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DyMaraway β€” Coloring Tutorial and Sai Tips

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Description I really hope this will be useful for some people. I know I'm not saying anything "new" but I've did my best to include some stuff that usually i don't read at some SAI or coloring tutorials.

Thanks if you read it all. I know sometimes it might be boring, having so much text for a simple coloring step, but as english isn't my main language, I felt I had to be more specific with descriptions -anyways, sorry if my english isn't good enough or sounds like when a song is played over and ooooover again-

>3< Fullview of course, or you won't read anything hehehe.

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OMAGAH I GOT A DD!!! THANKS TO EVERYONEEEE! *3* THIS IS MY FIRST DD AND I'M SOOOO HAPPY!
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***COLORING TUTORIAL AND SAI TIPS:
PART 1 [link]
PART 2 [link]
PART 3 [link]


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***Translations:


PART 1 (RUSSIAN): [link]


PART 1 (GERMAN): [link]

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Please read every tutoria and every answer for the FAQ section at this description very well before asking something.

Feel free to ask anything related to SAI and this tutorial.

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***DOWNLOADS:

Elemap Tones, Papertex, Brushform, Brushtex Files: [link] (Just extract them and copy-paste them inside your SAI main folder overwriting the existing files)

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F.A.Q:
(updated 15/01/2012)

"WHERE CAN I GET SAI?"
[link] this is the official site, where you can get a free trial for one month, after that you must buy it..... yes, piracy DOES exist but i won't tell you where.

"CAN I DO THIS WITHOUT A TABLET?"
It's not easy, but yes, you can. The result might not be exactly the same but you can get a similar work. But you have to arrange the transparency and other features of each brush to achieve certain effects. How? Well, i don't know, i don't paint with my mouse for more than 3 years so i forgot how to do it.

"CAN I USE THIS WITH OTHER PROGRAMS?"
Yes, you can. Not everything, but at least the coloring technique.

"IS THERE SAI VERSION FOR MAC?"
No, but there are other good programs for MAC, you can try those.

"WHAT'S THE SUPR BUTTON?"
Sorry people, i don't own a laptop with the keyboard in english, so i think you have it as "delete"

"CAN YOU SHARE YOUR WATERCOLOR BRUSH SETTINGS?"
[link]

"CAN YOU SHARE YOUR REDJUICE BRUSH SETTINGS?"
[link]

"CAN YOU SHARE YOUR CHARCOAL BRUSH SETTINGS?"
[link]
The texture and the brush tip can be found at the download section of this description.

"WHITE LAYER AND DARK LAYER... I JUST DON'T GET IT"
[link] check this small pic to understand how to arrange them. Why do i use them? As you see, i paint and my color doesn't respect the lineart at first, so i erase later... to find every part that i wanna erase, instead looking at a white background i use the dark layer. Also, if the white layer is well done enough, i can select it, invert it and erase the parts that i don't need without using the eraser -which takes more time-
=A= well... as it's kinda hard to explain and stuff... I've made another pic to explain it as a step by step... Some of you might notice the good side of using both... if you don't it's fine... that step is optional anyway. [link]

Anyway a lot of people asks me this even if the answer is big, with examples and clear, so i won't reply to that question again.

"HOW CAN I MAKE MY OWN BRUSH"
Read the part 2 please *link at the begining*
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gfdgsdfa [2022-04-04 13:20:36 +0000 UTC]

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gfdgsdfa [2022-03-28 07:00:42 +0000 UTC]

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gfdgsdfa [2022-03-23 05:46:19 +0000 UTC]

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Lokenauz [2018-02-20 19:08:54 +0000 UTC]

Really cool and well explained tutorials!

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DubaiBunniesUAE [2017-06-21 03:51:24 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!

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Lyan-s-Art [2017-04-02 11:53:34 +0000 UTC]

you made my day <3

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Candy-Meow [2017-02-20 23:55:13 +0000 UTC]

thank you for this~ I use Clip Studio Paint Pro but I've always been curious about SAI <33

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DyMaraway In reply to Candy-Meow [2017-08-18 03:38:52 +0000 UTC]

Both programs are great. Right now I work with paintstorm but i still miss sai (*>β–½<*)

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KittyKidd17 [2016-10-16 08:03:21 +0000 UTC]

congratulations on your double d e.e jokes aside, thank you very much! This is very useful!

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macpainttool [2016-09-16 15:20:25 +0000 UTC]

This is amazingly useful, thank you so much for making tutorial!

I just found a good alternative to Paint tool sai MacΒ Β  for my Mac os x with pen pressure.

Just for those artists information to have a trial of the most convenient method to use paint tool sai on Mac

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RICHIGO1211 [2016-09-04 21:16:13 +0000 UTC]

i got one question, how many layers do i use for coloring ??

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nikamanoukian In reply to RICHIGO1211 [2021-11-24 09:55:25 +0000 UTC]

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Barnes-Daishaun15 [2016-08-14 04:42:58 +0000 UTC]

This is a little blurry, I can barely see the words

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animmika [2016-06-19 08:59:00 +0000 UTC]

How do you get more brushes? I noticed that you have a pen tool, however, I got mine from the official site (I assume you did too) and I don't have that tool....
By the way, this was really useful, good job!

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Nooknook In reply to animmika [2016-06-27 13:04:17 +0000 UTC]

Just right click on any of the empty squares where the tools are (at the left) and you'll have a menu with more tools then you can configure them by changing their options below.

