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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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thankieee a lot I am a biggener and this is very helpful I have tablet and PH CS3 and I have these thing for 3 mounght and I donΒ΄t know enithing 
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this is a great tutorial but i have a question...
i dont get it, im using trying to use my tablet on photoshop cs 2 and i do everything in the shape dynamics and stuff but nothing is change
can u please help me?
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nice!
It's just what I was looking for!
I'll try to do it... o.o9
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what tablet do you use? ... do you have to buy the ones that are like Β£700 .. or is there is a cheaper one to buy?? .. i need help
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There are plenty of much much cheaper models that might at most cost you like 200? The wacom models like the Bamboo fun or their graphire series are great if you are just starting out with a tablet, and are just as effective as the more expensive ones. Though of course, if you have the cash to spare, wacom's intuos line is a great investment too.
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thank you very much, i owe you my life
now I realized why my linearts lookes messy
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thanks, very helpful for me and my little tablet
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i tried but my brush line has rounded edges...not pointed like yours, if you understand what i mean...what am i doing wrong?
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thank you so much for your tutorial, you're awesome! :3
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sorry, im very dump in photoshop. i had freaking no idea what is "dpi"....but im guessing its the size of the zoom in, right? or..resizing the image..? neh sensei? '.'-
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Wow, this helps me a lot!! Thank you!
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My lineart hasn't looked this good thanks to you!
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ooh i really need help on this >.< but where can i find the brush preset on step 3? i dont know where to go after step 2 xD;
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im having the exact same problem
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thx loads!!! really helpful!! espeially for a newbie like me who just got my tablet ^^ thx!!
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yaaaaaaay i can finally use you'r tuturial ^^ i gotz myself now a pressure sensitivity and you'r tuturial is really helpfull!
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thank you sooo much! i wasn't sure how to make my lineart smoother with the brush.
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that wave brush...
i don't have it! ;__;
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It's a normal round brush.
Go to the brushes window, then select on the left column "Brush tip Shape". On the bottom of the page you should see either two dots separated or a line, if you see the dots (the preview of the brush) then mark the box "spacing" that's above the preview and then set it to 1% (see sample here -> [link] ). Now you should have a wavy line instead of the dots. This is what the spacing tool makes --> [link] the dotted-line on the bottom has pretty high spacing, between 50-70% maybe, the next would have less 20-30%and the last one would have very low spacing, 1-10%. The less spacing % the better the line is.
Afterwards go to shape dynamics and select "Brush Dynamics" and set everything to 0% and the first "Control" option as "pen pressure" . Once you have that wavy line that gets thiner in the edges go to "Other Dynamics" and set both control options to "pen pressure" and 0% and your brush is ready now! (that's how you make that wave brush she uses)
Hope this was somewhat useful
And... Lo siento pero me entere tarde de que eras espaΓ±ola como yo 
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me quedΓ© en la primera o segunda frase xDDD
mi photoshop encima lo tengo en spa...
bueno, gracias igualmente! >wπ: 0 β©: 0
Maaaan.. I've been trying to figure out, why my brushes looks different than yours, althought I have the pen pressure. Then I noticed the little triangle next to it, and I realized: PEN pressure. I DON'T EVEN HAVE A TABLET. XDD
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WAHHHH!!! thanks so much! i did this tutorial and had an amazing result!!! so neat! I've tried several tutorials b4 this, but this was the easiest and most effective!!! thank you very very much!!!!!!! ^^
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Yay! I'm definitely going to put this to good use, my line art sticks like doody. Thank you for such an awesome tutorial
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thanks! I just got a tablet and im sitting here going everything looks so messy how am i ever going to draw anything. But this helped so much!<3
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Wow, thanks so much for posting this tutorial! ~β₯ I've always thought that I'd have to do perfect digital lineart @ 100% zoom with 300 DPI , which is basically what I've been doing ><--takes an insane amount of time!
Just to clear some things up: so after you're done your lineart at 300DPI, you reduce it to 150 DPI right? And, is this the resolution you print your art with?
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thank you soo much! i used to always wonder why my lineart was soo messy...this tutorial was very sweet and user friendly! thanks again
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Oh, wow. I really needed this! I'm borrowing my cousin's tablet and I really want to do some line art on some of my drawings. Thanks for making this! ^.^
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How is it so easy to do tablet work?
When I put the pen down on the tablet, it draws on a random spot on my "work space", how do I know where to put the pen on my tablet, to keep the lines together on PS~? o,o
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i have a tablet too. read the instructions it brought and lots and lots of practice. i learned mine by drawing sucky eyes... and writing names in MSpaint. just try and after that it'll be okay.
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thank you so much for this tutoria!!! 
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I have Photoshop Elements 4.0 that i downloaded from a disk that came with my tablet (Bamboo) and I can't find the Brush Presets..
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this was really handy, u rawk
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Omg, this helped so much! I never thought of making it larger for doing lineart. >< Anyway, i ended uo making this: [link] Thankyou so much!
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This helped me loads, thanks
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This is like super helpful!
I think i'll stick to lineless stuff thou
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thanx this is so helpfull, lineart has pondered me for quite sum time xD
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thank YOU
you are one good person for making this simple Hahah
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this will help me very much inking most of my drawings with a tablet!
thanks for sharing
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great tutorial it's just a shame my tablet doesn't work with that pressure setting for some reason >.>
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ummm
do you do the preliminary sketches on a piece of paper or using the tablet
(cuz if it's with the tablet I fail cuz I will never be able to make such neat lines with the tablet 
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I just got my tablet and this tut helped me get started. Man this taught me a lot and i hope you will have others.
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that was really helpful but what is dpi?
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thank you greatly! this will help me a great deal!
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