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Published: 2012-09-21 19:41:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 13987; Favourites: 852; Downloads: 99
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This is a part of the next comic page. I just wanted to show you guys how I usually draw on paper and then scan them in for colouring.The steps:
1. Sketch with a cyan colour pencil on paper. (or you could sketch digitally and print them out, make sure the lines are 100% cyan)
2. Draw over the lines with a mechanical pencil or ink (whatever medium you prefer for doing lineart.)
3. When finished, scan it.
4. Open in photoshop and do Ctrl+U and you should get the Hue/Saturation panel.
5. On that panel click the drop down menu on "master" and use Cyan.
6. Drag the " Lightness" bar all the way to the right. The blue will dissapear but the pencil will stay!
7. In case the blue lineart turns grey, it means its not 100% Cyan, do not worry. Just go back on "Master" on the Hue/Saturation panel and drag the "Saturation" bar little to the right,
until the blue is really bright cyan. Then repeat step 5 and 6.
8. Now it is time to make the lineart darker. Use Ctrl+ L (Levels stab) to adjust your lineart. If you don't know how. Check my older tutorial:
9. In case you live bits of yellow, use step 5 & 6 again but instead of "Cyan" you choose " Yellow".
Hope it helps
Its a great technique for those who can't afford a lightbox table!
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I'd say more of a Doberman x3
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I am starting to like these tutorials. Thanks!
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I adore this method. Sometimes if I'm really ballsy I'll ink it with my fineliners and then scan in Photoshop.
I got lucky once at this small art shop and found blue lead for mechanical pencils. I haven't found them much since; I'd imagine maybe drafting supplies might have them?
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Awesome! 
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It could work with other colors from the cmyk or rgb colour circle. So if you use a yellow pencil you remove with the yellow etc. But colours need to be 100% :3
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bah..and i always used it just because i like blue.
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very helpful!
thx!
i wish there would be more great artists like you, sharing their skills with others...
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I use either red or blue and just desaturate/level them out.
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I will definitely use this method if I ever get a photoshop!
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Instead of a light box, when it was time for me to buy a desk, I chose a glass one. I put a light bulb under it when I need to transfer a drawing.
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Oh and this is a good technique. Thanks.
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When I was in college for animation, this is how we were taught to do art for scanning in (well, we were taught to use cyan and adjust settings, at least) :u Very good technique, for sure. I don't use it that often, but my linework and such is usually digital anyhow. I do like the look of your traditional lines, though :v
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yeah ive seen this technique a lot with comic artists . I learned this technique from
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You always make amazing tutorials <3
The first thing that came to mind when seeing him was 'I'm sexy and I know it' :I
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... Nice technique but if I draw lineart traditionally couldn't I just use calque xD?
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god, in polish it's kalka x"D hm, what is the name of it in english |D? semi-translucent paper ?
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*googles* aaaah that. yeah its possible too. lol . there are many techniques, i was just explaining the blue line technique in this. I never said other techniques cant be done x3
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But sketch digitially, print it and draw on it pencil lineart, scan it, edit it... xD? it's too much to do xD Just draw this lineart on paper and if it's too messy put the 👍: 0 ⏩: 1
^^ i said it was an option. You can sketch traditionally with a blue pencil too.
I do this because I get better result lineart than digital. Plus i got ruled comic paper for comics too :3
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