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Edit: Part II (digital inking) now available!: [link]Also, eyes tutorial: [link]
Starring Cloud from Advent Children!
(see... told you I was in a bizarre ffvii mood)Yes, I know that sometimes sketches are Never So Clean as they are in this case... I'll talk about digital inking sometime in the near future in another tutorial. But this is for those who sketch cleanly or who go back and clean up their pencil sketch by erasing and redrawing the lines.
Feedback appreciated! (was it clear? more/less detail? What other stuff would you like to see?)
Other tutorials which may or may not be of interest:
Skin and eyes in photoshop [link]
Clothing and lace [link]
Hair in Photoshop [link]
Hair in Painter [link]
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Yay! That is very nice and clear. I hadn't thought of placing the line on top... that's a great idea. Cool! Way cool. I've wanted to do digital art for a while now, and now I actually have somewhere to start!
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fantastic to hear! Glad it helped you and thanks for your feedback!
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this is a nice tutorial thank you so much ^_^
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All of your great tutorials have been a great help... Thanks for the time you're putting on them
:+Fav:
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you're so welcome! I hope they can be of use to you! ^^
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people still dont know how to do this ... amazing
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Oh wow. I'm glad I found this!
Thank you so much, it helped me a lot. :3
<33333
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you're so welcome! I hope they can be of use to you! ^^
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that was amazing! ^.^
wah!!!! cloud's so cuuuuuute!!!!!! XD *hugs*
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cool, but for an outline of the image, inst it best to have a black colour rather than a brown?
thanks!
great job explaining
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well, i guess it's a matter of preference. Black is nice and crisp, but brown is softer. ^__^ I'm glad you found this useful!
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The layout of this tutorial is so easy to take in. Would you mind if I layed my future tutorial out in the same manner or very silmilar to?
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no, not at all. I don't own any rights to any layouts. ^___^
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Still, it's polite to ask, so I did...
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Hmm, I'll have to give this a look.
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Ok I just noticed the 'download to desktop' button just right below the tutorial picture. 
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omgOsh that helps alot !! thank you
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im always going to be here for you baby ...
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Gaussian Blur... why didn't I think of that? *smacks self*
This is a really nice tutorial, and well really help me make some cleaner line art.
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Its... starting to make sense.... ::is photoshop illiterate.::
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I commented on this when it was first posted but it seems DA ate my comment? >.<
I really love this tutorial, I just wish I could get my lines as clean as your first step lol. Takes a lot more cleaning for my stuff. >.<
Do you have any tutorials on how you come up with the shapes of your characters in the first place?
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lol~ my first steps are generally not very "clean"--this was definitely an exception and involved a lot of erase-erase-draw-erase-erase.
Hmm.. shape of characters? I'm not sure how I go about that... Generally, I start a piece with a face or a mood in mind, and draw the part I'm trying to express first. Also, I sketch a lot. Out of all the pieces that eventually make their way here, I have about 10 other sketches that I'll never finish, in various stages (from reeeeally messy to somewhat formed but I didn't like how it was turning out.) I guess I just keep drawing and once in a while I come up with something that I like enough to actually work on more. ^_^
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Oooooh good advice!
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wow, that was a really nifty tutorial!
i'm gonna try that
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I _really_ need that tutorial. Tanks.
And pretty nice work.
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omgawsh thanx alot!!! urs is teh first tutorial that actually WORKS for me.
all the other were WAY too complicated and confusing with all the buttons and where do u go to find them....
anyways, thanx! XD
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Thank God there's something like this! xD; Even though I have Opencanvas...
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Wow, another handy tutorial!
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mmm.. more or less any version. ^_^
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ok, thanks.
only reason i ask is cause ive never used photoshop befor and im just starting out on version 7
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That was pretty comprehensive. I am always looking for techniques to try. I'll definately give that one a shot.
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w00t easier way to draw neato~ 
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WOW this was grate whis I had read this be for doing some computer art today!!! THanks a bunch
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cute work
i figure it's missing the lock transparant icon so people would know what you're talking about
i can't say that the fuzzy system seems like the best way to me but it all comes down to prefrences.
i could suggest you try, after blurring to push the levels of the new blurred version towards black
that way the soft edges would become a lil harder.
drop by the club, catch the vid on sketch fixing for work and the lineart tuts
cheers
jaako
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thanks for the feedback! You're right... should have included a pic of the transparency.
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This totally awesomely awesome! I use Corel, but this helps me a LOT! Thank you so much ^_^
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Kudos to you m8. That meant something on my life.. ]
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^___^ Glad it could help you!
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