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Description I get a lot of questions about how I get my lineart to come out looking so professional looking. As promised, I finally got around to doing a tutorial on how I ink. =3 It's not the most complicated way to do lineart in the world, but it works for me. <33

I'm so terrible at explaining things, so if there's any confusion on anything, just let me know. ;3 I'd be more than glad to clear it up. Hopefully it helps though. <33

Finished picture used in this tutorial:

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has a really good tutorial up for doing lineart in Paint Tool SAI: [link]
It follows a lot of the same techniques, only it's a different program. <3

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Tutorial © Firestar // KaiserTiger 2007 - 2010
Program/Materials: Photoshop Elements 5.0, Wacom Intuos tablet
Time: 3 1/2 hrs
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Comments: 161

Neko-October In reply to ??? [2010-11-22 13:45:43 +0000 UTC]

Yup! ^^ Gaaah really?? @^@ I'll have to check again because I ALWAYS have my tablet connected. >.< ...Or does it have to be hooked up BEFORE opening photoshop? I hear that's what happens sometimes.

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KaiserTiger In reply to Neko-October [2010-11-22 14:38:26 +0000 UTC]

;3 It probably has to be hooked up before you open photoshop. I always keep mine connected so I'm not sure if it really has but that's what I'd guess.

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Neko-October In reply to KaiserTiger [2010-11-22 19:41:30 +0000 UTC]

Gaaaah I did that but it didn't work! @^@ Computer fail.

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Shadowphoenix21 In reply to Neko-October [2010-12-29 10:57:18 +0000 UTC]

Try changing pen pressure on your tablet/pen. You do that on the computer somewhere, I cannot tell you where your control options would be, but mine is under tablet Pc. Try in control panel or where you saved your tablet program.

Sorry if you have already fixed the problem ^^ But mine does that sometimes and I just change/reset the pen pressure.

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Neko-October In reply to Shadowphoenix21 [2011-01-01 21:57:09 +0000 UTC]

Haha thanks! Yes, I have it all under control - I actually just realized I had to INSTALL the CD it came with. XD Yarg...stupidity strikes again. Thank you! ...Love your icon btw. ^^

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Shadowphoenix21 In reply to Neko-October [2011-01-02 01:27:07 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome
That is good then, I am glad you fixed your tablet/pen

Why thank you

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Neko-October In reply to Shadowphoenix21 [2011-01-10 20:07:18 +0000 UTC]

Haha yup! ^^ ...And np!

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Fimrah In reply to Neko-October [2010-12-04 18:50:47 +0000 UTC]

Maybe you would want to try re-installing your tablet? I had the same problem, and then I figured out mine wasn't installed.

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Neko-October In reply to Fimrah [2010-12-06 00:48:24 +0000 UTC]

Ahhh...that's a great idea. XD I'll try that...thanks!

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Fimrah In reply to Neko-October [2010-12-06 23:10:21 +0000 UTC]

Hope it works for you!

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Neko-October In reply to Fimrah [2010-12-08 13:16:46 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! ^^ ....yeah that was the problem I never actually installed my tablet I just kinda...used it. XD

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Fimrah In reply to Neko-October [2010-12-08 18:10:09 +0000 UTC]

xD When I did that, it still glowed up, so I thought it was installed.

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Neko-October In reply to Fimrah [2010-12-11 17:46:18 +0000 UTC]

That's exactly what I did. XD ...It works now. XD

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Fimrah In reply to Neko-October [2010-12-11 18:00:14 +0000 UTC]

XD

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FernGaze In reply to ??? [2010-11-15 03:47:12 +0000 UTC]

Amazingly helpful!

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Irukapooka [2010-11-13 23:11:59 +0000 UTC]

Wow...this is one of the best tutorials I have ever come across. Thank you so much for posting this so other people from the deviantart community could benefit from this!

I can't wait to try this one out.

Hopefully it won't be too different since I have Photoshop CS3.

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KaiserTiger In reply to Irukapooka [2010-11-15 02:36:28 +0000 UTC]

It shouldn't be. I'm pretty sure everything I used here works about the same in CS3 as in Element 5.0.

And you're welcome! Hopefully it'll help.

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Irukapooka In reply to KaiserTiger [2010-11-15 03:34:47 +0000 UTC]

I have no doubt it will.

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SkyOfTheCenturies [2010-10-20 13:27:26 +0000 UTC]

This Toturial is perfect^^
But I'm german and I don't understand allX.X A little bit... maybe
Hmpf-.-
NyaxD I must try to do this^^
My english is very badxD

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wolfie306 In reply to ??? [2010-10-18 07:23:25 +0000 UTC]

awesome tut, could u plz make one on how to colour the picture in and how to do the background? If u do, then thank you!

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KaiserTiger In reply to wolfie306 [2010-10-18 15:22:34 +0000 UTC]

I'll see what I can do, but it all depends on how much time I have between school projects.

^^ But thank you <3

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wolfie306 In reply to KaiserTiger [2010-10-20 08:06:35 +0000 UTC]

sure, i know what it's like t be snowed under in homework^^

np

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Reeph [2010-10-01 21:08:13 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for the tutorial!

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Grayflower In reply to ??? [2010-10-01 02:06:18 +0000 UTC]

This tutorial is great! Thank you sooo much for taking the time to make it (:

I had a quick question though.. I use the same version of Photoshop as you do (elements 5.0) and I'm having an issue with my brushes. Like shown in step three, I can't find where to make my brush tool have the faded/tapered ends like your brush tool shows. I've looked all over and even tried digging in tutorials, but I've found nothing :/ Can you possibly help me out?

