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FirebirdPhoenix87 — How to make line art in GIMP
Published: 2010-10-20 17:44:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 2735; Favourites: 41; Downloads: 45
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Requested by & .Since it usually takes me a long while to actually make line art, I was thinking of a quicker way to make line art & finally found a way in GIMP. However these two friends of mine asked me how I made the line art. This tutorial finally reveals the secret.
I tried to upload the file in the original size but Deviant Art rejected it because it's "too big".
Forgive me if the text looks too small because I had to resize the tutorial image.Hope this tutorial helps you guys.
Sonic drawing picture drawn by me (Sonic belongs to Sega & Sonic Team).
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YES THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I NEEEEEEEEEEED THANK YOU!!!!!!!!
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When I multiply it and then color with the brush, the entire image gets darker, not just the lines. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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I figured the problem out! Thanks so much for the tutorial, it's perfect and exactly what I needed! <3
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After I erase a;; the white stuff of my paper and I do the steps to make my line art look like line art.
Where you set it to multiplier and make a background copy and stuff it still doesn't do the dark line art. It still is the same as before. Am I doing something wrong?
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Hmmmm. Did you erase the white background & then make a new layer, then set that new copied layer to Multiply? If so, try using the Brush & paint it black or whatever color. If this is what you did, you didn't do anything wrong.
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That's what I did.
I will try again
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Thanks! this look's really helpful butttt how exactly do you make the line-art in the first place???????? can it be a scan of a clean drawing with very fine-lines? because I don't get exactly how to make the line-art, like am I suppose to use tablet or draw first, use mouse? I know how to do the transparent backround and evrything tho, but I just keep geting stuck on what Im suppose to do first exactly.... Like how exactly did you get the very first picture of Sonic too begin with?
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Well I recommend a clean sketch where the lines are thick enough to not be "selected" by the program. I just get rid of the "crap" I don't need in order to make it look "clean".
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what file type do you save as if you want to keep the transparency? other then a gimp file that is
wonderful tutorial very helpful
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Oh. Well if you saved in GIMP, you can still save it as a PNG.
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Oh my goodness, you are a genius! This works so awesome!
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Thanks.
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I love it! It's super helpful!
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very great tutorial and very helpful. and the text is perfect if I download the image. thank you very much
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Thanks. And you're very welcome. 
Oh I almost forgot: The main drawback is that you can't use the method on notebook paper UNLESS you get rid of all the notebook lines.
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i figured that. I never use notebook paper for drawings I'm gonna load here
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Yeah.
Can't wait to see your drawings.
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Thanks. Hope it helps you out.
Side note: This will not work with notebook paper.
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Yay! This is really helpful^^
And by the way, the Step 12 is in twice xD
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Oops! My bad! XD
Glad it's helpful for you.
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