truth or making up stories or whether the photos were 'borrowed' or not. i personally think he was just a lonely old man who wanted to talk to people, and these stories (real or not) were just something he used to make his intrusion on peoples lives more comfortable for him XD so what do you think? - we live in an age where the 'author is dead' after all XD
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Well, I think he was rather lonely and raided photos that people didnt care about anymore. but i still like the story.
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thanks so much
yeah i think i was going more for the they aren't actually his photos' approach, but now im not sure if the stories are true...
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lol, new insight always deepens the story you know.
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it is nice to hear different perspectives on things and it makes you think 'AH! i see that now...' XD
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Well, that always happens one way or another. I like seeing things happen like that as well.
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I don't understand, what is this lineart you speak of?
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unlike many talented people out there i am unable to just draw lines, im so inferior. i got sai again yesterday, drawing straight lines and curving them now, such a time saver.
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I didn't know you could curve lines in SAI.
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on the linework layer you draw a straight line and use the edit tool to curve it - a lifesaver for me coz i scan hand drawn pics and trace the lines over the top, i can just curve the lines to match the pic underneath now ^ ^ a small thing but makes me pretty happy XD
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Oh. I never use the linework layers. I never figured out how, so I just trace as best I can.
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im just trying it with one pic now and ill see after if it works better for me - but it definitely doesnt take as long as how i normally do it. the pen and eraser on the linework layer are annoying though, the line, edit and pressure tools are cool though.
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Well, it'll be interesting to see how it looks when it's all done.
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yeah should be
the lines are really thin now, not sure if i should have done them a bit thicker
but oh well, its just an experiment really
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I'm sure it'll all look just fine.
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OMG this's so helpful.
wow your sketch is so perfect XD
it takes me time to understand my sketches sometimes XDDD
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im really glad you think so!
only problem with my method is it just takes so long!
haha, youre the third person to mention my sketch, as it turns out im a pretty tidy sketcher, never actually noticed before now XD
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lol, funny. my way in line art takes so long too xD
hehe. but that's real good.
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thanks!
oh no i use a tablet, but im sure the results are attainable with a mouse, just probably take a bit longer.
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oh xD
Well with the mouse you can use pen tool, it's easier
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i used to have to use the mouse, and it didnt turn out too bad, just took ages.
ah, you mean the pen tool on sai? i could never get used to that, but i think im a photoshop gal anyway XD
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yeah, that's the problem of if.
Nono Imean in photoshop, pen on sai is very pixeled
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oh, i see. i always just use the brush, seriously couldnt work that pen thing
a friend showed me how he did his lines, and i just couldnt do it, but oh well, i'll just stick with what i know XD
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lol yeah that normaly happens 
better do that (:
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haha, yeah, i'll just stick to making it up as i go along XD
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omgggggg that sketch looks so professional and clean!! ;n;
anyway nice tutorial ^w^~
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