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Description Well this is the best I could do guys. Lineart tutorials can only help you know how to prepare to do your lineart but no one can take a person's hand to make the person draw crisp lines, it's pretty much up to the artist.

I only have one additional suggestion. Practice your control over your hand often, that's the key for good linearts.

And yeah, that's a sesshkag pic I'm working on right now. I'll be doing the coloring tutorial while I color it.
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Nardhwen In reply to ??? [2007-12-17 01:22:04 +0000 UTC]

because you need the background layer to be white. The line art should be in a new layer over the background layer.

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NarutoXxXLisa In reply to Nardhwen [2007-12-17 07:21:32 +0000 UTC]

ok thanks, it worked after some cut and paste movements

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e2ca [2007-12-03 13:03:10 +0000 UTC]

Wow! Thanks for the tutorial! This will help me a lot! Umu.. Call me stupid and all.. The digital pen.. Is it really needed? I don't have one.. And I don't how much it costs. Dad might not buy me one or let me..

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Nardhwen In reply to e2ca [2007-12-03 18:26:38 +0000 UTC]

o.o well yes it is. It's called a digital tablet. It comes with a plain squared plate where you write and the digital pen with what you write. It may cost from 90$ to 200$ the cheapest.

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e2ca In reply to Nardhwen [2007-12-05 10:31:01 +0000 UTC]

Woah I'll start saving then.

Thank you very much!

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waddayaknow In reply to e2ca [2008-04-24 19:53:34 +0000 UTC]

Check Newegg.com for great deals. I got a high-quality one for about $30.

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e2ca In reply to waddayaknow [2008-04-29 10:40:06 +0000 UTC]

Woah! Thanks..

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waddayaknow In reply to e2ca [2008-05-01 23:00:50 +0000 UTC]

You are very welcome!
Just happy to help!

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e2ca In reply to waddayaknow [2008-05-02 00:14:41 +0000 UTC]

Ok
Thanks again

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inuyashaloverr In reply to ??? [2007-12-03 01:04:50 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for making the tutorial, but is it for PhotoShop, cause Open Canvas don't look like what you have here, lol. Still a great tut tho. I try and do the quick strokes as well, but they don't always work out for me. Am getting better tho!

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inuaddict In reply to ??? [2007-12-02 23:21:05 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much for doing this tutorial! I've got two tablets I'm bidding on right now so hope to have one soon, and this is perfect!

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JaeLinSong [2007-12-02 05:13:28 +0000 UTC]

what if you're lefthanded?

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Nardhwen In reply to JaeLinSong [2007-12-02 05:44:17 +0000 UTC]

o.o would that make a difference?

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JaeLinSong In reply to Nardhwen [2007-12-02 06:16:28 +0000 UTC]

well, you might not be accustomed to doing strokes with the right hand.

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Nardhwen In reply to JaeLinSong [2007-12-02 06:50:31 +0000 UTC]

it doesn't have to be with the right hand. you can do quick strokes with your left >_< just practice practice to get used to it.

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JaeLinSong In reply to Nardhwen [2007-12-02 16:13:51 +0000 UTC]

cool

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MikaRabidKitsune [2007-12-01 07:45:31 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! This will come in handy.....when ever I get a tablet....(sniffle)

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MissFreak [2007-12-01 03:41:10 +0000 UTC]

wow! this is really helpful thanku!! now i have to practice practice practice thank u very much! n_n

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HylianBlood [2007-11-29 18:06:44 +0000 UTC]

I will use this! Thank you! ;D

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mrsesemes [2007-11-29 07:21:12 +0000 UTC]

wat the heck i say!

i dont have a steady hand and all i can make are slow(perfectionist) strokes. lol
thanks for the tutorial

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Nardhwen In reply to mrsesemes [2007-11-29 07:26:44 +0000 UTC]

XD well practice the quick strokes. I didn't get them int he first try ya know. You're welcome X3

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ShinigamiAura [2007-11-29 05:57:07 +0000 UTC]

what do you mean by quick strokes?
Or more importantly, what's a digital pen? O.o
A pen that connects to the computer so you can draw things and it'll show up in the computer?

Ur art is awesome and I hope someday I can do art like u

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Nardhwen In reply to ShinigamiAura [2007-11-29 06:54:00 +0000 UTC]

lol quick strokes.. a stroke is the movement you do with your hand when you draw a line. a quick stroke is when you flick your hand to draw a line quickly. a slow stroke is when you actually trace a line carefully and a sloe motion, never separating the pen from the paper. A digital pen is that pen that comes with the drawing tablet, it measures the pressure levels and such, a tablet is useless without it.

