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Published: 2011-02-14 05:51:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 418084; Favourites: 18411; Downloads: 10149
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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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Comments: 1616

GlowingRadiance In reply to ??? [2013-09-20 02:24:32 +0000 UTC]

Thank heaven ! Seriously, this helped me so much. I feel so helpless while trying to figure out what to do with SAI... T_T
Thanks so much.

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EauxNoires In reply to ??? [2013-09-12 00:32:03 +0000 UTC]

Highly informative. Thank you for teaching me

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faithalityisart In reply to ??? [2013-09-11 23:22:06 +0000 UTC]

I'm currently using this to help me color. Thank you! And true, not every tutorial has your details in description Β 

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KamonKaze In reply to ??? [2013-09-11 05:38:04 +0000 UTC]

oh it's fantastic but i have a question that type of brush used to you? :$ because for me is rare the mix of the colours.
Sorry my english is very sad and bad :$

You work with in SAI is amazing :3

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CottonCatTailToony In reply to ??? [2013-09-05 14:18:11 +0000 UTC]

Pretty job what you did!

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StrawberryCucumber [2013-08-31 20:38:26 +0000 UTC]

Fabulous tutorial! I didn't like Sai much till I picked up a few of it's tricks and now I think I like it better than PS lolΒ 


Anyway, the highlights on the hair 'trick' is so great! Problem: the link to your watercolor brush settings is broken... T.T I just ended up toying with the settings till it looked similar in effect!


Thanks for the whole series of these tuts!!

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keyka123 In reply to ??? [2013-08-26 06:44:10 +0000 UTC]

Kyah! you make this look so easy! XDD <333

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Krysella In reply to ??? [2013-08-24 12:45:27 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the awesome tutorial, I've learned a lot!

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All-Bark-No-Bite [2013-08-23 09:02:50 +0000 UTC]

This is an extremely helpful tutorial.

I have considered using this program for artworks and I think I will!

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HigashiKaioshin [2013-08-21 01:04:44 +0000 UTC]

Thank youuu!!!It really helps!!

Thank you so much!!

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KawaiiCandySweets [2013-08-18 19:22:43 +0000 UTC]

Thank you this is really helpful

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Laurielle-Maven In reply to ??? [2013-08-18 17:25:51 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much, it was very helpful!

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greenplaid88 [2013-08-07 22:05:32 +0000 UTC]

This has helped me so much... I don't know how to properly thank you. You are amazing!!

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Renlockedheart [2013-08-05 20:43:25 +0000 UTC]

"Turn on the transparent colour" ....I'm stuck..

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Truffle101 In reply to ??? [2013-08-05 03:50:18 +0000 UTC]

this is the best turotial ive seen and you just saved my life.

THANK YOU

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saichan1989 In reply to ??? [2013-08-03 03:24:27 +0000 UTC]

Awesome tutorial
Can't wait to try this~

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Everlastinqx In reply to ??? [2013-07-25 02:32:34 +0000 UTC]

do you actually know how much i've fallen in love with you right now?

thank you so very much, like, this helped me sooooooo much. OMD. I can't thank you enough! XD

i just love you ;-;

i always wanted a tut like this since I sucked at colouring .-.

but lyk, you saved my lifeΒ 

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Mochowitz In reply to ??? [2013-07-19 03:52:47 +0000 UTC]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay


But sadly I can only use Gimp


.....


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NotBadKa In reply to ??? [2013-07-15 11:26:36 +0000 UTC]

:Π·

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xoprb In reply to ??? [2013-07-12 21:14:47 +0000 UTC]

This was very very veeeeeeeeeeeeeeery helpful*-* It's very hard to find a good tutorial, thank you

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Rhyzme In reply to ??? [2013-07-10 09:27:27 +0000 UTC]

whats 'ur SAI version?
i want know what your version u use ?

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Izzybella4 [2013-07-09 11:11:46 +0000 UTC]

awesome tutorial so easy to follow! thankyouuu!

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Echowhisperthekitty [2013-07-08 23:14:02 +0000 UTC]

so ummm how do you erase one color

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OEPulse [2013-07-08 16:47:46 +0000 UTC]

so that how you draw bushes man...now i feel stupid

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Akatskifairy101 [2013-07-08 10:20:24 +0000 UTC]

you deserve an award. TEACH ME SENSEI!

