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rinihimme In reply to zeromythos5 [2016-11-23 05:28:43 +0000 UTC]

just keep adding layers? ^^

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Kanekiru In reply to valwyrie [2014-10-03 21:17:53 +0000 UTC]

Really? They should have come with any paint tool sai. >< I'm pretty sure the actual set has those tools. I've used two free versions of sai and they both had the same tool settings, but one had extra brushes so...I'm not sure about your's? You should try getting a different version because those brushes are so handy ;v; Or you can make your own. ^^ 

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Kanekiru In reply to KnifexGirl [2014-08-11 05:08:49 +0000 UTC]

I'm sorry. ;__; I can't make it bigger because-- it would technically still just fit the size of the phone screen (at least when I'm on my iphone it restricts certain sizes--)
Ahh it's okay!! 
but yeah, it honestly doesn't just pertain to paint tool sai! If you know the basics of like using photoshop, you can pretty much use this tutorial for photoshop too. Technique vs the drawing program's tools. 
I learned how to color skies in my traditional work from digital. Haha. 

Ahh it's better if I start off with an example. So let's say you fill in the hair with bucket tool on one layer. If you make a new layer on top of that layer you just filled in, and use the clipping group button, it clips that layer to the one you just filled in. What does it do? Well, if you start drawing on the layer that's clipped, it'll only draw/color within the hair. It's like if you preserve the opacity of the filled in hair layer. It restricts you from going outside the hair areas. It's good for shading, because you don't want to color out of the lines and it's just annoying when it comes to blending. 
Overlay is a type of layer. Let's say you used a light blue to color hair. If you make a new layer, clip it, then set it to overlay, and use black over the hair, it'll actually turn a dark blue, rather than that black. Pretend you have two transparent films, one is blue and the other is red. When you overlap them, they make a purple. So overlay kind of works in that way. If you color a whole picture in blue on overlay, the colors underneath with shift to a bluer tone. 
Gradient is just a normal art term. It's when a color gradually shifts to a different color, or there's a value shift. So like, if you have blue at one end and red at the other end, the middle is going to be purple. but it's a smooth transition. You have to blend them all together nicely to get a good gradient. A sky is a good example for both color gradient and value gradient. Look at a sunset for example. It goes from blue---> purplish---> orange ---> yellow. The sky is a smooth gradient. Now on a normal blue sky day, the sky is usually the darkest/most vibrant blue at the top if you look at a picture. and as it gradually goes down to the ground, it turns a lighter blue. That's an example of a value gradient. It's like when you shade with a pencil. It goes from dark to light vice versa. 

I hope I made some sense;; It's not easy for me to explain vs visually showing it to people. 

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KnifexGirl In reply to Kanekiru [2014-08-11 16:05:31 +0000 UTC]

No don't worry! This was great! I'm glad you answered and its making sense to me. Clipping makes it color in only the one spot, overlay helps it blend, and gradient's that gradual shift between two colors. Yeah I get it now. My samsung sometimes lets me zoom in but this one it wouldnt but it's fine, so don't worry! I've actually started using ibispaintx to do coloring on my phone. I've done some of this stuff like using the airbrush for shading but it definitely doesnt have everything like the overlay. But it still pretty nice.
Thanks again!

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Kanekiru In reply to TsundereWaifu [2014-02-23 20:20:41 +0000 UTC]

Oh the binary tool? yep I have! I just prefer the pen tool because it leaves a nice faded look. c: 

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TsundereWaifu In reply to Kanekiru [2014-03-13 04:57:14 +0000 UTC]

there are some artist who only use the marker tool for the background
idk how that works but oh well
I agree pen tool does give it affect

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Kanekiru In reply to TsundereWaifu [2014-03-14 01:48:05 +0000 UTC]

Ah for forest backgrounds I only use the marker tool. 
The marker tool is actually really good for painting backgrounds. A lot of artists use it because it can be both smooth and dark~ And it doesn't blend like crazy

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TsundereWaifu In reply to Kanekiru [2014-04-05 23:10:17 +0000 UTC]

I have issues using that tool, practice with the tool counts haha///fails//

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