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SAI Coloring Tutorial
Published: 2011-05-05 05:09:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 64229; Favourites: 1815; Downloads: 988
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See the finished product here: [link]I've been meaning to make one of these for a while, and I finally remembered to take screenshots along the way as I was doing my last drawing.
I hope this helps some people in learning some of the cool features in PaintTool SAI!
If you have any questions, please feel free to leave a comment!
Enjoy!
DD: I'm so honored to have this tutorial featured in the Daily Deviations!! I'm glad to know that so many people will find this tutorial of use to them!!
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Thanks alot.
I'm currently starting with Digital Drawing and decided to learn the Tools fist 
There are some options not clear to me yet but google is my friend and i'm just happy to got some keypoints i can start working with.
It's like building a foundation and let's see how the House will develop.
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Exactly! That's a great analogy! I'm glad that this was of use to you!
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This has been very helpful. I had no idea how to do most of these things, including making the lineart softer through gradient coloring and I had no idea how to use the Preserver Opacity, Selection Source or Clipping!
The things I learned in this tutorial are things I'm going to be able to apply to other works and that makes a tutorial a great tutorial.
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Thanks!
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I had no idea you can do these things in Sai @__@
this will be so useful
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haha, I'm glad you found it of use!!
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This is very helpful; I needed some help when it came to shading.
Thank you!
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You're welcome! I'm glad you found it helpful!
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wow...so..beautiful!....are you using tablet for coloring this?
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Thanks!
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You have no idea how useful this is. I can't understand anything about SAI and this helped a lot !
Thanks a million !
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haha, awesome! I'm glad it was useful for you!
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I'm glad you found it helpful!
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I swear this is the most detailed tutorial that i had ever found!
Thank you : )
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haha, I'm glad you've found it useful!
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I learned a lot! And this going to increase my productivity waaay more!
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Awesome! I'm glad it was helpful
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one thing: do you know how i can make the blush?
i love to know it.
otherwise,it is a really amazing tutorial!
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All I do to make the blush is take a pink color that's darker than the skin and shadows, and above all skin layers I make a new one- and airbrush this color onto the cheeks (very lightly, don't overdo it!), elbows, knees, bum, maybe fingers a bit too.... then adjust the opacity to get the right look. 
I hope that helps!
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Do you do any tutorials for Photoshop? I know it's not as good as SAI but i's all i have
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I do have a couple, they're a little old (made in 2006) and my skills since then are much better... but still tutorials nonetheless, you can see all of them here: [link]
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Thank you so much! I use to do web designing and the highest level of photoshop was cs2. Thank you again!
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Hello darling! I love the tutorial. And congrats on the DD.
I do have a question. I used to use Sai, however now I have a Mac so I can't use SAI on it. So currently, I use Photoshop, but I want to make my lineart smoother. Is there some sort of option/bar I can fiddle with for my lines to be smoother?
Or otherwise, if there is a Mac version of SAI.
Which would be amazing. <:
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well I'm really not familiar with what's available (and not available) for macs... but I think your best bet for making smooth lines in photoshop would be using the pen tool. In the version I use (photoshop CS2) there is no function for stabilizing pen strokes, but there might be in newer versions. I'm not too sure
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Thanks very much! I'll look into those. <:
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Your the only artist whos tutorial i've read that uses the selection source. Finally i know what it does and will make colouring so much easier. Thanks so much! 
You deserve the DD
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XD thanks so much!! I'm glad you found it helpful!
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awesome tutorial! it has made take a few things into consideration for my own art.. things that i should naturally be remembering..lol.. i shall make good use of this tutorial~
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XD I'm glad you've found it useful!
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WOW this is probably the most perfect tutorial I've seen on anything ever! Thank you so much for this tutorial!
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haha, I'm glad it's useful for you!!
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Thanks man. Totally freaking helped. Before the eyes looked dull and lifeless now they look A-M-A-Z-A-Z-I-N-G
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hahaha, I'm glad you've found it useful!
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Glad you find it of use!
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I'm glad you found it useful!
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i love the way you color her eyes! im definately going to try this~
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XD I'm glad you've found it of use
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