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Red-Priest-Usada — TUTORIAL: Cleaning linearts
Published: 2009-11-08 22:37:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 98242; Favourites: 4912; Downloads: 2269
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As I promised, here is my second tutorial. This time I'd like to explain the way I clean my pencil linearts.When they are finished I print them on the sheet of paper and start colouring them traditionally with my markers.
By the way, since some of you asked, I'm going to make a copic tutorial next :].
Thank you so much for your kind words. I'm very happy that my previous tutorial was helpful.
Credits: `Princess-of-Shadows for the texture, =anikakinka for giving me tips with a dodge tool :]
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At Least!! someone whos teach me use curves and brighness/contrast!!!!
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Can't thank you enough for this tutorial you saved me a lot mof trouble!
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I'm happy to hear that
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Excuse me~ Do you use the Brightness/Contrast and Curves on your artwork? Or you use a certain method?
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When I was doing this tutorial my favourite method was to adjust my image with Curves and Brightness/Contrast. Now I'm using only Levels.
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I see?
Oh, another question! When you're sketching the drawing, did you use a lot of pressure when sketching it? I tried scanning my sketch and the scanner didn't do a good job scanning it, since I can't see any signs of sketch in it. o_o
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Yes, I use a lot of pressure (too much I think, since it's hard to erase the lines later 
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I am not sure myself because my main PC's language is purely Chinese (it can't be turned back to English.) and I rarely thought of checking the scanner's settings. I've recently checked my scanner setting, there were some things you can fiddle on, but it merely darkens the whole photo and I still cannot see the sketch. ^ ^;
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AHH I love you so much for making this tutorial!!! Thank you, it was more helpful than any other tutorial I have tried to use!
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FINALLY a tutorial that helps with line arts!! Mad'am I wish I could shake your hand but since this is the internet an icon will have to do lol
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Nope, it was Photoshop CS 3 or 4.
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This tutorial was like a gift from heaven. lol
All metaphors aside, I really enjoy reading through this and I definitely will try this out. When I first got into digital art, I used to just ink my pencil lines with art pens, then clean them up with the eraser tool in Photoshop before I attempted to color it. It was so very time consuming erasing all those dirty areas on it... *faint* lol
Then I started inking my lines in Paint tool Sai. A bit faster then doing my old method but still could be pretty time consuming. I was hoping to find a solution that involved using the pencil lines and just darkening them to the point that you could create it into line art without having to digitally ink it and well, just have to say, I think this is the tutorial I have been searching for lol. I'll definitely try this tomorrow on my new art.
Thanks again for the tutorial! ^^
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Your tutorial helped a lot and made it easier for me. Thanks
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Glad to hear that!
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something people who do tutorials fail to realize (or if you do, never bring up) is that not everyone has the same programs. every lineart guide i've come across says to either use a pen tool or channels. not every program has those options and the fact that everyone refuses to even bring it up as a possibility seems like the rest of us are getting shit on because we don't have the same programs the rest of you people do...
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I understand your problem but the truth is that I use only 1-2 programs (SAI and Photoshop which are the most popular nowadays and many people have them). I can't start using other programs just because of other people. I can't learn more options in every available graphic program and make a tutorial including all the tips for each program :/. In fact, every tutorial is very time consuming and not easy to do.
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and no one is asking you to. but it gets frustrating when one goes hunting for help on a particular point in art and every guide and tutorial says the same thing. my art program was free and it seems like nobody uses the damned thing.
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Thank you so much for this tutorial! I've been trying to figure out how to make my drawings into proper line arts. I usually hear people use the pen tool, but I find it difficult, so I just go straight to adjusting levels instead after scanning. I never thought about using the curve or dodge tool, but I think it'll come in handy now
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I have a feeling this will be very useful when I get a tablet ^^
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You are a GODDESS!
Thank you so much! for this tutorial~!
I have been looking for a tutorial like this forever!
You are the best!, Your tutorials are PERFECT!
Thank you so much!
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You're welcome :]. It makes me happy to know my tutorials help other people.
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Thank you for creating this! I always either inked my linearts or used Photoshop to make my lines, which can be a pain.
I've also never heard of using the dodge tool to clean up O_o I will definitely try it!
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i've used most of these tips on my pencil things before, but i learned some new tricks ant tips here, thanks!
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wow thats awesome 
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Awesome!
I'd never thought of half of the stuff you mentioned!
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Using the dodge tool is a really neat idea! Thanks!
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Thanks for a great tutorial !
Using Gimp instead of Photoshop, but everything is pretty much the same.
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Thank you! But did you merge down any of the layers you made for these steps? :0
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Yes, sometimes you need to merge the layers.
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