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Published: 2006-06-08 20:37:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 16974; Favourites: 400; Downloads: 2650
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alrigh guys i used PS7 for this one. for the final product go here! [link]hope you guys enjoy!
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thank you very much for the tutorial, even if is short point me in the right path 
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I've read through your questions, but I still don't know the answer to my own question: (I'm sorry you get so many questions: but I swear it has nothing to do with the inking or line or pen!)
In the first step: when you use the gradient tool, how did you get the color of the blue? I'm using CS4, and I know how to change the colors, but the light blue is not an option: so how do/can I make my own custom gradient?
Thank you so much for your time!
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hi ^_^ can u make a tutorial for pen tool,, i like how u use it,,
i know how to use it too ,,
but without the pressure, i don't know how to make the lines thin and thick like that T^T
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Fantastic tutorial, I'll definitely be trying it out soon. <3
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oh oh, dont answer..i read your previous answers
so im using the path option but...how do i make it transform into lines after selecting everything? xD
it just stays in the "path mode" with the anchor points..
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this might totally sound dumb but i'm having some problems with the pen tool. i used it once and its been a while since i didnt use it. the thing is that when i go on my lines and create de shape i want, it fills entirely with black. but i just want to do the lines..not to fill them..
hot do i do this? xD
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I hope it's not too late to ask any questions?
First off the gradient map adjustment. I can't seem to figure out how to change the color? I've always scanned my sketches in as greyscale, so maybe that effects it?
And the pen tool. It's easier to understand in Illustrator... I've managed to get it so it doesn't create shapes, but there's no thickness to it, nor a varation in thickness. How do i fix that?
Would the pen tool work better for thickness//variation in thickness if i were to use a tablet? (My pen broke for my tablet, so i haven't been able to use it lately. Me very sad. ;__; )
I hope you reply soon. I want to try inking on Photoshop and try coloring my pictures. <3 Thanks for your help!
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are you scan you pencils into greyscale swich to RGB. then do the gradient map adjusment.
i dont knwo much about illustrator so i cant help ya there.
i never uses my tablet for inking, so i just ink with my mouse and vector out my inks.
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Wow!, I have to add it to my favs. Really helpfull information.
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I love your tutorial, but, I have a question. Every time I use the pen tool it keeps making a shape path that fills in the foreground color. How do I get this to stop? Am I being a total idiot?
Thanks for your time, and your gallery is phenomenal.
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make sure you have the path option selected instead of shape layers. it should be the second button at the very top. i hope that helps! and thanks for the kind words! <3!!
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oh...yeah.. so that's what that's for...
kewl. that's awesome. And your welcome.
I like your style.
ben
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lol dont worry it took me a while to figure it out too, once i did its like second nature to me! <3!
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good to hear. Yeah...i just got my Photoshop CS2 about four months ago, and i'm completely amazed by all I've learned, but I'm also amazed by all I have yet to learn.
Thanks for the tips, and your tutorial rocks.
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That's really very helpful! I've been wondering about that pen tool, but I've been to scared to use it...now I'll have to try!
OH! And how do you use your layers? Do you seperate your lineart before you ink or...?
Thanks!
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maybe its not too late to come out with a question..
erm, how u ink ur artwerk using pentool?
do use any wacom or tablet?
tenkiu very much..
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i uses a mouse for inking, and a aiptek for soft redering colors...
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Hey Py 
Right, it's about the inking part. So far, I've always use the normal brush tool and ink my stuff free hand. I've never used the pen tool before so what I would like to know is whether
1. Is it much easier to use the pen tool?
2. When you the draw the path, do fill it up using strokes or?
3. How long does it take for you to ink your art and how long does it take to finish a piece?
Ok, Thanks in advance
-Kaminaga
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people asked the same questions, so alot of them have them all been addressed with my advice.
1. for me, its all same in the end.
2. i fill path both shape and stroke.
3. depends of the size of the pic, but really no time at all for me.
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Love this and can I just say: ZOMG SOMEONE SPELLS ASHLEIGH THE WAY I DO. hehehe
Sorry I've never met anyone with the same name as me who spells it my way. I feel happy now.
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awesome!!! ashleigh's unite!
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wow thats excellent! thanx soo much for the help ^^
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omg your avatar is awesome hahahaha
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HAHA thank you
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Thanks for the tutorial! I do have one question however - line weight - how do you decide where to make the lines heaviest? I think the line weight can make an ink job look significantly better or worse.
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you have to consider the form, how close and/or far away it is. like if something is closer, you'd inking thinker and farther away thiner. i hope that helps <3!
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Very practic tutorial..and good design for explain
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thanks
btw, in the last screenshot her googles lost the reflective light after you added the background. heh..
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Great tutorial. Glad to know someone else uses that inking method. I've tried loads of different ways of doing it but they all pissed me off way too much and I've gone straight back to doing that, even if it does take forever sometimes
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can u ink like dat without a digital pen thing ( i forget wot its called)
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like with the pen tool, yeah... thats what the tutorial covers...
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how exactly do u do it, sounds hard
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Sparky you are amazing!!! This is so impressive! I miss you tons!
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thanks fifi, but i think i only confused people more on how i work haha! i so miss you too!
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very nice tutorial -
simple and professional
good work
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Holy crap, this tutorial is really awesome! I guess I feel like the rest concerning the pen tool in inking it. Not that I have a total problem with it, but inking with it would seem like a really long time. How long does it take you? As for the colors, I find them phenomenal. I'm still practicing my shading skills (very new to the concept both digital and traditional)....I keep causing them to look flat instead of realistic/3D like yours? Anymore suggestions of color and shading relations? 'Preciate the tutorial, it's very informative!
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inking takes me no time at all really, like i think this whole thing took about an hour maybe an hour and a half. as for coloring i'd recommend trying to study rendering on like forms. try the ball and the lamp trick i posted.
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thanks! I also stopped by your website....looks pretty interesting, I can't wait for it to be fully operational.
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Uh. The picture is pretty and I like the tutorial loloo <33 o_oi
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When you color, do you have the brush on full opacity, because you got that faded look and it looks like maybe you use a slightly lower opacity then 100% in your coloring. Just wondering.
Other then that this is a really nice tutorial, simple, but nice. The Pen tool is hard to use in Photoshop I feel, it seems different then the way its used in Illustrator.
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