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zearyu — SAI lineart tutorial...ish
Published: 2011-06-17 06:57:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 85442; Favourites: 2184; Downloads: 982
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Youtube video : [link]Note that this tutorial expects you to have atleast basic knowledge of the program
Also note that I do use a tablet, the same look won't be achieved with a mouse
Oh another good reason to have a big canvas is it's easier to fill in your base colors afterwards, you can just paint bucket it =7=
I had a few people ask how I lineart and well..I'm not really sure how to explain/teach it besides telling you my settings and I guess my canvas size and what not to do hahaha. So here's how I basically lineart, not how you should lineart but how I lineart..ahaha
Hope whoever finds it useful, feel free to ask questions because this is full of holes and mistakes somewhere I'm sure :'D
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If you adjusted your settings and your stabilizer and it still isn't smooth it's just the way you're making your strokes, it can take some time to be used to making a clean lineart. Just like inking in real life with a pen or painting with a paint brush, the program won't do all the work for you, after using it for awhile you'll slowly adjust to it and get better =]
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Thanks but i had sai for a year 
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I'm sure you will! : D Just don't give up and by the time you're an oldie like me you've probably already reached incredible heights~
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awww thanks 
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doesn't go slow? xD I don't know what that means. You can set it to the highest possible setting, I decide not to though since I don't need it
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Stabalizer makes the strokes go slow or fast! when it goes slow it helps the smooth..i heard something like that
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Ohh yeah it goes slow because it's 'loading' so it kind of lags to put it in better words Lol
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I can't seem to get the lines all...thick and thin. Like the pressure. I followed everything for the pain and pen tool- but it STILL won't go right. I copied everything exactly the same. Help?
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If your tablet is working as it should be and all your settings are like what I've shown then it's just how you're drawing the line, it won't go thick to thin completely on it's own. A good amount relies on your own strokes as well. Imagine it like a paint brush, and that's all the advice I can give pretty much. If it's your tablet's fault I wouldn't know as I'm not a tech guy xD
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Oh. I used the pen everyway possible in every direction and pushed as hard and as light as I could. ._. My friend's tablet let me do it, but I can't seem to. I'll print screen it? Tell me if anything looks wrong
[link]
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Uh you're pretty zoomed out very far from your canvas lol, if the canvas is that big I would use a size 14 brush or something. Also your minimum size is set to 50%, mine is set to 0% so smallest it can go is nothing. for you smallest it can go is well half the size
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Alright, I fixed it.
I symbolized my WTF in a face form, so- [link]
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Uhh yeah I can't tell if it worked for you but if your settings are the same as mine and we assume you're stroking it correctly then that's all I can help with =]
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do you do it with a tablet? i dont have one so i use a mouse... :I not even my right hand can resolve the problem of the strokes being so not perfect
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Yes I do use a tablet =]I don't believe the same look can be accomplished with a mouse. I'd recommend to get yourself a tablet! A decent one by Bamboo costs only 40 dollars
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yay! just need to find one here in Portugal!
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Do you always use black? or is there a specific color you use? c:
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I sometimes use a dark red and that's pretty much it xD
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Yay a tutorial~ Just what I was looking for |D
Except, my lines don't do that D: They aren't like...at a point on the end. They're just...square. Or something.
I think it has to do with pen pressure...I have no idea how to work my tablet except to like, basically draw on it. Rawrgh >////<
It's a DigiPro 4"x3" Drawing Tablet. At least that's what it says on the box >//<
Meep.
But this was really helpful anyway, thanks
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square like..actual square? sounds like you're using paint xD if you're using SAI and your lines don't go thin to thick and then thin again it could just be your strokes. It can take awhile to get used to drawing on the tablet since the first time I used it I couldn't get the thin to thick.
I don't know how to work a tablet besides draw on it either haha, I never adjusted any settings on my programs or my tablet, I just plugged it in got my program and used it haha. I don't believe tablets make a huge difference, my first tablet was a bamboo, the cheapest one and even that tablet works fine with making the thin to thick strokes =]
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Well not actual square, I don't knowwwwwww~
Yea, I suppose I should just mess with it and practice a bit more, then I'll get it someday, haha.
Maybe I should Google it or something, I don't know. XD
Thanks!
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This is so clear and awesome! How can you make the lines so straight?
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I set my stabilizer to 12 but that's pretty much it xD think how you draw on the tablet determines the rest =]
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Then I can't help you there ahaha xD I wouldn't know how to make the same lines with a mouse, you should invest in one someday =]
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XD yeah, lol i have to try harder~ D:
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This helped alot, but my stabilizer doesnt work with my tablet. Im sure its pressure sensitive etc, what could I be doing wrong? ;-;
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It should work, higher the number you choose more it smooths your your lines. If you use 1 compared to S10 you'd see a big difference when you draw a line. If it really doesn't work then sorry I can't help you there as I'm not a computer tech =[
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It used to work but i think my tablet is just knackered XD Hopefully with my extra money fromwork i should be able to get a wacom intuous 4, or ordered atleast, before i start college/6th form in september ^^ So Ill just give up on this one XD Thanks anyway ^^ X
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how do you erase the sketch (I have a problem with that D: )
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Your sketch and lineart should have their own layers. Sketch on one layer lineart on a layer on top of it. That way you can hide or delete the sketch without affecting other things
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I still don't understand... how can we create a different layer? I'm still a beginner...
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You can go to layer>new layer to make a new layer. I suggest finding a tutorial on the basics as I don't go through those assuming my readers will know atleast that much =] there's many out there starting from the very beginning
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hmm... ok..
(please make some other tutorials!
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thats very useful!i love it and im new to this program so it helped me quite a bit lol and again thannk you
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thanks
can i ask how much time you need to fully finish your lineart? O_O
cz it took me reeeeaaally long time T_T i just had a new tablet lol
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Umm about 15-20 minutes per character unless they have alot of details like armor and such ouo
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Thanks very much for the, yet again, amazing tutorial! They're all very helpful!! ♥ = 3 =
By the way, are they your characters? Or was this a commish or something?
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Your welcome!
And no they arn't mine xD this was a fanart of Hetalia ouo
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Oh! Hahaha xD My bad > n <
I've never seen Hetalia before ~
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Thank-you, you should see how bad some of my old computer drawings from when I started my Deviantart XD
I don't know why I'm watching this, my tablet broke months ago. D'=
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Bleh =3
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Knowing the settings really helped.. I've been trying to get the perfect setting for awhile. I dunno what the stabilizer does but it seems great. Now I can start working on some new stuff.
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Ahaha the settings I have is basically what they are when you first download SAI xDD *never tampered with themm. Stabilizer is what it is 8D stabilizes your strokes Lol
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*Crys while staring in awe*
Y-you don't use the curve button? That just makes you so pro...and how is your lineart SO CLEAN!? I guess that means i need to practice more with the tablet, but my lines always turn out so...shaky. >.<
So after you finish the drawing, do you resize the ENTIRE thing? Wow, I need to learn how to do that...
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Curve makes it look too stark in my opinion haha. After just showing people my settings the rest is on how comfortable you are with it I believe because I just..do it Lol :'D
And yup I resize the entire image. save it as a jpg or png, open it in photoshop and then go to image>image size and choose a smaller size xD
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That's true, the curve can look a bit odd.
I think I messed up my settings, they seem to be different than yours...*goes to change them*
Is that after you color them? Probably after you color it, right? Thank you for the advice!!
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