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ShinigamiAura In reply to Nardhwen [2007-12-01 20:46:11 +0000 UTC]

I c...
I don't have a tablet ;__;
Is it possible to creat line art without one? o.o

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Nardhwen In reply to ShinigamiAura [2007-12-01 20:52:15 +0000 UTC]

Well the only way would be to use the pen tool on PS and I really don't know how to use it properly.

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ShinigamiAura In reply to Nardhwen [2007-12-02 04:12:37 +0000 UTC]

i c..
does inking the picture before scanning it onto the computer works as a lineart?

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Nardhwen In reply to ShinigamiAura [2007-12-02 04:22:26 +0000 UTC]

hmm... yeah but it would never look like a CG pic. I've never tried though but the lines wouldn't have the same quality a cdg lineart has.

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ShinigamiAura In reply to Nardhwen [2007-12-02 20:16:28 +0000 UTC]

awww ;__;
how much does tablets cost?

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Nardhwen In reply to ShinigamiAura [2007-12-02 20:36:49 +0000 UTC]

depends on the brand. wacom's one of the best brands but it's a little costly.

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ShinigamiAura In reply to Nardhwen [2007-12-06 01:37:04 +0000 UTC]

I c...
thanks for answering all my questions

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InTheNights [2007-11-29 02:35:54 +0000 UTC]

This is very helpful. Thanks for making it.^^

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queenb9999 [2007-11-28 23:29:25 +0000 UTC]

Thank you this was very helpful, I can't wait to see the end result of the picture and the color tutorial! Arigato again!

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Nardhwen In reply to queenb9999 [2007-11-29 01:22:19 +0000 UTC]

Your very welcome ne!

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VideoGameGirl [2007-11-28 22:51:29 +0000 UTC]

Wow, that really helped me alot, I just got a tablet a while ago and have been experimenting with different ways to lineart. Your way is much easier than the ones I have been using previously. Thanks for making it!

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Nardhwen In reply to VideoGameGirl [2007-11-29 01:22:05 +0000 UTC]

No problem dearie ^^!

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Rinkuchan27 [2007-11-28 22:50:11 +0000 UTC]

this helps alot! thank you! @W@

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Nardhwen In reply to Rinkuchan27 [2007-11-29 01:21:42 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome lol

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starshetland [2007-11-28 22:27:37 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for posting this. The quick stroke thing is a great tip - it's working a lot better for me. I can't wait to see the finished piece of this either. It's bound to be pretty.

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Nardhwen In reply to starshetland [2007-11-29 01:21:30 +0000 UTC]

Thank you ^^ and I'm glad it helped.

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InuYasha-Addict [2007-11-28 21:05:12 +0000 UTC]

It's so good^^ I can't wait to see the finished product! SessXKag all the way~

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ptrgotdis [2007-11-28 21:04:51 +0000 UTC]

i dont have a tablet but ur tutorial still ruled and im so gettin one i get some money lol

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ptrgotdis [2007-11-28 20:53:32 +0000 UTC]

thanx three hundred times once again u rule

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sugar0o [2007-11-28 20:26:07 +0000 UTC]

what version of PS do you use?

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Nardhwen In reply to sugar0o [2007-11-29 01:20:50 +0000 UTC]

Well for now I use CS2 but I plan on getting CS3 soon.

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sugar0o In reply to Nardhwen [2007-11-29 07:48:29 +0000 UTC]

Ah.. yeah i think i have PS7 :\ near the good one. but thats a lotta mula to shell out. >_< thanks for answering though i love your work, i'm such a Sess/Kag fangirl

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Lady-Zelda-of-Hyrule [2007-11-28 17:19:50 +0000 UTC]

I've pretty much always used the pen tool for inking, my lines with a tablet turn out all weird.

But this tutorial makes me wanna try again sometime. Thank you for making it. =3

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Shadow7Zerudahime [2007-11-28 16:51:25 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for this! I really didn't have the most slightest idea of how to make a lineheart, so, even when I have some technique coloring I couldn't do anything right. Thank you so much!

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Nardhwen In reply to Shadow7Zerudahime [2007-11-29 01:20:21 +0000 UTC]

No problem :3!

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FluffyShin [2007-11-28 16:41:07 +0000 UTC]

Thank u for the tutorial. It's awesome. It will surely help. I can't wait to see the coloured pic ...and the tutorial 4 it

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snarebang [2007-11-28 15:52:51 +0000 UTC]

Nice, prefiero hacerlo a mano pero tu metodo es muy interezante.

Keep up.

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