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SAI Coloring Tutorial
Published: 2011-05-05 05:09:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 64230; 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 for the wonderful help, foogie! We all appreciate you very much!
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XD thank you! I'm glad it's useful!
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[link] I use the painterly use-age of SAI.
but this looks much quicker for doing line art and what not of that line
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That's the great thing about SAI- it's versatile for lots of types of coloring! I'm glad you found my tutorial helpful.
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(and its cheaper than photoshop) your welcome mate
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OMG you have no idea how much this helped me improve my techniques, thank you very much! This is a wonderful tutorial~!
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Thanks! I've tried SAI before but I just decided to try and get serious with it today! Then I saw this in the Daily Deviations and I saw the title and I was like, "thank God! 
A couple of questions though; how do you close the lines? And the Stabilizer doesn't work with non-pressure-sensitive tablets, no?
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lol, I don't believe it would... I assume a non-pressure sensitive tablet would be like using a mouse almost (a pencil shaped mouse maybe lol)... I'm honestly not too sure, but there are other methods to work around not having the perks of a pressure sensitive tablet... Here's a tutorial based on the curve tool (it's like the pen tool in photoshop) which allows you to manually create soft lines with different widths using nothing more than the mouse: [link]
Closing the lines just means that when you draw an arm coming out of a sleeve, connect the line of the arm to the line of the sleeve, so you have a closed area that the paint bucket can fill... if there is a gap between the line of the arm and the line of the sleeve, the paint bucket will try to fill the arm as well as the area the gap opens up to. 
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Yeah, it actually is like a pen-shaped mouse. *waves non-pressure sensitive tablet pen in the air* Thanks for the tutorial link though.
oh, yes... I understand you. But you mean you have to do it manually, right? I don't think there's a tool for that, lol!
Thanks again!
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hahaha, no... just gotta be a bit diligent about it when you're drawing. XD I don't even really have to think about it anymore, I do it automatically. 
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Hahah, yeah. Drawing diligence. I guess I'll get used to it
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Super helpful- especially the eyes!
Thank you very much!
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I'm glad you found it helpful!
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Thanks so much! This is really helpful!
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I'm glad you've found it helpful!
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I think it's my favorite program!
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XD it's my new favorite too!
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Yes, it's awesome! Btw, I love your Usagi art!
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This is really helpful! But was how you got the pink hair to tint orange mentioned?
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Using the 'preserve opacity' method on my base color layer for the hair, I selected the pink color and went to the RGB Color Slider, and changed the color to a similar hue-ed light orange, and then airbrushed (very low density, to keep it subtle) it on my base color layer. You can also do this via another clipping group layer directly on top of the base colors.
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I think for that effect you should use a yellowish colour for a light tone and a purplish-pink for the shadow. I used to do it all the time. I haven't done it in awhile, but I think that's how I used to do it.
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In was completely clueless on how to color with Sai. The is a great help thanks!
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you're welcome! I'm glad you find it useful!
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Wonderful tutorial ^^! This is very useful!
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thank you! I'm glad you find it helpful.
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I love the way you coloured the eyes. Its something to remember. Thanks for the tut! <3
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you're welcome, I hope it comes in handy!
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Shame Sai is not on a mac but can use a program called cross over to use Sai ^^
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haha, I would have thought macs had a program like that.. it would be a shame if you couldn't use SAI at all! XD
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Yeah I think its high time that popular programs where balanced on both machines
as its nothing agaunts pc's or macs its what your most comfy working with
I can work with both pc's and macs but mac is what I'm most comfortable with ^///^
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haha, I would rather use a mac, but I can't bring myself to pay that much more just for a brand. 
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Uni helped pay towards most of it and I paid the rest myself
there are ways you can get a mac with out too much money
also you can pay monthly.
At the moment I'm wanting a wacom tablet needs a intros 3 but will have to set up an ebay account as I'm not paying nearly £500 for a device.
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haha, I'm also in the market for a new tablet- got the one I want all picked out and everything (Intuos4 Medium)... I just have to wait for the summer work season to start so I can buy it. XD
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sweet ^^ hope you get it ^^
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I'll definitely be getting it... just a matter of time!
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Oh yes hope not meaning to be rude but do you know any good outline tutorials that help draw other then black?
wants to semi blend in outlines into figures or static objects ^///^
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I actually don't know of any- I've never done any work in that style, so my knowledge there is quite limited. XD I'm sure a bit of searching through DA's tutorials would find some good stuff though...
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Nice tip about colouring the lines - I'll try that!
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