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kuridoki — Tablet Lineart Tutorial
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FULL VIEW FOR TUTORIALUpdate: 15th June 2010
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Take note before beginning the tutorial:
1. You must have a tablet. Wacom is a popular and reliable brand for the most part. For beginners, I'd suggest a Bamboo Fun model.
2. For photoshop, only version 7.0 and up has wacom support. For other software, please check [link] to see if yours has the right support.
3. Also, please ensure you have your tablet drivers are installed. If yours is a wacom model you can download them from the wacom homepage at [link]
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I've received quite a number of question regarding my work, one of them being "How DO you do your lineart?" Hopefully, this tutorial will answer that question.
This is a BEGINNER LEVEL TUTORIAL that was done in Photoshop CS, but should work for any version with tablet capabilities. Even if you dont use photoshop, the fundamentals are the same.
Please tell me if it helps, and if I should do a colour tutorial. (I am considering it, but its ALOT of work.)
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cool, i just saw a bamboo one at bestbuy for a good price so that should be good. thanks for all your help i appriciate it
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woa!
i recently got photoshop and a tablet for my birthday, and have mastered using the tablet around the computer pretty easy, its on photoshop where i get stumped.
i used gimp 2.6 before i recieved photoshop and have been using it for a long time, so all the new tools and various ways of doing things was seriously confusing to me
i got sick of trying to figure out how to create my master pieces from scratch so i sought help and thats how i came across your tutorial
LET ME TELL YOU, I KNOW MORE THEN EVER NOW!
certianly the best beginner tutorial for photoshop and tablets ive yet to find!
thanks so much, this tutorial saved my skills!
(and your a great artist by the way) ^_^
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Glad it helped! Thanks for your comments.
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I don't have a tablet...yet...
So I have an idiot question that I hope you don't mind answering xD does the tablet occupy a special pen? Or is it like the DS and you can just use your finger?
And one last thing, is photoshop included in the tablet like the way solitaire and etc. are included in the computer when you buy it?
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I just bought a tablet so maybe I can answer your question?
The tablet comes with a special pen, so it feels natural to draw. When you buy it, you can either buy the tablet without the software, or with; it costs more to get the software, but it's probably worth it.
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Oooh...definitely
And thanks for answering my dumb questions 
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When i change my brush settings it looks nothing like yours... It looks normal like i did nothing.
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This is a very helpful tutorial! Thank you! I greatly appreciate it! :3
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OH MA GAH!!!
Finally!!! This tutorial is perfect!!!
Thank you!!!
It took me forever to find the right one.
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FFF- d(>w<)b
THANK YOU!!!!
It's very useful for newbies like me :3
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thank you so much! I have been struggling with lineart for four years and this helped me so much!
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thanks for the tutorial
it was extremely useful =3
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This looks like it could be really helpful. I've been looking at various tutorials, and especially those that talk about pen pressure. Thank you for including that.
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The tutorial is certainly amazing but I have a question. Do you use pen tool for the horizontal curves? It's quite difficult to navigate even with the tablet?
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Heeeeyy I really eally eally want a tablet but I don't know what to get and if it will even work with my computer I've been looking at bamboo tablet pens and well I keep on really considering it well anyways my computer is an Eee pc and it's small so it doesn't have a cd drive and well will it work like the downloads and stuff like that? Oh and do you think my drawings could look good on it? heehee
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Iv got a question. could you tell me how to change the dpi? im so confused.
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My tablet just came in the mail today and this was SOOOOOO helpful! thxs
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how did you create a layout that says sketch? o.o
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Yay! I remember having seen this before, and when practicing lineart with my tablet, i would always think back on this tut.. problem was just that i couldnt remember who did it, when i needed it! XD GOSH! I have been trying to make the lines smooth and perfect while zoomed in, but when i see that your lineart is THIS good while zoomed out, and its like that zoomed in, then i just... LOVE YOU! <3
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Omigosh thanks so much! I have had the tablet for a while but I am no good at lineart. Hopefully this will help, thanks!
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What kind of tool/settings do I use for the first sketching of the lineart?
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i'm confused with the Dots per inch step. D:
how do i set the DPI?
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nevermind i figured it out. nice tutorial. thanks so much C:
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I've got a little problem with my wacom tablet, a warning sign appears each time I try to set the brush settings to 'pen pressure'
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How long does it usually take to do lineart?
Thank you for the tutorial <3
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This helped so much my sketches and line were 100% crap until this. I must fav.it's a sin not to.I love you.0.0
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I just got my tablet today. And you have no idea how helpful this was.
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can you send me the thing you used if you used things like photo shop could you send it through email for me and yes it does work tryed it before and so could you do that for me email _------- teribavin@hotmail.co.uk kk thanx
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... My brush preview doesn't look like yours, can you give me some idea of waht I'm doing wrong please?
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Don't worry now, Photoshop suddenly decided it wanted to work.
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Very helpful! Thank you very much
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I see what you mean by doing it at bigger sizes! I would always do mine at 300 dpi but still try to get perfect looking lines at 100% which was infuriating to say the least. It looks great after you decrease the size.
Thank you for this. Now I just need to get better at sketching!
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I noticed in the sketch that different sections were different colors. Were those all different layers and then flattened down to one once the sketch was done or something else?
A very informative tutorial, you have my thanks for posting it.
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This helped me out a lot, thanks for posting it ^-^
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Well, no wonder my lineart never looks as clean as I'd like it to, I'm working at like 70 dpi, fff. This was an eyeopener, thanks a lot. <3
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Hi!
Theres a problem with my lineart.....i start filling the spaces in to know which colors to make and shade, but some grey lines appear between them
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Do you select your area before using the 'Fill' option? If so, try the 'Expand' option.
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No...wheres the expand option?
thanks!
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Well first, select the space you wanna fill with the color using the 'Magic Wand Tool', then go to, 'Select', 'Modify' and 'Expand'. It should bring up a window asking how many pixels. One is usually all you need, but if needed, go for two.
Hope this helped! If you need anymore, I'm willing to help.
You're welcome.
Ps: I didn't know how advanced you were, so I just explained it with as much of detail as possible.
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Its okay 
I got it now and my work is better! ^^
Thanks very much again..
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I'm glad!
You're welcome!
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