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Update: 15th June 2010

As I am too busy, It will be hard for me to reply to comments on this page. However, if the issue is really pressing, you're free to note me, and I will do my best to answer.

Let's help each other! If you see a question on this page that you can answer, feel free to help out. You'll have all our gratitude.

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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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Comments: 704

VizardJeffhog In reply to ??? [2010-01-07 17:03:17 +0000 UTC]

OH MY GOD YES!! THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU!!!

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kochammuze In reply to ??? [2010-01-06 18:09:28 +0000 UTC]

And if you could I translate this tutorial in Polish? Because I am weak in English ... :C

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HellaAdams In reply to ??? [2010-01-05 03:03:35 +0000 UTC]

You helped me sooo much, thanks *o*
I never though that was so easy o.o
Kiss and thank you again.

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HellaAdams In reply to ??? [2010-01-05 03:00:00 +0000 UTC]

You helped me sooo much, thanks *o*
I never though that was so easy o.o
Kiss and thank you again.

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Sierryberry In reply to ??? [2009-12-30 05:56:28 +0000 UTC]

What size canvas do you generally use?

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KaduchiZ In reply to ??? [2009-12-30 00:14:56 +0000 UTC]

Great tutorial ^^

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Nyrietta In reply to ??? [2009-12-10 17:21:43 +0000 UTC]

I've been searching for SO LONG how to do thin lineart like that! Thanks a lot I still need lots of practise though, xD I'm horribly horrible at it.

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Rubycant In reply to ??? [2009-12-10 12:33:02 +0000 UTC]

u gave me what i've searched since soooo long time!it will probally change my life!
thank you

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unfinishedtears In reply to ??? [2009-12-01 09:15:35 +0000 UTC]

the most helpful of all tutorials.

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CiiMoore [2009-11-23 22:45:42 +0000 UTC]

I just got a wacom for my birthday...I'll be needing the info here. XD

It's so strange becuase I am very much a traditional artist...but seeing the tutorial makes everything easier to understand.

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FindingMe13 [2009-11-16 23:50:28 +0000 UTC]

dose the wacom bamboo tablet, come with the drivers u need for photoshop and everything esle?

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katara121 [2009-11-14 21:07:09 +0000 UTC]

hey i got a question
what kind of tablet do you have ?

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WarriorSandstorm In reply to ??? [2009-11-14 03:26:41 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! it helped!
Before:[link] You see how unstraight they are.

After:[link] This is what my lineart looks like after I used your tutorial !

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poker15 [2009-11-11 18:43:31 +0000 UTC]

can i get the beush i can't make et it looks like a notmal one

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MascaRei In reply to ??? [2009-11-11 09:19:04 +0000 UTC]

Really nice Tut,

Iยดll try it soon... nd I look forward to it (since my illustrations are
really messy and weird ->lineart)

you did a great job!!!

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Dreizhen-Kun In reply to ??? [2009-10-30 17:31:47 +0000 UTC]

Why the fuck am I so bad at this??? I just can't draw my lines that nice like you can.. Anyways, I keep tryin'..

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AnimeDraw95 [2009-10-27 21:32:51 +0000 UTC]

WHAT TABLET DID YOU USE?

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kuridoki In reply to AnimeDraw95 [2009-10-30 08:48:42 +0000 UTC]

At the time it was a wacom graphire 3. More commonly used now is the Wacom Bamboo.

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AnimeDraw95 In reply to kuridoki [2009-10-30 12:44:04 +0000 UTC]

It's good? Wacom Cintiq 12wx is betteR?

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i-am-a-artist In reply to AnimeDraw95 [2009-10-31 10:47:52 +0000 UTC]

wacom bamboo dosnt give whats happening on the screen on the tablet while the cintiq does

Wacom bamboo ยฃ44-ยฃ200
Wacom Cintiq ยฃ1700-ยฃ3000

and the tablet dosnt make the artist

hope this answered your questions

and yes the wacom bamboo is pro

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FieldsofKiichigo [2009-10-18 18:29:29 +0000 UTC]

Oh thannnkkk you. This is awesome, I've been working on a doujin, trying to find a lineart tutorial for like the photoshop(7.0) that I got with my tablet because Manga Studio doesn't support my Tablet, and Sai confuses me So thanks


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utaria In reply to ??? [2009-10-14 00:41:17 +0000 UTC]

Where can I have photoshop?(free, if you can, please)

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Ayanyami In reply to utaria [2009-10-27 13:18:16 +0000 UTC]

there are portable versions.

Try googling out.

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utaria In reply to Ayanyami [2009-10-27 14:03:36 +0000 UTC]

Portable ? What is this?

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Ayanyami In reply to utaria [2009-10-27 14:47:55 +0000 UTC]

Portable means that you have no need of installation! IT IS FREE

My photoshop is a school-issued one, so yeah...

