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Like a tutorial except without the tl;dr thing.The only thing to know is Saturation = brightness (in very simplified terms)
Any questions, ask away ^^
ps: I could have done a more detailed tutorial, but it would have been very very long and text-y.
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In paint tool SAI, you'll have to use the watercolor brush. Maximize the brush size. So how it works: You use the regular brush and fill in some color > with the watercolor brush you smudge the borders.
Or you can try photoshop, it's much easier.
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question!!!
1- how did u make ur sketches blue?
2- how did put sakura and naruto together in a same layer or so when u drew then seperatly? did u click the eye beside the layer?
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1- [link]
2- In the sketches, they weren't in the same layer. I just kept all the layers
visible (the eye beside the layer). That's why you see them.
When I traced the lineart, I drew full bodies
in one layer and the closeups in another.
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1- i can't find lock opacity on photoshop. i found the opacity thing and all the locks besid the layers box...
actually i saw what u did on a tutorial from plambeachdenver... but she deleted all her account T.T
2-ok!
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ah! i think i got it! THANK YOU!!
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wow, it's really awesome
...and very helpful
Thanks for sharing
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Welcome, I hope the steps were clear enough.
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yeah, this is desribed very well
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So you did all of this in Sai; even the gradient. I didn't know gradients were available in Sai. Also how did you get the greyscale in Sai?
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um no....I only do the normal cel shading in SAI and then take it to
photoshop.
The grayscale thing was only a special effect for the tutorial.
Though you can do it in SAI and PS by duplicating the layer and reducing the
saturation to 0 (ctr+u).
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Ok; I appreciate the quick response. I never thought of using less saturation; when painting. Looking at your artwork it seems to work out great. So I'll give it a go.
I hope I can get my mouse to get that precise shading like you. I've gotta break down and get a tablet.
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BRAVO! MAGNIFICENT!
It gave some ideas.
Say, has your tablet ever stopped working just like that while you draw and you had to unplug and plug it? And sometimes it just starts working again.
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lol never so far, maybe your PC-tablet connection is not good.
Might be the installation or the cable?
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Yup! It just might be the crappy Tablet. After all, it was the cheapest we could find. 
Hmm... I might try pluging in the USB ports on the back of the case. Sometimes the PC doesn't detect my USB flash memory when I plug in from the front side. And I did update it's drivers. We'll see! Thanks!
By the way, what are your tablet's specs?
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definitely the tablet
(I suspect the cable but hey, it's all the same)
The specs..mmmm supposedly the older version of this [link]
I'm trying to find it but no luck. Once a thing gets a upgraded, the old stuff gets hidden.
It's a wacom bamboo tablet (smallest size)
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Something like this: [link]
Hmm... I'll search around the net about my "Genius" tablet of mine... again. Thanks for the info!
P.S. If all fails I can chow down on the cable! 
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exactly like that, except messier lol
no problem, don't chew too much on the cable.
It will electrocute your brain
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Really? 
By the way, yesterday I used it and guess what - I didn't give me any problems. 
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lol, i love looking at how other people make art, and am currently trying to make something original and worth posting, so learning a bit helps.
So, no, not quite bored yet.
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I love it too 
lol: I wanted to avoid the block of text thing,
since no one reads it.
Thanks for the lovely comment ^^
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np, and i'm the kinda guy that reads the wall o' doom anyway 
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Nice tutorial! I'm confident that I can do as well as you now. Well, the first step, anyway. Gotta start somewhere.
You're a peach to share your methods with us, sweetie. Nice work. And lovely art, too.
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every one underestimates the power of stick figures...lol
Thanks for the lovely comment Tekkie 
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that's cool! I wanted to know how you did your fanarts, so thanks
the only thing I've been wondering for a long time about, is how you make the lineart in colors?
for example Sakura's clothes
first your lineart is black, but her shirt is blue
so do you make your lineart again but not in black but in blue colors?
sorry if I'm explaining this horrible
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heh, in this case I overlayed the sketch and
lineart layers to show the difference.
But I get what you mean, to change the color of lines
you have to "lock opacity". It allows you to color the
lines in that layer and nothing else. Color will not
spill over other things.
usually this option is near layer options. Like lock layer, new layer
etcc....[link]
same thing with Photoshop.
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thanks so much for explaining, I'll give it a try! ^-^
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Great tutorial!
I love your work
--
I;m sorry for my English xD
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Thank you! practice does make perfect after all
whatcha waiting for
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Oh cool <3
I love seeing art processes
P.S. I know this isn't the point, but it's a very stylish looking tutorial XD
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lol who cares about the point
Thanks for the comment dear <3
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anytime, I like your Icon btw
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That's usually how I do my art processing. The only difference is that I use Photoshop alone and sometimes I don't use the pen tool for straight lines. I also don't usually do gradients but I have on occasion.
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Must be a universal thing, I copied it from Japanese speedpaints lol
PS can be annoying to use, and it does take a lot of time grrrr.
I hate drawing/coloring in it
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thats how you do it!!!
i always screw up in the sketching part T.T
Paint tool sai has vector tools? is that the lineart layer thingy you can chose instead of a normal layer???
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yes ^^, but in my version of SAI it's called "vector"
(maybe I have the old one T_T)
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Ohhh! i see XD!
I wanna try it! vectors always look so neat!
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not bored baby
you're amaizng
(sai is my nightmare I love corel more XDD)
but really for great linearts...sai is simply amazing
btw.I'm coloring my narusaku pic for fun
hope you'll like he result
btw ofc making your trade as well (sorry..may be bit late but I'll try my best )
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Can't wait to see the results <3
btw, I adore SAI...I tried open canvas and corel
but they stressed me out...a lot.
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I love corel n canvas
but really I made my best works in corel
but eh...photoshop is also good
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