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Artists used as reference:*celesse
=Kaze-Hime
=dominika856
=Kuitsuku
Their art belongs to them and them only.
I gave credit, you should too.
Video Tutorial follow-along:
Seperating Lines: [link]
Coloring Lines: [link]
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Thank you very much. I especially like your observations of what other artists have done. That made me see things from a different perspective, and it makes me realize that I should pay closer attention to detail.
Ah. And you've added videos! Bless you, sweet child!
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I'm glad I could help! <3
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How do you make a scanned picture's background transparent? cuz your way of coloring the lineart doesn't work with white background...
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Hello. I have a burning desire to help you, and I hope I will succeed. Let's go.
This is a bit difficult to explain through text, as it is something that makes more sense visually. It will be much more beneficial for you to follow up with some tutorials and to fiddle around a little bit in the program.
It's not necessarily a white background, but rather, the lineart, that is important.
An understanding of lineart and layers is key. In this tutorial, the artist has used lineart. She scanned her image and then inked it digitally. There are many methods to do this, and there are many tutorials on deviantART that can assist you.
Lineart, in my opinion, is a lot easier and convenient to work with, because the lines are much cleaner. When it comes to things like making a transparent background, lineart is much easier to work with. Part of the process to making a transparent background is the use the magic wand tool. When you use this tool, you are selecting pixels, which is a very exact measurement. Doing something so exact requires that your lineart is clean, and the most convenient way to create clean lineart is to produce it digitally.
Now, if you prefer to work directly from your scanned image, you certainly can, and there are many options that are better explained through the tutorials on DeviantART. Again, clean lines are key. When you scan the image, you must make the lines as clean as possible. These clean lines are achieved through cleaning the final sketch, though, and not on the first try (to avoid any feelings of intimidation, if any!).
I am not sure what keywords would be best to use in the search bar, but I assure you that there are tutorials out there for turning sketches into lineart, without having to digitally ink them.
This explanation in a nutshell: you must have clean lineart.
The artist's tutorial is actually very affective, and once you grow comfortable with creating lineart, you should definitely give this a try. 
I hope this helped in any way. I myself am making that transition from traditional to digital work, so you have my unsolicited sympathy.
And again, it takes some fiddling around in photoshop or whatever program you have in order to get a better grasp of it. And I do suggest searching around for some tutorials. There are multiple methods to do many things, so learning from a lot of tutorials and combining the knowledge that you've gained from each of them helps a lot.
Good luck to you!
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thank you but i've already found out LOL;;; thiswasfromthreeyearsago hehe;;;
thanks for helping anyway ^^
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Oh wow. hahaha.
Well, I'm still very, very glad that you've found out since then. Have a nice day!
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I show it in the tut :c
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Uhhh... Which part...? sry i'm rly bad at finding things
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Idk beginning I guess.
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^_^ Not bad if you're doing smaller images, I tried doing it with an anime character I drew and 
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Smaller images? I do them with large ones as well.
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You can, but when you increase the brush size, it increases the lines x_x And I like the lines to be super thin (lol). I mean, I guess you could do it with an anime outline, but the file size would have to be small 
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I don't understand why it's a problem if it's a large file size?
I use normally around 1200x800 but I also use 7000x2000 or something of that sort.
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Really? And you can save it as a paintbrush? I've tried doing a large file like that and when I went to Define Brush, it wasn't an option...only Define Pattern was...I think I'll experiment a little more and see if I can get it to work ;D
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I should color my lines but I'm often to lazy to do so -3- even if it is that simple... and somtimes I forgets >.>
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I forget too 
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I'mma try more often now though
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This taught me a lot! ... I need to pay more attention to tutorials now xD
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eh, meh got awstruck by their art again- i felt like not drawing anymore...
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:C Don't feel that way! Let them inspire you instead of scare you!
Most of them are older as well!
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yeah about that:-
1.when i see references other people get and see their artwork. i usually want to the same-but if they are a higher lvl than me, it makes me want to catch up with the feeling i know i can't until i slowly get expirience. i still don't know how to use masking to color D:.
2.i don't like to know the fact that they are older, i like to hang/try to be with the same to close age like Monet and my friends ya?
don't worry though, your higher than me but im just saying
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I understand what you're saying. Monet would know more than anyone that I'm easily jealous and I envy many people. She's seen me quit art plenty of times-- We all feel this way. There's ALWAYS someone better out there we just have to face that.
Even if someone is older than me, I still try to be better. I'm a perfectionist when it comes to art. I personally hate my artwork and my style, but many artists feel this way~
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1. i hate perfectionists- it kinda seems easy to get down more if you always have to try your best on one idea. which is probably why you say you'd quit.
2. i envy/am jealous of you since your bettar and older with expirience. D|
3. saying "we all" doesn't help to say to a person who feels different on a subject...i think
how serious about are you?
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I hate perfectionists too |D Which is why I'm trying not to be one.
I think I act that way because I'm extremely serious about art :/
You shouldn't be jealous of me D:
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your being hipocritical of what you just said....lolxD but i see what you mean.
i have every right to be jealous of the bettar artist
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I mean, I'm a perfectionist and I hate it. That's what I mean xD;
I guess everyone is jealous of someone
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yeah my best friend was jealous of me, im jealous of you and monet, monet is (confusingly!?
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Yeah 'cause you're really good without using a tablet! I used to be OKAY with a mouse, but now I can only kinda use one.
I'm jealous of alot of people.
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PREDJUDISM! when you have a laptop, does the little pad and 3 buttons below it count as a mouse, if it doesn't-then im doing it harder than a mouse 
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Dude you use a laptop touch pad???
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always have i tell you always have
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Jeez. That is TOUGH. Your pics are AWESOME if they came from that
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well like i said! i use shift click and outline them by hand.
which doing that shortcut i can work somewhat faster.
if i didn't know that, i would've quit doing colored pics
thanks for seeing it my way, which makes me amped to color now!
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you use pen tablet right?
and you have alot of time?
and you learned by how many years of expirience?
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Yeah this crappy tablet lol.
Alot of time? Like drawing? I pretty much only draw during school xD;
I only got decent at drawing in the 7th-8th grade. Before that I THOUGHT I was good lol.
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Haha, it's funny to see your crappy drawings from a long time ago right? XP
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not funny, they make me remorse over the time of day i was happy drawing them....lol im kidding its actually nice to see what you started from and gotten better since
except the way my comic looked, i noticed how recent it's style change and my sketches looked wrong compared to my recent ones*shudders*.
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That only means you've gotten alot better ^^ You should be happy that your past looks horrible
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yeah i just said so
but...nah that just feels repeated like everyone else if I just say im "trying to get better"
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Go on a obsessed rampage of drawing the things you suck at. Eventually you'll get better :> For example, if you're not good at hands, keep drawing pictures where the main focus are the hands. Don't hide 'em
And you're not repeating anyone else
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uh i meant saying that is what everyone else says as well
cuz :everyone" does try to get better
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