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AlphaRhea [2013-07-04 19:16:56 +0000 UTC]

THANK YOU!!! Finally someone who explains everything !!!

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TackUpwind In reply to ??? [2013-07-02 20:52:37 +0000 UTC]

Hey, this is so helpful, thank you! What sort of tablet are you using?

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SegikuchiKiatsu In reply to ??? [2013-07-01 19:38:51 +0000 UTC]

Very helpful tutorial, I'm so thankful. ;___; But still.. I just couldn't understand how do you get that dark & white layer. Do you have to colour it with some tool.. Or..

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Ruvillie In reply to ??? [2013-06-29 11:47:57 +0000 UTC]

I love you for this Q u Q Thank you!

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Darklinknrone In reply to ??? [2013-06-27 00:20:52 +0000 UTC]

I love all of your tutorials!!!!
They are all so clean and easy to understand
You are a true master
so thanks for sharing your mighty wisdom

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xXAllieBomboziXx In reply to ??? [2013-06-26 07:14:00 +0000 UTC]

This is the most AMAZING tutorial I have ever stumbled across!!
I have had SAI for a while now, though I've never TRULY figured it all out. I only barely managed to figure out the basics.

Now I know a LOT more about SAI AND I learned how to do much more! (wow I sound like a commercial xD)

Thank you so much!! <333

I have a question regarding the lineart part.
I was just wondering how you get the lines to look so clean. Whenever I try to make a lineart of something I've drawn, I really struggle because I can't really get the lines to keep 'straight' if you know what I mean :/

ALSO I should add that you have an absolutely BEAUTIFUL style~

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Kogekuma In reply to xXAllieBomboziXx [2013-07-07 11:20:53 +0000 UTC]

commercials ftw!

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aleniakalain [2013-06-24 13:54:24 +0000 UTC]

This was really interesting, thanks for sharing!

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Noru-kinz In reply to ??? [2013-06-19 18:49:56 +0000 UTC]

Wow, this is so descriptive!!! Thanks for making dis!~

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Yumi-chii123 [2013-06-19 15:01:18 +0000 UTC]


I can't see the screenshots, would you mind posting them in DeviantArt?
Thank you!

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draggersprez In reply to ??? [2013-06-16 20:34:09 +0000 UTC]

nice!

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heartzrainbow412 [2013-06-15 09:57:14 +0000 UTC]

I can't copy and paste D:
Help!

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HikariJade In reply to ??? [2013-06-15 09:51:44 +0000 UTC]

I've had SAI for a long time now and this still taught me a lot of things I didn't know about it. xD Thanks for the tutorial, I wanna try out these tips soon!

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lalaSKYE In reply to ??? [2013-06-07 04:34:18 +0000 UTC]

this is the VERY BEST tutorial I've ever seen! thank you so much for putting so much work into this~

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xXlightxoxdarkXx [2013-06-06 21:16:24 +0000 UTC]

nice tutorial! and um this is unrelated but how did u add the 3 pictures underneath where it said "part 1, part 2, part 3"? o.O

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OceanPirate In reply to ??? [2013-06-03 16:45:52 +0000 UTC]

Great way for colorig the hair! Thank you so much! Great tutorial,and it's easy to follow and understand.

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Deitsuh [2013-05-25 18:55:41 +0000 UTC]

This was REALLY helpful, thank you!

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Yurrinka In reply to ??? [2013-05-16 08:54:05 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much this was really helpful!

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pkachu-kun In reply to ??? [2013-05-15 13:19:51 +0000 UTC]

great tutorial!

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chichicherry123 In reply to ??? [2013-05-14 08:36:14 +0000 UTC]

thks u so so much ~ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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wishfullDreamer In reply to ??? [2013-05-04 01:33:13 +0000 UTC]

oh wow... I was going through this tutorial and was like, this should definitely get a dd, and boom, there it is! this DD was very well deserved!!! and thank you so much because this really helps a lot!

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kniznik [2013-05-01 16:43:33 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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sweetsugariness In reply to ??? [2013-04-29 16:31:33 +0000 UTC]

very helpful <3 thanks

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zeng20 [2013-04-25 11:38:04 +0000 UTC]

how do you get the dark layers that's the only thing that drives me crazy

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shiori2525 In reply to ??? [2013-04-25 08:54:10 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for the tutorial. This is what I'm finding. Great tutorial

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