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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
DyMaraway In reply to ??? [2012-07-10 03:16:35 +0000 UTC]
sometimes it has another name... try testing the other modes to achieve an effect similar to the one i'm describing
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nana369 In reply to ??? [2012-07-04 20:22:25 +0000 UTC]
this was amazingly helpful, especially the hair part! thank you very mcuh
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ThatOneMusicalMidget In reply to ??? [2012-07-03 00:31:14 +0000 UTC]
Oh gosh I feel so stupid asking this...> o <
On step 3, what the the order of the layers? (Bottom to top if you please) I know its a little dumb but i'm SUCH a newbie. I literally started using SAI a couple days ago..
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DyMaraway In reply to ThatOneMusicalMidget [2012-07-10 03:19:44 +0000 UTC]
don't worry,think of the layers as a transparent sheet, a shape of a layer will be covered by every shape on the layers at the top, ok?
so this is like.... the basic way to do it:
TOP
Lineart
MIDDLE
Coloring
BOTTOM
Sketch or background (not in the same one, I'm just saying that backgrounds go under a character color so as the sketch... I hope I won't get you confused with this)
If this isn't enough ask again and I'll explain it in another way.
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PatatoDoodles In reply to ??? [2012-06-29 17:14:27 +0000 UTC]
what an awesome tutorial i will learn from this!!
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Noodle980926 In reply to ??? [2012-06-29 02:51:13 +0000 UTC]
This is really usefull thanks you.
If you want I can translate this to spanish.
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DyMaraway In reply to Noodle980926 [2012-07-10 03:20:50 +0000 UTC]
oh thank you, my main language is spanish so I don't take those translations because I know I can do it and I'm not lazy enough to ask someone else to do it. But thanks again
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Icicle1penguin In reply to ??? [2012-06-26 03:47:13 +0000 UTC]
Ah, thankies for this!!!
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viellera In reply to ??? [2012-06-25 10:23:02 +0000 UTC]
This is insanely helpful! Thank you so so so so much!
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littledemoness In reply to ??? [2012-06-24 03:43:30 +0000 UTC]
Thank you very much for your tutorial! You helped me make my first OC [link] Thank you so much!
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DyMaraway In reply to littledemoness [2012-07-10 03:20:05 +0000 UTC]
hehehe thanks for the comment! I'm glad I was able to help!
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puretruth1103 In reply to ??? [2012-06-21 22:06:54 +0000 UTC]
Thank you so much for this tutorial! It made this: [link] just SO MUCH BETTER!!!
Thank you so, SO much!!!
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0rfeo In reply to ??? [2012-06-21 13:20:20 +0000 UTC]
Impresionante, gracias de verdad por compartir tu sabidurΓa con nosotros, conmigo sobretodo que soy bastante desastre en el coloreo de dibujo, cuando subo dibujos los mato XD Bueno gracias, muchΓsimas gracias por el tuto
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Massoro In reply to ??? [2012-06-18 06:43:22 +0000 UTC]
Am I retarded or is this really hard?
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lamascotadeldemonio In reply to ??? [2012-06-13 16:52:48 +0000 UTC]
great tutorial! thank you so much >w<
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HakoWako In reply to ??? [2012-06-12 22:34:37 +0000 UTC]
mm, I'm kinda confused, about the "Aditive" mode , since can't find it on my SAI settings for layers ; ;
aside from that nice tutorial~ xD
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Astrikos In reply to ??? [2012-06-11 23:32:01 +0000 UTC]
This is wonderful!~ Great detail and clarity. Amazing tutorial!
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NecroMasterSyl In reply to ??? [2012-06-10 21:33:06 +0000 UTC]
I was wondering how do you get your brushes to be thin then thicker then thin?
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Daydreamer-520 In reply to ??? [2012-06-09 05:41:10 +0000 UTC]
This is so very helpful! Thank you for this guide!
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amaliadaniels [2012-06-08 09:51:44 +0000 UTC]
The best tutorial on coloring for SAI!!!!!!! OMG! Why did I take so long to find this?! This. Is. The. Best!
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sutisnyoron In reply to ??? [2012-06-04 12:46:22 +0000 UTC]
hey i found redjuice's SAI costume files from his twitter [link]
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mintOskitties In reply to ??? [2012-06-03 11:59:46 +0000 UTC]
your colours are so strong and bright and atractive, and mine is fail like this one...[link]
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Demonessie In reply to ??? [2012-05-31 03:16:17 +0000 UTC]
Wow... This is probably the best tutorial Ive ever seen. Great job c:
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sugarcude In reply to ??? [2012-05-29 23:19:00 +0000 UTC]
Wow I really love your tutorial I have no idea how to use sai so this will help me a lot :,) thank you
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Sakura2189 In reply to ??? [2012-05-29 15:33:37 +0000 UTC]
Oh, oh my... two years of using Sai and I didn't know that there was a transparent brush XD
AMG THANK YOU SO MUCHHHH~β₯
this helps me to improve a lot
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Status-Endless In reply to ??? [2012-05-28 03:42:30 +0000 UTC]
An amazingly detailed tutorial that is also easy to comprehend...definitely trying this out soon!
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That-Brown-Eyed-Girl In reply to ??? [2012-05-27 16:16:10 +0000 UTC]
oh my gosh ive been trying to find a tut. that would make the hair look like this ! thanks so much im gunna try it ; u ;
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DyMaraway In reply to That-Brown-Eyed-Girl [2012-05-27 19:55:10 +0000 UTC]
that's great! I'm glad I was able to help you
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Meliiesa In reply to ??? [2012-05-25 22:35:49 +0000 UTC]
I love you.
You just saved me.
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DarkyCakeDoodles In reply to ??? [2012-05-24 01:35:22 +0000 UTC]
This will be very helpful! thank you!
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Shannah67 In reply to ??? [2012-05-22 13:06:58 +0000 UTC]
This is the best thing I've learned in my summer. Thanks a lot
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Haiey In reply to ??? [2012-05-20 22:39:38 +0000 UTC]
thank you for posting!! this is incredibly helpful!!
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Shower-kun In reply to ??? [2012-05-20 02:49:13 +0000 UTC]
I kind of don't understand the part with the hair. Like the highlights. I kind of tried to understand it but can you explain ; ;. I'm sorry.
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DyMaraway In reply to Shower-kun [2012-05-20 03:12:19 +0000 UTC]
the highlights are made using a filter for the color, but you can also pick a color that looks good for your taste and do this:
1) make a stroke painting the highlight
2) change to transparent color and erase the stroke from step 1 up and down, following the shape of the hair
that's all i do...
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Shower-kun In reply to DyMaraway [2012-05-20 03:14:29 +0000 UTC]
2) What do you mean by transparent?
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DyMaraway In reply to Shower-kun [2012-05-20 03:54:47 +0000 UTC]
I've explained the tool at the first steps of the tutorial o-o there's a button that makes any brush work as an eraser
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Devious-Stencil In reply to ??? [2012-05-14 16:54:56 +0000 UTC]
Super helpful! Thank you so much TT^TT!
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valkyrieryan13 In reply to ??? [2012-05-14 16:29:27 +0000 UTC]
And suddenly everything is simple
Thank you so much for your tutorial!
It really helps me! And it is quit simple too!
Keep up the good work~
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