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Sirenilily β Underwater Tutorial - SAI
Published: 2012-12-08 18:13:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 30004; Favourites: 758; Downloads: 8
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Hi there! So here's my first tutorial ^^ It's the method I'm currently using for my underwater backgrounds (Steps 2 and 3 are used by me so oftenly!). It's pretty basic, with only 9 steps (8 if you don't consider opening sai as one XD). Please tell me if there are any spelling/grammar mistakes
If you have any questions, feel free to ask
The tools I used here were pretty much the pen tool and the blur tool only. ( Blur tool <3 What would I do if you didn't exist? TvT ) And yes, I pick my blue shades randomly everytime. That way they hardly ever will look the same.
I might do a Photoshop Version of it too. The Photoshop underwater bg is still the same as before so it's not even close to this one. It looks worser e-e I haven't used Photoshop much since I started using Sai so there wasn't much of a progress on that...OTL
Well, I hope you find it useful
Please let me know if you use this in one of your drawings. I'd love to see it ^^
Examples of drawings (by me) in which I used this process:
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I'm glad this was helpful
No problem c:
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This was so so useful! I was trying to figure out how to draw something where an anime version of me was underwater (symbolizing the fact that I'm practically drowning in my emotions) and when I came across this, I absolutely loved it and thought it was absolutely PERFECT!
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used~~ Thanks for such a useful tutorial <33
Leia
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Thanks so much for the tutorial! It was really helpful!
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You're most welcome c:
I'm glad it helped!
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My bubbles still need some work, but otherwise this was a lifesaver! Thank you so much for posting it! fav.me/dadjnyd
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i used your tutorial, it helped a lot!
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I've used this~
Thank you~<33
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I used your tutorial, thanks!
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used for this (dodge instead of luminosity since I'm in Gimp):Β fav.me/d9vktcr
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thank you so much for the tutorial ;v; I could get a cool picture done:
Β tutorials ftw!
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Thanks so much for this, it really helped a lot
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Once more, thank you ^w^
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You are most welcome
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Thank you SO MUCH for making this!! It really helped!!!Β
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You're most welcome
I'm glad it helped you!
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Sorry for the caps but....
OMG THIS IS AMAZING, SO GONNA USE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hehe, it's fine
Thank you very much. I'm glad you like it!
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Thank you so much! It helped me a lot ;w; (I just got a pen tablet yesterday... first time using it
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You're most welcome! ;v; I'm glad it did ^^ (Oooh! Awesome
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Thanks so much for the help with the underwater view, it helped me A LOT!
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You're most welcome ^^ I'm glad it did ^^
Thanks for the mention!
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You're welcome ^^ Thank you! I'm glad you think so!
Thanks for the mention ~ ^^
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Umm, I have a question, what colours should you use for skin underwater?
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Hm...what I usually do (because I'm lazy, haha) is color the skin like I would if the character wasn't underwater and I copy the background layer and put it on top of the drawing, ajusting the opacity for that. I think you could use the Overlay option for that but I'm not sure.
If you don't want to use this method, I recommend using a bluish white (for white skin) and shade with variations of it, applying yellow for the light parts (like in this picture: www.deviantart.com/art/Underwa⦠or taking the base skin color and shading colors you usually use for skin and mixing it with the blue tones you used for the background so you get the colors you need for the shading. There are many methods for doing it, just remember it has to have a bluish (sometimes even purple-ish) tone to it ^^
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Aww, thank you very much! That gave me a really clear idea on how to colour underwater skin! You're awsome!
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You're most welcome ^^ Let me know if you need more help ^^
Oh, thank you!
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amazing tutorial, helped me a lot!
thanks!
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Thank you ^^ I'm glad it did ^^
You're welcome!
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That's great to hear ^^ You're most welcome ^^
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The result came out beautifully, thanks again.
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I'm glad it did ^^ You're welcome
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Anytime! Thanks again.
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Wonderful for the people who use Sai, (Like me) that want to draw underwater scenes. ^^
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Oh, excuse my original comment - I thought the bubble tutorial was yours as when I looked at it both of these tutorials had the same username but I was a mistaken, also because I saw very similar bubbles on this tutorial at the end, again I was mistaken, my bad! In any case, as I said, I love this tutorial, it goes great with this one for someone like me that is not at all skilled at doing backgrounds whatsoever: electrical-socket.deviantart.cβ¦
Anyway, this tutorial, is by far the best underwater background tutorial I have found, in my opinion, which gives us room to do as we please to make the background totally original and our own.
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Haha, it's fine ^^ The bubbles do look alike
I'm not a big fan of doing backgrounds so I try to make them in a simple way but still looking great
I'm glad you think this is the best underwater background tutorial
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I just want to comment to tell you how much I love this tutorial! Both this tutorial and the bubble tutorial go hand in hand, they are easy to understand, short and simple, yet the end result looks amazing no matter the skill level, and of course as I practice the better I am getting at these bubbles, which you have made incredibly fun for me to doodle up in my underwater background. Thank you for posting these!
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Thanks for taking a part of your time to comment ^^
I'm glad you love this tutorial
As a self-taught artist, I know these things are super important for beginners who use tutorials to improve their own styles
I haven't done a bubble tutorial yet but I can if there's enough interest
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I'm glad it was helpful to you ^^ You're most welcome
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Thank you so much I've been looking everywhere for one of these!
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