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Uhn~ Very basic tutorial on how I ink my artwork. (Sorry if it's substandard... ^___^`
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Thank you ne! >___< 
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I'm so glad this helped you~
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Thank you very much! A very useful tutorial!
A further question: What brushes do you use for this job (soft/hard, what size, etc), and what Brush Tools help you? (Dynamics, etc)?
Thanks in advance,
Irina
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Waiii~~~ Thank you so much! 
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ๆฑ~ ไฝ ่ฏด่ฏๅคชๅฎขๆฐไบ~ ๅซ่ฝ่ฏฏ่่ฏๅฆ~ ๏ผD
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Ah I believe I see your method here. And a pretty nice one too, although it's very time consuming with all those tracing! XD!
A couple of note you might want to add.
When you first scanned this in, what size did you use? because size does matter when you're actually going to color this piece or print multiple copies of your work. The bigger the size of the illustration, usually it's a lot easier to really put in the little details. However the file size will be pretty humongous.
Since you use a tablet, it's easier for you to alter the thickness of the line of your work here. However some people like me, still use a mouse 
Purging the history during this process is a good idea, because I know some people still have probably a 256 mb ram and with PS running, that'll slow things down if they have a ton of steps in the history window.
not really necessary, but you might want to include the version of Photoshop you're using as well. Mainly because older versions have different key function than the ones in the higher versions. And I believe the menus do change drastically as well. Like in your version, the option menu for the tools like opacity and other things are located at the top. While older Photoshops are still at the side like that layer window.
XD! one more thing, I never use the brush tool when I ink. So did you leave the hardness of the brush at default? I notice you didn't set up the hardness of your brush in this tutorial.
Overall, a pretty nice job!
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Yes, it is very time consuming!!! 
Well, as for the size, I don't really bother too much. X3 For now, I'm not officially making money out of my work, nor do I have plans of printing multiple copies. And I don't really put too much details, do I? 
*___* I think I did mentioned that you have to have a tablet. And, 256 MB RAM? O___O *remembers my old CPU* (Oh god no~~~ 
Wow, thank you so much for your comment! 
OMG~ I forgot to mention Photoshop CS in the preview! But, well, at least the full-view says Photoshop CS.
And no, I don't usually adjust the hardness of brush tool when I do the lineart. I tweak that when I color the picture (particularly the background). Whaaa~ I don't really follow a set of rules, because I was self-taught (which is not necessarily a good thing DX).
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"Well, as for the size, I don't really bother too much. X3 For now, I'm not officially making money out of my work, nor do I have plans of printing multiple copies. And I don't really put too much details, do I? Well, maybe next time! (I really, really hate scrolling! I make the files as small as possible.)"
Ah, so that's why I see the windows on top of your illustration 
"*___* I think I did mentioned that you have to have a tablet. And, 256 MB RAM? O___O *remembers my old CPU* (Oh god no~~~ ) "
XD! u should've seen me with Intel 3 and 128 mb ram. I believe it took about 10 minutes to open the file. And you said "have a tablet?" you didn't necessarily say that it's a lot better to have one at your disposal when you're doing this kind of inking.
"Wow, thank you so much for your comment! I missed a lot of details; looks like you know more about Photoshop than I do! (Well, at first, I thought of adding a lot of the basic technical things about the program, like functions of tools, etc, but other tutorials don't have those, so I thought it might make people feel stupid... *___*) "
"And no, I don't usually adjust the hardness of brush tool when I do the lineart. I tweak that when I color the picture (particularly the background). Whaaa~ I don't really follow a set of rules, because I was self-taught (which is not necessarily a good thing DX)."
XD I'm self taught as well, but right now I'm getting a bit of professional guidance from a group that does comic books. Fun stuff! there's a reason why softer lines are used for girls, and sharp ones for guys...and soft ones for girly guys
Thank you for your feedback
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Waiii~~~ People can learn a lot from you ne!! 
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Pleasure's all mine
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Mmm...I have used just that metod before. I'll try it out on my next colouring job..
(I normaly ink my pics before scanning thouh so they are normaly pretty easy to follow..)
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I used to do that, but I find it nerve-wracking since you can't really undo.
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scanner
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two more weeks...
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cannot wait
T.T
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Waiii~ Good luck ne!
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Thank you! This is going to help me out a lot.
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I hope it does! Thank you ne~~~
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Im a total retard when it comes to using stuff like this, so your tutorial was real useful lol.
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^___^ Thank you ne!
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really nice tutorial!!
but why merge? you might need seperated layers later, maybe? it gets merged when saved as .jpg file anyways..
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Sankyuu ne!
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ohh i see hehe.. i only curious about it, cause people who never done this before use the tutorials and tend to do exactly what they read
i'm the same, loads of layers XD i usually end up with three files with the same picture: lineart & colored jpg's, and .psd ehehe... eats a lot of space though
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this is really neat! I'll have to try it once I get my tablet reinstalled.
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Thank you!
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Wow, awesome tut! I'll definitely use it now that I've gotten a tablet! ^^
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Thank you!
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Wow thank you so much for your effort to share!! <3 Now we know how your lineart is so crisp!
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Thank you!
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Unbe-friggin'-lievable. This is great! I love it!
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Thank you!
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ang galing mo! ganun lang pala yun! salamat!
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Waiii~~~ No problem!
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oh master. please take me as your student!!!
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>____<
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Does that mean I am your student?
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I've been trying to learn how to ink with my tablet! Thank you so much for this tutorial, it's really helpful!
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Once I become not so lazy, I will definately read this.
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Cool...this is going to be very helpful..thank you
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I use a method similar to this to make the lineart in drawings too, but I have a question! How on earth are your lines so straight and smooth? Like, all the other works I've seen consist of precise, clean lineart, but when I use my tablet I have to be extra tedious with it because it looks wiggly...like I drank too much diet coke before sittin' down at my computer...
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Let's see... 
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Yeah, I actually messed with that to see if it would make a difference. It didn't help with the jiggles though... So to compensate for that I've been having to make my images HUGE and work from tiny little section to section and then reduce the size again so it looks smoother. You can still tell the lines aren't exactly "even" though.
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This was great help! I'm a beginner and I was following your instructions as I browsed this art! It was so much help, you have no idea!
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