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animmika In reply to Nooknook [2016-06-28 01:35:16 +0000 UTC]

Oh ok, thank you very much!!!

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Nooknook In reply to animmika [2016-06-28 13:53:56 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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Nocturnal-Beam [2016-06-14 22:27:19 +0000 UTC]

I remember when I first saw this ;w; I was just starting to use Sai (about two years ago) and I was so frustrated and confused. This helped me LOTS and I can't thank you enough for posting it!Β  Β 

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Starry-chi [2016-05-02 06:37:39 +0000 UTC]

This one is good and very detailed!!! Thank you so much, I might use some of the techniques ^^

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VhasTheGuy [2016-04-29 06:12:46 +0000 UTC]

I learned alot, semppppaiiii.

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Evailable [2016-02-02 17:38:40 +0000 UTC]

I really love all your SAI tutorials! Perfect for a beginner like me. Thank you! Β 

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CelestialVerity [2016-01-30 22:32:50 +0000 UTC]

This tutorial finally helped me to draw grass <3 (Even though I'm sure they're meant to be bushes...)
celestialverity.deviantart.com…

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AdvanceRun [2016-01-13 08:14:09 +0000 UTC]

Β Here I show how how to copy ALL names of the files fast into a text Β list automatically. Β fav.me/d9nrxo0 Β Hope it saves you a little more time .

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Gosiak5 [2015-12-09 17:59:59 +0000 UTC]

IT'S THE BEST SAI TUTORIAL ON DA!
Thank you very much :*

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CarmenMS [2015-10-05 14:26:14 +0000 UTC]

carmenms.deviantart.com/art/Tu…

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Saltantan [2015-09-25 13:37:43 +0000 UTC]

It looks so easy... but when I do it... XD

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kiddo75 In reply to Saltantan [2015-11-12 09:49:11 +0000 UTC]

Yeah.... all seems easy until we try

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WaferArt01 [2015-09-20 22:00:11 +0000 UTC]

Wow, Thank you so much! Very Helpful

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Egeskjold [2015-09-10 11:29:59 +0000 UTC]

This was very very helpful, thanks a lot! β™₯ Here is where I used your advise for the first time :>Β fav.me/d9921wl

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DyMaraway In reply to Egeskjold [2015-09-17 05:55:55 +0000 UTC]

it's great that you think that about this tutorial. Thank you

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s0phism [2015-08-30 04:34:39 +0000 UTC]

wow this is phenomenal! thank you so much for going through the time and effort to make this. Many many many thanks <3 <3 <3

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DyMaraway In reply to s0phism [2015-09-17 05:57:11 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for your comment it makes me happy when i can help

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Tianera [2015-08-29 07:42:08 +0000 UTC]

What a detailed tutorial! There are many things, I searched for, thank you so much.

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DyMaraway In reply to Tianera [2015-09-17 05:57:34 +0000 UTC]

awwwn thanks for your kind comment

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M-a-f-u-y-u [2015-08-28 06:15:54 +0000 UTC]

Great tutorial. I also find it very hard to part from Sai. When I try and follow Photoshop tutorials - I'm like, "Gahh!! Too many options. I never had to mess w/ 'transfer' settings in previous versions!!" Hopefully Sai 2 will be here before the end of the yearΒ 

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DyMaraway In reply to M-a-f-u-y-u [2015-09-17 05:58:20 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.
I like photoshop and other programa but sai is the best for me hehehehe

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Ahrarara [2015-07-31 16:00:16 +0000 UTC]

Would you know how to color scanned drawings?Β 

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DyMaraway In reply to Ahrarara [2015-08-03 22:30:54 +0000 UTC]

if the lineart is clean enough (and if the background is white) you can use the scan on top and change the color mode of that layer to multiply, then you can color on layers under the lineart.
If itΒ΄s just a sketch you'll have to ink it on a new layer.

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Ahrarara In reply to DyMaraway [2015-08-07 04:55:55 +0000 UTC]

OMG thank you so much!!!

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Ellofayne [2015-07-27 19:43:36 +0000 UTC]

You are my SAI hero now and I want to get it just so I can use this tutorial huuuuuuugs!

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DyMaraway In reply to Ellofayne [2015-09-17 05:58:38 +0000 UTC]

Awwwwwn thanks!!!!

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thetwelfthdwarf [2015-07-16 06:51:19 +0000 UTC]

THANK YOU FOR THIS <3 much love

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DyMaraway In reply to thetwelfthdwarf [2015-09-17 05:58:58 +0000 UTC]

thanks for your comment!

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SAR500 [2015-06-13 06:16:18 +0000 UTC]

Very insightful tutorial and very useful thankyou for sharing

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DyMaraway In reply to SAR500 [2015-09-17 05:59:48 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for your comment

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SAR500 In reply to DyMaraway [2015-09-17 09:27:54 +0000 UTC]

Welcomes

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MaryLovesLife [2015-06-08 18:56:22 +0000 UTC]

This was super helpful and easy to understand! Thank you so much for sharing. <3

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DyMaraway In reply to MaryLovesLife [2015-09-17 06:00:10 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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ChewChuu [2015-06-05 02:31:05 +0000 UTC]

This helped me a bit, thanks! It makes me rethink my way of coloring

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DyMaraway In reply to ChewChuu [2015-09-17 06:00:32 +0000 UTC]

hehehe thank you

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