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Coloring Tutorial and Sai Tips
Published: 2011-02-14 05:51:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 418404; Favourites: 18408; Downloads: 10149
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I really hope this will be useful for some people. I know I'm not saying anything "new" but I've did my best to include some stuff that usually i don't read at some SAI or coloring tutorials.Thanks if you read it all. I know sometimes it might be boring, having so much text for a simple coloring step, but as english isn't my main language, I felt I had to be more specific with descriptions -anyways, sorry if my english isn't good enough or sounds like when a song is played over and ooooover again-
>3< Fullview of course, or you won't read anything hehehe.
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OMAGAH I GOT A DD!!! THANKS TO EVERYONEEEE! *3* THIS IS MY FIRST DD AND I'M SOOOO HAPPY!
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***COLORING TUTORIAL AND SAI TIPS:
PART 1 [link]
PART 2 [link]
PART 3 [link]
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***Translations:
PART 1 (RUSSIAN): [link]
PART 1 (GERMAN): [link]
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Please read every tutoria and every answer for the FAQ section at this description very well before asking something.
Feel free to ask anything related to SAI and this tutorial.
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***DOWNLOADS:
Elemap Tones, Papertex, Brushform, Brushtex Files: [link] (Just extract them and copy-paste them inside your SAI main folder overwriting the existing files)
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F.A.Q:
(updated 15/01/2012)
"WHERE CAN I GET SAI?"
[link] this is the official site, where you can get a free trial for one month, after that you must buy it..... yes, piracy DOES exist but i won't tell you where.
"CAN I DO THIS WITHOUT A TABLET?"
It's not easy, but yes, you can. The result might not be exactly the same but you can get a similar work. But you have to arrange the transparency and other features of each brush to achieve certain effects. How? Well, i don't know, i don't paint with my mouse for more than 3 years so i forgot how to do it.
"CAN I USE THIS WITH OTHER PROGRAMS?"
Yes, you can. Not everything, but at least the coloring technique.
"IS THERE SAI VERSION FOR MAC?"
No, but there are other good programs for MAC, you can try those.
"WHAT'S THE SUPR BUTTON?"
Sorry people, i don't own a laptop with the keyboard in english, so i think you have it as "delete"
"CAN YOU SHARE YOUR WATERCOLOR BRUSH SETTINGS?"
[link]
"CAN YOU SHARE YOUR REDJUICE BRUSH SETTINGS?"
[link]
"CAN YOU SHARE YOUR CHARCOAL BRUSH SETTINGS?"
[link]
The texture and the brush tip can be found at the download section of this description.
"WHITE LAYER AND DARK LAYER... I JUST DON'T GET IT"
[link] check this small pic to understand how to arrange them. Why do i use them? As you see, i paint and my color doesn't respect the lineart at first, so i erase later... to find every part that i wanna erase, instead looking at a white background i use the dark layer. Also, if the white layer is well done enough, i can select it, invert it and erase the parts that i don't need without using the eraser -which takes more time-
=A= well... as it's kinda hard to explain and stuff... I've made another pic to explain it as a step by step... Some of you might notice the good side of using both... if you don't it's fine... that step is optional anyway. [link]
Anyway a lot of people asks me this even if the answer is big, with examples and clear, so i won't reply to that question again.
"HOW CAN I MAKE MY OWN BRUSH"
Read the part 2 please *link at the begining*
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Comments: 1616
You are a wonderful person, thank you so much for this! I recently downloaded the trial of this program but have no idea on how to use the tools well. Thank you for this wonderful tutorial!
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Oh my word... I've just recently started using Sai... and I've learned a little on how to use it... but this tutorial helped broaden my understanding of the program... thank you so much! I hope to be able to use what I've learned, next time I draw X3
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i like how your image ends up looking like copic marker ink was used! its such a pleasant brightness that no other coloring tool can create and since its made digitally, you dont have to worry about mistakes! gj and ty for the great tut!
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Thank you, thank you, thank you! I just got SAI and I was so confused! Thanks for the info, it'll make my life so much easier!
