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[SAI...tutorial ? ] How I colour Things
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If you found these helpful, you can support me by buying me a coffee so I can make much more! >> ko-fi.com/uchuubranko
I will always make tutorials for free.
I Do NOT own Ayanami Rei, the character! It just happened to be her! XD She's from Evangelion
How I colour characters etc...please download if you can't see it/ or it's slow!
I don't know if to call this a tutorial, so I couldn't settle between "I'm doing like this" and "You do like this" phrases XD
check out this tutorial for SAI TOOLS if you are a beginner with the program >>
feel free to ask, I'd be glad to clarify something 
feel free to share on websites/etc crediting if you reference isn't obligatory but appreciated 
it's my way of colouring, you're not obligated to follow sit strictly/ do it like you would do it and help yourself from some parts 
please don't modify, remove credit and / or crop this tutorial I hope it will help someone....maybe?
starry sky tutorial : ; original drawing : ; if you want to colour the line : (please don't make it like this ^
)like an alpaca~
I hope you have a wonderful week everyone!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ULTRAWONDERFUL FOR THE DD! thank you so much for all the support as well!
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Its really help me a lot !! Thank you so much!!1
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I NEED to know how to change the lineart color... I always scan my linearts and they're black... -_- Can't add color to black lineart! ;A; HELP!
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If you scan your traditional lineart, you can't add/change colour to it like you would digitally.Β When you draw a digital lineart on a layer, the lines become the only thing on that layer so you can change them easily.
You can change your scanned file colour using photoshop though. >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnxO-mβ¦
or, change it with adjustment layers or by airbrushing over your line/scan image layer on an OVERLAY layer (with colour of course) :)
I can explain in detail if this wasn't helpful enough
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I'll try!!!
If I can't, I'll come back and ask you again xD
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Hey, ahh, just wondering about your brush settings for shading? (you said the opacity/texture i believe but not other settigns like blending, dilution , persistance, edge hardness, quality, min dens and max dens, as well as whether blend was checked or not...)..So, umm, just wondering what the settings are.? ;w;
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sorry for the late reply!
but interestingly enough there are many persons asking for this and I was kind of lost
I use the same 2 brushes for everything
just follow the order and it should be right
Brush 1 (main brush) settings :
- min size : 0
- density : 100
(Stringy_L)
(none)
- color blending : 4
- opacity mix : 17
- persistence : 7
(keep opacity is checked)
- quality : 4
- hardness : 30
- min density : 33
- max density : 33
- hard - soft : 116
(density / size / clr blend are all checked )
Brush 2 (secondary brush)
- min size : 0
- density : 100
(none)
(none)
- color blending : 31
- opacity mix : 48
- persistence : 43
(keep opacity is checked)
- quality : 4
- hardness : 21
- min density : 0
- max density : 0
- hard - soft : 104
(density / size / clr blend are all checked )
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Omg, thank you so much ;o; //btw your art is really pretty and good ;o;
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I just want to know how to color in general. Β I have no idea. D:
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the ones you drew with coloured pencils (?) are pretty much normally coloured....
colouring is well...putting colours/shadows/light source/and all your mind and soul in...D:
that is all
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No I mean like actually put the colors into Sai
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select a tool and press?
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Omg that is so cool! I see you're a fan of Evangelion too
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I like it, though this was a present for my Evangelion-lover neighbour!!
I have to make time to see the (relatively) new one D:
thank you!!
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I've only seen one of the movies, I haven't really seen the anime but the movies are epicΒ ^^
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Tried out some of these tecniques on this:hyrayl.deviantart.com/art/The-β¦
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oohhhh 
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what were your brush settings for the hair?
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sorry for the late reply!
but interestingly enough there are many persons asking for this and I was kind of lost
I use the same 2 brushes for everything
just follow the order and it should be right
Brush 1 (main brush) settings :
- min size : 0
- density : 100
(Stringy_L)
(none)
- color blending : 4
- opacity mix : 17
- persistence : 7
(keep opacity is checked)
- quality : 4
- hardness : 30
- min density : 33
- max density : 33
- hard - soft : 116
(density / size / clr blend are all checked )
Brush 2 (secondary brush)
- min size : 0
- density : 100
(none)
(none)
- color blending : 31
- opacity mix : 48
- persistence : 43
(keep opacity is checked)
- quality : 4
- hardness : 21
- min density : 0
- max density : 0
- hard - soft : 104
(density / size / clr blend are all checked )
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i have a question :3Β
first of all amazing tutorial! i really like the way you organize and colored everything
Β but i don't really get why you ordered the layers the way you did.... like why did you put the skin layer over the clothes and hair layers? I've always been putting my skin layer at the bottom and i would Β like to know why you put yours on top.
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Thank you very much!!
I always begin to fill the skin parts first : skin > next is hair > next is cloth > then background (which is the bottom)
By putting it up, I can avoid the hair, clothes and anything that's below it, to enter in the skin colour. The same is for clothes as well. I don't want the clothes colour to enter in the hair.
I'm sorry for being confusing, does this help?
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yes thank you 
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I'm so glad!
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We all have different styles; as well as different approaches to them.
Before I would even attempt this; I need to get much better at figure drawing. It's clear you do realistic looking paintings while I am very stylized and cartoonish.
Nevertheless there are pointers and steps here I can incorporate into my own daily motion of digital painting. I can go realistic sometimes. But to this degree it's a bit out of my reach for now. Because I am rusty with humans and anime ones at that.
But you set up a pretty neat tutorial that will come in handy. I like looking at different ones to see what they can offer for me in terms of improvement. And yours works as well.
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oh but mine is quite far away from a realistic style!
I'm so glad this can be of use for you! 
p.s your style is gorgeous!
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Well it's a style I admire. But one I can't just jump into. I can tell it takes a lot of practice and dedication to do something like the hair rendering. Hair and eyes in particular can be tricky but well worth learning.
So yes; this will come in handy. And thank you very much. I appreciate a compliment as such from someone of your caliber.
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Omg , this is awesome . I always had problem coloring .. hopefully this will improve my coloring skills
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Awesome tutorial! At a few steps, it was like "magic happens" and then it looked awesome, but that's typical of every tutorial.
I've been wanting to get SAI Paint for a long time, but haven't gotten around to it yet, soΒ every timeΒ I see something about SAI I read it.
P.S. The drawing's awesome too!
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Thank you so much for the kind words! 
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You're welcome!
Could you tell me whether you shade on different layers, or all on one layer? How do you keep the shading in the correct place? Do you use the color select tool? If you could answer those questions I would be really happy.
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You're awesome... like in general. But especially at tutorials ^o^.
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thank you so much
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thankyou for the tutorial! you can never get these on youtube where its all time lapse and everything flies right before your eyes and you like *WHAAA* Β
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hahaha that's right!
thank you for looking!
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