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Grayflower In reply to Grayflower [2010-10-01 02:33:37 +0000 UTC]

Oh nevermind, I actually got it figured out haha (:

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KaiserTiger In reply to Grayflower [2010-10-01 02:24:51 +0000 UTC]

Sure, no problem. That wavy look to your brushes means you're able to use pen pressure. It'll only show up if your using a tablet though. If you're using a mouse or don't have pen pressure turned on to your tablet, it'll just show up as a round circle. You can still get the same effects as tablet drawn lineart by using the eraser to taper the edges of the line to make it look like it was drawn with a pen, but I find that's a lot of work. ;3

Hope that helped some. ;3

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Lydia-Kun In reply to ??? [2010-09-11 19:50:26 +0000 UTC]

Ive been searching AGES for a tutorial like this (: Thanks a million!

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Kai-the-Cat In reply to ??? [2010-09-03 15:20:45 +0000 UTC]

this is the most helpful inking tutorial i've found!!

thanks a lot, this is a massive help

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KaiserTiger In reply to Kai-the-Cat [2010-09-03 16:13:06 +0000 UTC]

Aww, you're so welcome! Glad it helped.

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Flitzthesoulreaper [2010-08-31 16:25:12 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a bunch! Until now I just took a brush and drew the lines directly on the original sketch! (I had no idea what layers where...)

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Tigerdancer In reply to ??? [2010-08-30 16:45:05 +0000 UTC]

Just an other question:how can I hide a layer?

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KaiserTiger In reply to Tigerdancer [2010-08-30 19:35:00 +0000 UTC]

There should be a little eye symbol beside the layer. ;3 Just click that.

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Tigerdancer In reply to KaiserTiger [2010-08-31 14:37:56 +0000 UTC]

Oh,thanks

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AustinRebellionHQ In reply to ??? [2010-08-20 20:04:36 +0000 UTC]

Could you do a coloring tutorial next?

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KaiserTiger In reply to AustinRebellionHQ [2010-08-22 01:37:59 +0000 UTC]

^^ I probably could. ;3 I'll see if I can put one together using the next pic I color.

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KristineYeeh In reply to ??? [2010-08-19 19:03:33 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. <3
It really helped me out! I have always hated my lines..Now they seem to get better ! 83

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Venomouswolf In reply to ??? [2010-08-15 14:30:16 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the tutorial! I've been wondering forever on how to get nice lines on elements o_o!

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GingerFlight In reply to ??? [2010-08-13 23:28:24 +0000 UTC]

For some reason, this didn't work for me. o3o I dunno, I followed everything you said in here, but even when I minimized the picture, the lines were still blurry. And I have Elements 5.0, too. So I'm not sure what went wrong...

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Gingko12 [2010-08-12 16:45:53 +0000 UTC]

It helps to see this in a similar version of photoshop to mine. I hate seeing them done with CS cause I'm always worried my version will be missing certain parts of it
Thanks! I'll have to try it asap

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AxlRosie [2010-08-12 13:09:26 +0000 UTC]

Ohhhhh that explains everything!! 8DDDD
I'll try this as soon as possible! Thank you for sharing, Kaiser! ^^

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Tsukasa-FanTc In reply to ??? [2010-08-12 03:27:47 +0000 UTC]

I'm sure this will come in handy
thanks for posting!

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demonic36 In reply to ??? [2010-08-11 21:19:11 +0000 UTC]

i dont use photoshop but this is a good tutorial its easy to understand even for me...>>; i get confused by most sentences to the point where i have to reread them 3 times before understanding i didnt have to do that for this

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Flikkun [2010-08-11 11:45:46 +0000 UTC]

I don't use photoshop, but it's a well made tutorial ^^ easy to understand, and you used colours that are easy on the eyes.

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KaiserTiger In reply to Flikkun [2010-08-11 17:35:21 +0000 UTC]

That's so awesome to hear! I'm usually really bad at explaining things like this. xD I tend to make stuff sound really complex when it's not.

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Flikkun In reply to KaiserTiger [2010-08-13 13:06:08 +0000 UTC]

Really? XD I didn't think it sounded complex!

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triplecrane [2010-08-11 10:32:51 +0000 UTC]

excellent tutorial :b once i get a tablet(hopefully in the near future xD) i'll definitely be referring back to this. thanks for posting it

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KaiserTiger In reply to triplecrane [2010-08-11 17:36:01 +0000 UTC]

That sounds great! <33 Hope it helps when you finally do get a tablet. ;3

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Tafuta In reply to ??? [2010-08-11 10:13:08 +0000 UTC]

hi fire this tutorial is amazing i don't think i will ever have the patience to make a tutorial lol ^^ i wish i had a tablet :/ i might be getting one for my birthday but that depends T.T and it isn't until september pffft.. how much did you pay for yours?

anyway i love your picture, you made him look so noble

i LOVE how you do your paws <33 i wish i could do them like yours 8D mine are ugly though :/ hopefully i will get better over time cute picture <33333 i love it <3333

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KaiserTiger In reply to Tafuta [2010-08-11 17:38:30 +0000 UTC]

This one took almost 4 hours to make. I srsly thought I wouldn't have enough patients to finish it. Haha, but I did. But my tablet was a present so I'm not exactly sure. I've heard some where around $400-500, but that's only because mines a big sized tablet. :3 You can get them for much cheaper.

xD I want to make a paw and claws tutorial someday too. But thanks btw!

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Tafuta In reply to KaiserTiger [2010-08-12 08:21:01 +0000 UTC]

yeah i have noticed the price :/ but you can get them cheaper on ebay but that is second hand so you can't be sure they are gonna work T.T but some one must love you ;D <3333 well the cheapest i have seen is £40 in PC World but it is never in stock and it is quite small i htink it is A6 or something like that :/ haha i might end up just using ebay and hope that it will work thankyou anyway

Sounds aweosme andd you are welcome ^^

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