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Published: 2006-03-13 22:11:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 189337; Favourites: 5345; Downloads: 42438
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Edit: Eyes tutorial, featuring this same character, is up: [link]A sister tutorial to the last Cleaning up Lines Tutorial [link] I really appreciated the feedback that I got, so thank all of you, and I'm glad it was helpful to some.
A lot of people mentioned that it's hard for them to sketch cleanly, so the last tutorial didn't really apply. I have the same problem, and it takes a looooot of extra work on paper (erase, erase, draw, erase) to get pencil lines clean enough to start coloring off of. So.... that's why I often turn to Digital Inking!
Here are some of the ways that I do Digital Inking. I know the "trace directly over the original image" is probably the most common method, but it's hard to do without a tablet and also hard for people with unsteady hands, so that's why I talked a bit about other methods.
As usual, comments/feedback appreciated so I can incorporate them into future projects. Thanks and
to all of you!
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wooooooooo i love the pen tool thingy!!!!!!! weeeeeeee no more pencil scanned stuff hello pen tool nice drawings hehehe thank you!!!!!!
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OMG! I love you for this 
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And that you saved me hundred
of hours on my works! Thanks a lot!
I'd remember this for the
rest of my life.. hahah!
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I've been looking all over for this! Thank you soo much
I have a problem using the pen tool, though. I have made both the anchor points and the one in the middle, and I've made an arch. Then it looks like [url=[link] Can you please help me figure out what I've done wrong?
Thanks
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Thanks so much! I just recently wanted to get into Flash, your tutorial has answered a lot of my questions! ^ ^
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I have a question... How do you make multiple layers?
Your tutorial is so awesomeful!!
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great tutorial...but does anyone know if photoshop 6 has the pen tool??? I just bought it and I've been going crazy trying to find the pen tool, it doesn't seem to exist!!!
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Excellent work! Great thanx to you! Powerful tutorial!
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I can't figure out how you curve a line... I know how to make it like an S but it's impossible to make it a C-curve T___T
*stupid and can't really speak english*
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I NEVER thought about using the Pen tool. You've saved me MILLIONS of hours on my tablet AND straightened my lines! :3
THANK YOU. <3
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the pen thing it's too confusive O_OU
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that's the best tutorial I've read ever ^^ finally I get how people can ink without tablets... before I was like "Are you superhuman or something who can do that with the mouse!?" xD
*fav*
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very helpful 
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Thank you so much! You have made it so easy for us to understand, now I can finally use the pen tool properly, you have really helped this beginner out~!
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Thank you so much 4 the tutorial T_T
it helpd me so much
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AHH!!!
sankyuu!!
this has really helped me! ^ ^
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so you can draw with a photo sop i thought is was just for photos?
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oh boy, thats one of the best tuts ive ever seen on deviantart!
thanx really much!
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That's relieving! I use method number 2, and I always thought I would be the only one doing it this way.
Fantastic tutorial!
Love,
Kari
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i don't think you're aware of how helful this was to me. If we ever meet, you got a free dinner.
And, congrats for 24 pages of comments.
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I love you. This is going to help me so much. <3
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gahh!!! i cant get the anchor points right and the line subpath thingy isnt as clean as yourse pls message me and help
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nu snap ik wat ik met de pen tool moet doen dankje
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That Photoshop pen tool tut will certainly help me
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wonderful tutorial ! :'D I had a question.. whether you can answer it or not is okay, but maybe you can.. ._.
When you're using the pen tool, you lines get thicker and thiner where they need to be.. based on simulate pressure [ as far as I know.. ^^"] but, I have CS2.. and for some reason.. my lines when I use the pen, always come out.. uh.. straight.. not thick and thin.. I was wondering if you knew how to change it.. or if it's just CS2..
thanks anyway ! :'D
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awesome thanks! Now I understand the pen tool a little better and all- thanks again!
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*hug* you can't even begin to realize the amount of tutorials and times i've gone through looking for something that doesn't require a tablet....
*hug*
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I'd just like to stop and take the time to proclaim.... YOU ARE MY FREAKIN' HERO!!!
thank you so much! I've been told so many times to use the pen tool but I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to use it. And, well, now I do! ^^
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It's great. It explains the pen tool alot faster and better than all the other tutorials, and also, I have never heard of Flsh inking. @3@
Great job, and I really hope for some more tutorials. [link]
Glad
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thanks so much for this tutorial <3
it really helped me
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This really helps. I've been looking for tutorials to help me with cleaning up sketch lines ^__^
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Thank you for this Tutorial! I'm always working with my mouse.. but doing the inkting stuff with a normal black pen, isn't what I execly prefer...
It was a bit annoying in the beginning with the pen tool ( I use that form ;3) but now, I'm going hell fast and it looks very good! Thank you so much! :3
You can explain the things very nicely. Gonna use your other tut's too! : D
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You did such a nice job on this tutorial! It's informative and it's easy to follow.
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thank you so so much for posting this! i love your stuff, and my line art has always sucked. hopefully now i'll be able to clean it up!
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great job! really helpful! thx a loooooooooooooooot
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GREAT!! Didn't know that option in photoshop and I use that program every second. I want to kill myself xD!!! I'm doing a new project with Illustrator and it isn't very smooth but this tutorial helps me a lot. It a pity I got a pen tablet (geniius mousepen 8x6) and It doesn't work properly in my PC Ú_Ù.
OK, then....THANKS!!
CXS
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Informative and great tutorial, easy to understand!
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