Note: Most of these portables require a WINrar program so you can extract the rar files. Google in WINrar and you can find the WINrar program.

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ljscribbles [2009-10-08 16:23:02 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!!!!! I've just joined the ranks of tablet-users, so this will help a lot!

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RustinAlexandru In reply to ??? [2009-10-06 12:14:46 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot for this.I'm sure this will help me a lot !

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grafffite In reply to ??? [2009-10-05 12:15:17 +0000 UTC]

Awesome thanks for uploading this!

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aeminX [2009-09-19 15:58:32 +0000 UTC]

great.... saved me really... thanks a LOT !!!

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Animefreakinfan2 [2009-09-15 06:40:18 +0000 UTC]

sorry if this is out of topic. But could you tell me how i could get a tablet to work? my brand is Deleter XP-PEN i followed the installation mannual and installed all the programs correctly. but my pad wont turn on or work when i plugged in the USB both at the front and back of the CPU. i even tried restarting the computer multiple times and reinstalling the programmes. Though i managed to enable the pen pressure in my photoshop.

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SilverLance13 [2009-09-12 17:29:48 +0000 UTC]

higher dpi means higer pixel dimensions? or what. im confused on how to make dpi higher 8)

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Niraven In reply to ??? [2009-09-09 12:16:41 +0000 UTC]

I'm gonna give this "go big and downsize" thing a try, it looks like exactly what I need, thanks!

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GinnyMilling [2009-09-08 19:39:52 +0000 UTC]

I have to say... I've referenced this tutorial many times when I get frustrated with my tablet, and it's always SUPER helpful. Thanks so much for making it!!

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HockeyWitch [2009-09-05 15:01:08 +0000 UTC]

You are MY HERO!!! Thank you THANK YOU for posting this!!! You're awesome at lining!!!

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thegendra In reply to ??? [2009-08-30 07:39:36 +0000 UTC]

thank you soo much, I really needed this

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RhoadieNom [2009-08-21 01:00:28 +0000 UTC]

thank you so much! im getting a tablet soon and i need to learn how to use photoshop.. badly!

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Rawda In reply to ??? [2009-08-08 15:19:36 +0000 UTC]

thanks alot!! I just bought a tablet and still practicing...

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Cuacqu In reply to ??? [2009-08-07 17:41:43 +0000 UTC]

Very useful I'll try it right now with mah first tablet *-*

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ToonethLinkage In reply to ??? [2009-08-04 15:15:25 +0000 UTC]

does this work for Open Canvas 4.5? o3o

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Beastbabe [2009-07-24 17:40:20 +0000 UTC]

I'll done the settings with the brush with pen pressure and such but my brush isn't changing and remains just a solild line.

I dunno know why it's not working

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SunnyNats [2009-07-21 18:29:13 +0000 UTC]

Awesome ^^

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Alxyz92 [2009-07-13 13:48:19 +0000 UTC]

I only started working on Photoshop, this will help me a lot.Added on Favorites

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cumachici In reply to ??? [2009-07-13 10:07:47 +0000 UTC]

great tutorial!!!
it's help me lot ^^

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pandiebambu In reply to ??? [2009-07-11 03:26:54 +0000 UTC]

thank you! but I was wondering, does this work on elements?

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AirRider [2009-07-10 01:17:34 +0000 UTC]

this was just the kind of LA tutorial I was looking for! THANK YOU X3

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xXFireFoxGirlXx In reply to ??? [2009-07-07 06:11:35 +0000 UTC]

This is by far the best lineart tutorial I've seen around!
And that's quite a big number.

However, something seems to be wrong with I choose "Pen Pressure".

It has a small warning signal next to it, like, a triangle with a ! inside of it. The pen pressure doesn't work, it's just a curvy line, no fading near the edges at all. Is there something I've missed?

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KAM1988 In reply to xXFireFoxGirlXx [2009-10-26 14:54:43 +0000 UTC]

I have the same problem with it. I don't see the faded edges.

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JashinslilStar In reply to ??? [2009-07-04 05:59:24 +0000 UTC]

i have photoshop 5 is it pretty much the same way?

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Foxxy-Kitty In reply to ??? [2009-07-03 04:06:33 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful tutorial!!

I have a question though, how do you get tapered ends with brush strokes?! I cant seem to get this right, I just got a wacom Bamboo fun tablet and im using Photoshop CS2. I have tried the first 4 standard brushes that come with photoshop and set everything to pen pressure but I dont see tapered ends like in the preview of the brushes, if you know what I mean. I want my work to look like tablet work, not mouse

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Toomuchart In reply to ??? [2009-06-30 12:12:01 +0000 UTC]

Awesome tutorial !
By the way I use the same program but sometimes when I do the brush as you say but it still doesnt go with the pen pressure.(yes,I use a tablet..just in case you thought I didn't have a tablet ) I always have this kind of problem.. :/ Is it me?Or is it my computer D: ?

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