I was wondering, how do you do lineart so well? Mine is always so... scratchy... I can never get the lines straight and as neat as I want them to be...
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How do you draw such clean lines and color so neatly? I have a tablet and only use S-7 and my lines still look somewhat jagged. The line art looks absolutely perfect and every time you erased and colored in it looked so clean. It takes me forever to get a clean cut.
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what do you mean when you say 'change the mode to additive'? I understand how to change the mode, but i can't seem to find 'additive'. is there another name for that??
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You're welcome~ good luck!
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I would like to know your advanced Pen settings for your lineart. I've been trying to get that result for years and I can't do it for some reason...
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Okay, so I've been wondering this for ages: how do you color inside the line art without darkening the line's without going over them? Is that even possible? It seems that you can either color over the line and make it darker or try not to color the line but then it always seems to be darker in spots. I posted an example if this'll help: [link] and I also had a few other questions like if it's possible to erase more than one layer at a time and about line art.
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it totally makes sense!
your lineart will always get darker if you paint under it, so i suggest you to lock the lineart layer and paint it with a lighter color... maybe you could ask someone who does light colored linearts for a better advice, because mine are always darker.
I don't know the answer for the other question but I'll try to learn if it's possible
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Thanks for the answer!
When you say lock the lineart do you mean lock it and then still paint under the layer like normal?
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select a layer and look for the option "preserve opacity" so you can paint ONLY at the places where there's something painted at that layer. In this case, you'll paint only the lineart. You paint on it at the same layer, not above or under it
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Okay, now I know how to lock the line art what did you mean after that when you said paint only the lineart? What would be the point of that? I'm afraid I don't get what you mean.
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Ahh thank you so much this is very helpful!
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awesome x3 I'm useing sai for more or less a year now but you showed so many things I didn't know in this tutorial
Thank you so much x3!
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A great tutorial not the style I'm looking for but it's a great tutorial for that style. Are you self taught?
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This is amazing!*-* Lovely job on this and thanks so much for your tips and this tutorial~!very helpful
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You are such a wonderful person for making this TT-TT
You just made my day.
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Thanks so much for making this! Been searching for a good simple beginners-type tutorial for SAI.
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Can i just say I love you right now? Honestly I've just been trying to do this on my own on SAI, learning little bits and pieces. But its also hard doing it with just a mouse. Do you have any tips for using just a mouse? Anything would be very helpful, thank you so much<3
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If I am using a mouse, I usually use the 'Select Paint' and 'Select Erase' tool often. I like using a big SelPaint brush and then going and fixing it with a small SelErase brush. If you're doing line work, then you could always use the shift button to make straight lines.
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Ohhhhhhh. I didn't know you could press shift for straight lines. Thats probably the only reason I like .Net better than SAI. Thats very helpful o: and what do you mean by Select Paint and Select Erase? o:
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[link]
That's just a little overview of how the tools work.
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I'll include mouse tips for the next one 
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Thank you! :3 You've already been a huge help c:
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you're so helpful!!! thank you so much
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thank you so much for sharing!its a lovely picture :3
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How on earth do you resize the canvas?
I recently made a pic, but it turned out waaay
to small, but I couldn't resize it without
diminishing the quality of the picture because
I didn't know how to resize a finished pic
before saving it on SAI.
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I still don't get it, how do you paint over the lineart with out the lineart going away or being covered with the colour?
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Generally, the line art should be the top layer.
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you paint on another layer and change the mode or low the opacity of the layer on the top (where you are painting).... those are the only ways I know you can do it.
If you are painting a lineart, i suggest you to do it on a layer under the lineart's layer instead over.
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Thanks so much, I got it ^^
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This'll help a fucking lot!!! Thanks!
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I now will live by your tutorials<3
You make everything so much easier to understand!
I can't thank you enough
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so amazing. but where is this layer mode 'additive' ??? i can't find it
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You probably already got it by now, but 'additive' has been renamed to 'luminosity' in Sai :3
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Oooh that's what it means lol. Thanks a lot. I have been away a lot so haven't yet had the chance to do this tutorial so hadn't figured that one out but thanks a lot xD filling in that blank for moi
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